How Al-Jazeera Got Gaddafi Scoop

From The Wrap: When the news of Moammar Gaddafi’s death broke on Thursday, it was no surprise which network was first witih a video of the bloodied dictator’s body dragged through the streets of Sirte: Al-Jazeera.

As revolutions and popular movements have spread across the Arab world for the greater part of a year, claiming governments in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya along the way, Al-Jazeera has invested heavily in covering those stories.

TheWrap talked with al-Jazeera spokesman Osama Saeed about their video scoop and what Gaddafi’s death means for the network.

President Obama just addressed the nation about Gaddafi, did you watch him or are you too busy with more important business?

[Laughs] I’ve not been on the TV for the last half hour or so given all of the media inquiries I’ve received. People are taken with the story today, what [Al-Jazeera English reporter] Tony Birtley (pictured above) managed to achieve in Sirte. We’ve been committed to the story in Libya from the outset.

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