Al Jazeera America Faces Its First US Presidential Election, But Can It Cut Through The 2016 Cable News Din?

Al Jazeera America has seen its share of internal and external strife since launching in August 2013. If multiple rounds of layoffs, staff departures and programming shake-ups weren’t enough to seal the fledgling network’s fate, then the employee discrimination lawsuit that led to the ouster of its former chief executive earlier this year might have been the final nail in the coffin.