Not to traffic in huge generalizations, but it was very hard working in parts of the United States with a press badge and business card reading Al Jazeera. Best response I had from a subject who canceled on an interview last minute: "my pastor told me it would be sinful to speak to you."
Editorially speaking, the coverage was fair, we had huge budgets to cover worthy stories that we deemed newsworthy (rather than by popularity/eyesballs/clicks) and the employee compensation was excellent (they poached nearly 1000 journalists from other outlets when launching).
We had constant internal turmoil stemming from poor leadership with racist, sexist and outdated ideas: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/05/06/al-jazeera-a...
Icing on the cake was when we discovered our general counsel lied about licensing to practice law: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/09/business/media/general-co...
Editorially speaking, the coverage was fair, we had huge budgets to cover worthy stories that we deemed newsworthy (rather than by popularity/eyesballs/clicks) and the employee compensation was excellent (they poached nearly 1000 journalists from other outlets when launching).