British TV’s David Frost to Join Al Jazeera

Veteran British broadcaster David Frost will go on-air next spring with Al Jazeera International, the English-language channel of the popular Arab satellite broadcaster, the network announced.

Frost, who broadcast his final “Breakfast with Frost” program for British Broadcasting Corp. in May, would be among the “key on-air talent” on the 24-hour news and current affairs channel, Al Jazeera said in a statement. It quoted Frost as saying he was excited about his new job.

Al Jazeera has had repeated run-ins with the U.S. government, which says its broadcasts of speeches by Osama bin Laden and other extremist leaders show an anti-U.S., pro-terrorist bias. Al Jazeera says it reports the news objectively.