The show features discussions on stories and issues that are not necessarily on newspaper front pages or at the top of news bulletins, but are being debated and dissected online.

Tapping into the numerous communities that live online, The Stream says it “discusses some of the most interesting issues, bringing fresh perspectives and lesser heard voices.”[1] For more than a decade, the show was produced in the channel’s Washington DC hub.

It called itself “a social media community with its own daily TV show” and was hosted by Derrick Ashong and Ahmed Shihab-Eldin.

[3] The role of social media in organising, documenting and amplifying those protests had put the spotlight on the volume of discussions happening online.

[5] The show was identical in style to its Al Jazeera English counterpart, including being shot from the same studio and set in Washington, D.C.