Please provide a short-summary of Chapter Two: A Major League Channel in a Minor League Country.

Chapter Two, A Major League Channel in a Minor League Country,” describes Al-Jazeera’s rise to fame at the start of the war in Afghanistan and outlines the network’s creation with Qatari government funding, since Qatar is the host country In which Al-Jazeera’s headquarters can be found. The chapter also describes the way that Al-Jazeera’s influence worldwide has eroded that of Egyptian and Saudi Arabian media networks, and explains that the freedom of speech that the network stands for may in part be due to the fact that Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Hamad, is actively trying to move his country into a more democratic direction.