The Qatari-based Al Jazeera media conglomerate, internationally renowned for its coverage of events like the Arab Spring and in-depth global reach to tell different stories and present news of the no-nonsense classic variety, the type sorely lacking from American screens, made its much anticipated and long-awaited debut Monday August 26, 2013 on many mainstream U.S. cable systems. After enduring much western bias throughout much of the George W. Bush administration for the better part of a decade, due in no part because of its critical coverage of the Iraq War and War on Terror, Al Jazeera attempts to overcome this prejudice by presenting a different yet oddly recognizable introduction to U.S. audiences in Al Jazeera America, or AJAM. By presenting unique coverage and increased international scope with familiar hosts far from obscure or foreign to U.S. viewers, AJAM looks to meet America at its door like a friendly neighbor carrying a new newspaper. Hoping they will be invited inside to living rooms across the nation, here are five unique things Al Jazeera America brings to the increasingly influenced punditry of the American mainstream news landscape.