I don't care about al Jazeera bias, because from what I have seen on the BBC World service TV (and even more so on CNN) western news agencies are using their footage simply as another resource.
I don't feel that BBC World are being sucked into pro-islamic propoganda (of which there is plenty), any more than they are being sucked into pro-coalition propoganda (of which there is also plenty). I am impressed by the even handed way the BBC seem to treat information and I think their reporting looks pretty balanced.
I have access to Sky at work and apart from the apalling amateurish nature of their report (news channel of the year - my ar*e!) they really seem to be aiming for the Sun reader, gutter level with their tone.
Best thing of all - living overseas, I don't have to pay a licence fee to see BBC news!