It mentioned Al Jazeera was ran by Qatar.
Yeah, it is, but it has editorial independence and was set up with the same model as the BBC (it was basically an off shoot of the BBC World Service, not officially but the people responsible were all BBCWS). It's not my primary source but I watch it a lot and haven't detected a significant pro-state bias.

I do wish they hadn't been awarded the World Cup but that's an FA thing. Corrupt as all hell.

I'm sorry but I've reached the point where I dismiss anything written by left-leaning sources as lies and rubbish so whatever is in that article I'm not going to believe a word of it.
Translate: My affirmation bias is strong enough to put me in a bubble... and I'm proud of that.