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Matt Thorn said, 5 months ago
What the hell is this supposed to mean? Current was in serious trouble. Al Jazeera is a serious, high-quality news channel that wanted to enter the American market. I don’t even know what this cartoon is intended to imply. Al Gore is a greedy person for celling Current to Al Jazeera? Why? Why are Murdoch’s shenanigans okay while this sale is somehow suspect? Hate Arabas much, Signe?
AshburnStadium said, 5 months ago
Al Jazeera is a serious news agency, but is very slanted toward the interests of the Middle East. It has also been accused of supporting Islamofascist terrorism.
I had never heard of Current until it recently appeared on channel 107 on my Comcast cable here in the Hershey, PA area.
motivemagus said, 5 months ago
@AshburnStadium
Accused by FoxNews, you mean, which is very slanted towards the interest of the GOP and supports Christianfascist terrorism?
Seems to me that the only way to understand the enemy is to look at them.
Ms. Ima said, 5 months ago
If my cable added al-jaz-jihad-jazeera I would cancel it.
As if CNN isn’t liberal enough.
First Al Gore tried to screw the middle class by forcing carbon credit sales down our throats. When that failed he wrote a book and made a video stating give him money or the earth would melt. It hasn’t and won’t happen.
Respectful Troll said, 5 months ago
Neilson Ratings posted Current as 93 out of the 96 channels it rates. Current had a few good documentaries but generally it was to MSNBC what Rush Limbaugh is to FOX News. A more strident, more extreme – and therefore divisive – liberal voice, just as Rush is a divisive conservative voice.
I am actually curious to see what Al Jazeera will show. Thomas Jefferson said we need to give voice to people even if they want to destroy our Constitution, if for no other reason but to know what is being said. Al Jazeera is trying to become “mainstream” with its focus on Muslim issues. I am “wise” enough to know how ignorant I am about the Muslim world. I watch about an hour a week of Fox news just to know what Murdoch’s lobbying arm is saying. I would like to know what the Muslim lobbying arm is saying also.
That way, I can write more informed letters to my legislators on specific topics.
It does not surprise me that one previous commentator would rather cancel a source of information, even information with which they disagree, rather than risk learning something. There are too many people in our nation who don’t want to hear any thing that contradicts preferred ideology, No matter how much evidence there is proving theories to be fact.
Religion isn’t global warming tho. There is not math to prove which faith system is correct other than that there is X many of ‘them’, Y many of “those”, and Z many of some others.
Respectfully,
C.
Jase99 said, 5 months ago
@Ms. Ima
“First Al Gore tried to screw the middle class by forcing carbon credit sales down our throats.”
The “cap and trade” program was the Republican endorsed alternative to stricter pollution laws during the Reagan Administration. Republicans argued that market forces would solve the issue. If you think the system of trading carbon credits are a detriment to the nation, you have the Republicans to blame.
Omnius said, 5 months ago
Too funny that Al Jazeera bought out Gore’s Current tv, I gave up on it almost a year ago. I bet the first show cancelled is Cenk’s Young Turks show, now wouldn’t that be ironic?
mikefive said, 5 months ago
@Respectful Troll
“Neilson Ratings posted Current as 93 out of the 96 channels….”
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If Al Jazeera is as neutral in its programming as it is on its English language news website, I don’t think you’ll see any Current or Limbaugh type of programs.
Harleyquinn
said, 5 months ago
@Mr. King
You may enjoy Al Jazeera if you like unbiased news sources like BBC News. My cousin in the CIA says it’s one of his favorite sources."
anyone who claims to be “unbiased” is not. Only a loony liberal and the agreed upon group think mentality think they are unbiased because everyone agrees with them.
And yes your cia like them, know the source and know the spin and you get both sides. It is good to know what the other guy is trying to sell.
mikefive said, 5 months ago
Yesterday, I watched CSPAN for a little while. They aired a couple of hours(?) , translated, of Asad Bashar addressing the Syrian Parliament. Do you also wish to condemn CSPAN?.
cdward said, 5 months ago
@AshburnStadium
It has been accused – but not by serious media outlets. Let’s remember that Voice of America is slanted toward US interests, yet we see nothing wrong with it being broadcast around the world.
Besides, isn’t it the most American of practices to sell to the highest bidder? Isn’t that capitalism? What’s to complain about? Oh yeah, they’re Muslims! Run away!
cdward said, 5 months ago
@Harleyquinn
Remember, Fox claims to be unbiased. However, what you read was not Al Jazeera claiming to be unbiased. It was a viewer stating that he believed it to be unbiased. It was also a CIA agent stating that it’s a good source.
Dycel
said, 5 months ago
@ScottPM
“They don’t back up their assertions with a news article that shows them to be balanced and unbiased. Normally a conclusion is drawn after the evidence is considered, but these websites start with the conclusion and never mention any evidence.”
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The best definition of fox/faux noise heard lately!
SkepticCal said, 5 months ago
@Mr. King
Where on Earth or the Internet did you come up with the idea that BBC is unbiased?
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Actually, as I think about, I don’t care to know where you keep your ideas.
lonecat said, 5 months ago
Speaking from the left, I am quite happy to say that Al Gore is no hero of mine, and never was. I think he won the 2000 election, and I think he probably would have been a better president than Bush (it would have been hard to be worse), but he’s nothing special, and I rather wish he would just go away.