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Al-Jazeera buys Current TV from Al Gore.....[W:187,319]

Qatar Controls and Runs Al Jazeera. So again are you saying they wont be looking to bring any other broadcasting but news?

And what does that have to do with Mickey Mouse and a hamas tv station?

But for the record... Al Jazeera is much much more than 2 news channels. It has movie channels.. 10+ sports channels, children channels, entertainment channels. It carries HBO, Fox News (yes funny I know), Discovery and so on their pay satellite platform and even has a football club. It is in fact a very large media organisation.
 
Give it a chance, i think it is unfair to compare Putin to the dictators in the mideast.
You're right. It is unfair to compare. The leaders of Qatar have never committed genocidal campaigns against their own people and don't routinely assassinate their political critics. I've got nothing against RT, but I wouldn't trust its coverage of Russian or E. European/ME issues one iota.

I find RT to be honest compared to aljazzera or fox news.
If you're comparing AJ to Fox, you clearly haven't watched it.
 
And what does that have to do with Mickey Mouse and a hamas tv station?

But for the record... Al Jazeera is much much more than 2 news channels. It has movie channels.. 10+ sports channels, children channels, entertainment channels. It carries HBO, Fox News (yes funny I know), Discovery and so on their pay satellite platform and even has a football club. It is in fact a very large media organisation.

I am not looking at the Specific of the Mickey mouse program.....I was looking at more of the Propaganda against the west with their Related shows. As well as those parents that let the TV do the babysitting.

Showing what they have with their Network. Including all their Channels. Answers the Questions about the programming.

Any reason Gore couldn't have sold that to An American owner?
 
I am not looking at the Specific of the Mickey mouse program.....I was looking at more of the Propaganda against the west with their Related shows. As well as those parents that let the TV do the babysitting.

LOL great propaganda against the west by buying their movies and tv shows..

Showing what they have with their Network. Including all their Channels. Answers the Questions about the programming.

And what answers is that? Please share those answers with us all, because I doubt anyone but you see any answers about their programming (on which channel?)..

Any reason Gore couldn't have sold that to An American owner?

cause no one wanted it?
 
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Rumor is al jazeera will disban all programming on current tv probably within 3 months. Too bad. I like watching Stephanie Miller in the morning.
 
LOL great propaganda against the west by buying their movies and tv shows..



And what answers is that? Please share those answers with us all, because I doubt anyone but you see any answers about their programming (on which channel?)..



cause no one wanted it?


But for the record... Al Jazeera is much much more than 2 news channels. It has movie channels.. 10+ sports channels, children channels, entertainment channels. It carries HBO, Fox News (yes funny I know), Discovery and so on their pay satellite platform and even has a football club. It is in fact a very large media organisation.....snip~

I was going with what YOU had shown, with some of that Programming. Not to difficult to figure that out.....huh? Which says nothing else of whatever Qatar and the Saud wants to put on there.

Yeah.....any propaganda about the west will have to be monitored for. "So what", they buy movies and TV shows from the West. They also produce their own. They also Get plenty of Movies out of India as well.

Are you sure that no one that was an American didn't want that Station?
 
I was going with what YOU had shown, with some of that Programming. Not to difficult to figure that out.....huh? Which says nothing else of whatever Qatar and the Saud wants to put on there.

Yeah.....any propaganda about the west will have to be monitored for. "So what", they buy movies and TV shows from the West. They also produce their own. They also Get plenty of Movies out of India
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Are you sure that no one that was an American didn't want that Station?

Well, so far you haven't presented us with any evidence of anti-West propaganda put out by AJ, you've just accused them of actions taken by completely different broadcasters. You said this...

http://www.debatepolitics.com/breaking-news-mainstream-media/147692-al-jazeera-buys-current-tv-al-gore.html#post1061314735

...and when it was pointed out to you that that had nothing to do with AJ, you said this...
I am not looking at the Specific of the Mickey mouse program

http://www.debatepolitics.com/break...buys-current-tv-al-gore-2.html#post1061314809

You think we're stupid. You make a specific claim and then deny having made it. You haven't provided any evidence of that anti-West propaganda, but you just *****foot around saying what you want to say, which is "I don't want to allow any TV channel to be owned by Arabs".
 
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I don't know.

A cable station owned by two foreign governments.

What could go wrong?
 
But for the record... Al Jazeera is much much more than 2 news channels. It has movie channels.. 10+ sports channels, children channels, entertainment channels. It carries HBO, Fox News (yes funny I know), Discovery and so on their pay satellite platform and even has a football club. It is in fact a very large media organisation.....snip~

I was going with what YOU had shown, with some of that Programming. Not to difficult to figure that out.....huh? Which says nothing else of whatever Qatar and the Saud wants to put on there.

Yeah.....any propaganda about the west will have to be monitored for. "So what", they buy movies and TV shows from the West. They also produce their own. They also Get plenty of Movies out of India as well.

Okay anyone got a code book for what he wrote here.. because I dont understand one bit of it.

You imply that their programming is anti-Western.. read anti-US and yet can prove it.. and then you come with a "programming" comment that makes no sense.

Are you sure that no one that was an American didn't want that Station?

Nope, but I believe Current TV has been for sale for a while.. so guessing no one wanted it.
 
I don't know.

A cable station owned by two foreign governments.

What could go wrong?

Fox News is in large part owned by a Saudi, part of the Royal family (then again who aint) and an Aussie.
 
Al Jazeera is nothing more than Islamo-Fascist Propaganda

No wonder the libs lap it like like dogs
 
Al Jazeera is nothing more than Islamo-Fascist Propaganda

No wonder the libs lap it like like dogs

Have you even read any Al Jazeera news from the site or are you just going off talking points from some idiot conservatives that can't think for themselves.

The news actually isn't that bad and in many cases mirrors fox news in many regards. And I don't mean the commentary fox news, but the actual news.
 
Well, so far you haven't presented us with any evidence of anti-West propaganda put out by AJ, you've just accused them of actions taken by completely different broadcasters. You said this...

http://www.debatepolitics.com/breaking-news-mainstream-media/147692-al-jazeera-buys-current-tv-al-gore.html#post1061314735


...and when it was pointed out to you that that had nothing to do with AJ, you said this...

http://www.debatepolitics.com/break...buys-current-tv-al-gore-2.html#post1061314809

You think we're stupid. You make a specific claim and then deny having made it. You haven't provided any evidence of that anti-West propaganda, but you just *****foot around saying what you want to say, which is "I don't want to allow any TV channel to be owned by Arabs".

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Israel accuses al-Jazeera of bias

AL JAZEERA TV: Arabic News Satellite Channel

With programming focusing primarily on news coverage and analysis, the station has earned the loyalty of a large audience. It has also earned the enmity of various critics who argue that Al Jazeera is overly sensational, with a bent on showing bloody footage from war zones. Criticism from varied governments has helped the channel garner credibility from an audience that is used to government imposed censorship and biased coverage... Read more in the History Page.

Programs on Al Jazeera are devoted to various topics of relevance to the pan-Arabic audience. While the programs offered mainly focus on global news and events of the day, they also offer an assortment of programs covering a range of topics.

While programs of political debates and discussions tend to be the most popular, other shows covering topics such as sports news and hi-lights, as well as the latest entertainment and celebrity gossip, coverage of the fashion world, and the latest innovations in science and health have their share of the audience. Interactive programming that involve audience participation is also highly popular since this type of show is considered ground breaking in that region of the world....snip~

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Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya’s biased coverage!

In his recent article in Foreign Policy magazine, Sultan al-Qassemi criticized the Arabic-language news channels Al-Arabiya and Al-Jazeera for their biased coverage of the Syrian conflict. Yet the inaccuracies which are present in al-Qassemi’s numerous analytical examples deserve to be scrutinized.

The first point al-Qassemi highlights is the channels’ choice to broadcast amateur footage, either sent in by rebel fighters or taken from the internet. He claims that this practice violates professional standards. However, al-Qassemi is well aware that there are throngs of journalists who are seeking to gain entry into Syrian territory in order to broadcast from there, but they are not allowed. The Baathist regime forbids them entry into Syria, in order to commit massacres against innocent people under the guise of silence and obfuscation.....snip~

Media bias - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Al Jazeera is frequently criticized both in the West and in the Arab world.

Al-Jazeera - Everything2.com

Al-Jazeera focuses not on re-broadcasting western programming, but on producing its own programming typically focusing on issues important to the Arab and Islamic world. Al-Jazeera's programming is often controversial, and has prompted over 400 complaints to the government of Qatar from various Arab states over the last half decade.

Al-Jazeera has not made that transition - in fact, the Qatari government has been spending around 100 million USD each year to sustain the station, which has been unable to attract enough advertisers. Although the market for satellite television advertising in Arab world is estimated to exceed 500 million USD annually, most of it is spent by multinational corporations which are reluctant to risk alienating governments in the region.

Al Jazeera has also come under criticism from the US for a variety of reasons. They were given exclusive footage such as Osama Bin Laden's videotaped statements delivered to their network. The footage that the BBC and CNN display of him, with a microphone and a white cap standing in front of a cave is from a tape delivered to Al Jazeera from an Al Qaeda member. The US protested that they were giving him a soapbox by airing it in its entirety.

This is seen as rather unusual by many, because Al Jazeera is routinely demonized in America as "Jihad TV" or accused them of actively supporting the Iraqi insurgency. The US has spent over $60 million to launch their own Middle-Eastern Television Network, Al Hurra, so that they can counteract Al Jazeera's message and build up the USA's public image in the Middle East.....snip~


You were sayin something about not having any proof?
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No See unlike you I don't put up anything thinking others are stupid or that I am trying to trick them into believing anything. I figure most are adults and can make up their own minds about what is said.
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I think you forgot to go back and paste where I stated others have said that Al Jazeera is Biased, or did you forget that part intentionally while you were trying to think for me and what you thought I was doing. Let me know when YOU THINK you can read my thoughts with your version of a Crystal ball as I want to make sure which crack you were looking thru.
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Okay anyone got a code book for what he wrote here.. because I dont understand one bit of it.

You imply that their programming is anti-Western.. read anti-US and yet can prove it.. and then you come with a "programming" comment that makes no sense.



Nope, but I believe Current TV has been for sale for a while.. so guessing no one wanted it.

You need a code book for what you yourself put up with what you showed they had as part of their programming? So are you saying you were confused with what I was pointing out that you had said?
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I also Implied others have said it the same. But for some reason you doubted that there were any OPs over it. Read English much?
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You need a code book for what you yourself put up with what you showed they had as part of their programming? So are you saying you were confused with what I was pointing out that you had said?
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I also Implied others have said it the same. But for some reason you doubted that there were any OPs over it. Read English much?
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Yea I read and write English.. but what you writing .. is that English... did not know there had to be capitals in random words.
 
I don't know.

A cable station owned by two foreign governments.

What could go wrong?

Two foreign governments? It is owned 100% by the Qatari state, just as the BBC's international services are owned and funded by the British state.

There have been questions raised about AJ's editorial independence, some with some merit, others wholly fabricated and some of those fabrications invented by the Bush and Blair administrations. You should never, ever take everything any new organisation says at face value, but use your critical faculties to decide whether you are receiving reliable information. This applies to all news organisations whatever their ownership. Frankly there's no more (and no less) reason to fear media manipulation by AJ than by the Murdochs, Berlusconis, or Time Warners of this world.
 
Yea I read and write English.. but what you writing .. is that English... did not know there had to be capitals in random words.

Good thing I didn't use street talk or Jive. Otherwise you might have learned there is another reality out there you didn't know about.....huh?
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I have no problem with it but I do foresee them having issues when their cable contract renewals come up.
 
You were sayin something about not having any proof[/B]?
Yes, I was, and still am. You realise that all of this material you've posted shows that AJ has received complaints of bias from virtually every strand of political opinion there is? From Israel, Syria, Saudi Arabia, the US and the UK. Presumably you think that the only valid complaint of bias is that of anti-Westernism.

No. See unlike you I don't put up anything thinking others are stupid or that I am trying to trick them into believing anything. I figure most are adults and can make up their own minds about what is said.
Well, we certainly all saw you making one very specific false claim, then denying you'd said it a couple of posts later.
 
Yes, I was, and still am. You realise that all of this material you've posted shows that AJ has received complaints of bias from virtually every strand of political opinion there is? From Israel, Syria, Saudi Arabia, the US and the UK. Presumably you think that the only valid complaint of bias is that of anti-Westernism.

Well, we certainly all saw you making one very specific false claim, then denying you'd said it a couple of posts later.

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What do you think the reason Al Jazeera hasn't tried to get into South America and Central America? Also We use to have UPI overseas. Several Mainstream media Sources accuse of Al Jazeera of being bias with their Reporting. Which included the Asian times and the BBC saying the Same. Now why would the Asian times Say so if they didn't think they were?

Once again you are wrong. Which is why I put up the Material from the Arab Countries themselves. Course that problem comes in when you decide that you can do the thinking for me. Or attempt to pass off some assumption that you have.

I don't think you can get around me saying that others Like the Asian times had said so from the beginning.....course I would look more at those Pan Arab countries and all their complaints of Bias with Al Jazeera moreso than Western Media. Which then knowing from the beginning they were not reporting the issues when it comes to certain conflicts accurately. Despite many governments themselves making the same complaint.

With the Majority of them being Arab or Muslim. This of course leaves your.....uhm so called theory, Where Now?
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Quote Originally Posted by MMC View Post

What do you think the reason Al Jazeera hasn't tried to get into South America and Central America? Also We use to have UPI overseas. Several Mainstream media Sources accuse of Al Jazeera of being bias with their Reporting. Which included the Asian times and the BBC saying the Same. Now why would the Asian times Say so if they didn't think they were?

Once again you are wrong. Which is why I put up the Material from the Arab Countries themselves. Course that problem comes in when you decide that you can do the thinking for me. Or attempt to pass off some assumption that you have.

I don't think you can get around me saying that others Like the Asian times had said so from the beginning.....course I would look more at those Pan Arab countries and all their complaints of Bias with Al Jazeera moreso than Western Media. Which then knowing from the beginning they were not reporting the issues when it comes to certain conflicts accurately. Despite many governments themselves making the same complaint.

With the Majority of them being Arab or Muslim. This of course leaves your.....uhm so called theory, Where Now?
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I really cannot fathom what point you believe you are making. You are claiming that multiple competitor news organisations from around the world and across the political spectrum are claiming that AJ presents biased news coverage, Biased against the West, biased against Syria, against Israel, against Saudi Arabia. There's a maxim in TV that if everyone attacks you, from all sides, then you must be getting your balance about right.

What's your problem? And what do you want to do about it?
 
I really cannot fathom what point you believe you are making. You are claiming that multiple competitor news organisations from around the world and across the political spectrum are claiming that AJ presents biased news coverage, Biased against the West, biased against Syria, against Israel, against Saudi Arabia. There's a maxim in TV that if everyone attacks you, from all sides, then you must be getting your balance about right.

What's your problem? And what do you want to do about it?

It's not just multiple news agencies around the World. It is Governments and Other Arab groups as well. The Qataris are Mostly Sunni Correct?

I already stated my concern would be for lil kids in this Country and their parents letting the TV babysit them. Or for any type of Propaganda being passed along to them that is about being Anti-American. That was my only concern other than why Gore would go outside the US to go with another Buyer. Especially when it comes to Americans and Jobs.
 
I've got no problem with it, and at least now Current may get some ratings. :mrgreen:
 
I've got no problem with it, and at least now Current may get some ratings. :mrgreen:

Weren't they getting that with Elliot Spitzer? He left CNN to go there. Wonder if Gore wouldn't have fired Olbermann if they would even be in this fix?
 
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