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

Dr. Chuckles said:
1) what you interpret a piece to be, and what it actually is, might not always be the same thing.
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:roll: Okay whatever.


2) sounds like editorial content, which I have already commented on
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Well, if that's the editorial content they run, I have no interest in watching them.
 
Meh, whatever. I've seen Current TV before. Nobody with a triple digit IQ would give it any credence. If Habib wants his terrorist TV, that's fine with me. On Dish Network it's mixed in so high in the channels that I'd wager very few people even know of its existence.

They're painful to watch. They make MSNBC look like Fox. I think being a commentator on that network should be a prerequisite for a bullet between the eyes.
 
I hope they keep The Young Turks and the Viewpoint on the air. They're excellent shows.
 
Luna Tick said:
I hope they keep The Young Turks and the Viewpoint on the air. They're excellent shows.
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I like the turks... I think Spitzer however should get out of being a tv personality and into the consumer protection agency. I think he's at his best when he's taking on white-collar crime. The guy had wall street shaking in it's boots back in the day.
 
People seem o be confused Al Jaezeera English is entirely separate form Al Jazeera Arabic. Al Jeezera English has mainly BBC and CNN reporters working for it you can tell by the way everyone seem to have a British accent. The former editor in chief for the CBC in Canada ran AJE from 2007-2010.
 
In this transaction apparently we were saved from a GREAT potential terror...


Glenn Beck tried to buy Current TV but was 'rejected'

Who knew Current TV had so many suitors? Before Al-Jazeera snapped up Al Gore's little-watched cable network, Glenn Beck tried to buy it, but, as Beck himself tweeted, "we were rejected by progressive owners." The conservative media personality's TheBlaze approached Current last year but was told that "the legacy of who the network goes to is important to us and we are sensitive to networks not aligned with our point of view," according to a source familiar with the negotiations. Current's new pan-Arab owner may not align with everyone's point of view, either: Time Warner Cable yanked Current from its lineup within hours of the sale, right in the middle of Eliot Spitzer's nightly show.​


Oh thank GOD!
 
0bserver92 said:
People seem o be confused Al Jaezeera English is entirely separate form Al Jazeera Arabic. Al Jeezera English has mainly BBC and CNN reporters working for it you can tell by the way everyone seem to have a British accent. The former editor in chief for the CBC in Canada ran AJE from 2007-2010.
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in afghanistan we had both al jazeera english and arabic,and both were the most unbiased,truthful i had ever seen in mainstreammedia.

ithink aj is under attack because they tend to filter nothing,from beheadings,to govt corruption,to internation conflicts no other msm will cover but insteadshow a story about a mass shooting ora pregnant women goingmissing or other forms of sensationalism over journalism.


to topit off,al jazeera in arabic with subtitles covered more european news and american news than european and american msm.most stories of importance willnever see msm.
 
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0bserver92 said:
Al Jazeera English has bought Al Gore's Current TV station in hope of creating an Al Jazeera America network. Article on AJE Here I see this a step in the right direction for AJE as they can have a foothold in American media.
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I saw this in online news this morning and laughed. Then I thought "You got to be ****ting me".
 
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Rising Sun said:
I saw this in online news this morning and laughed. Then I thought "You got to be ****ting me".
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Why, AJE is a very good news network?
 
beerftw said:
in afghanistan we had both al jazeera english and arabic,and both were the most unbiased,truthful i had ever seen in mainstreammedia.

ithink aj is under attack because they tend to filter nothing,from beheadings,to govt corruption,to internation conflicts no other msm will cover but insteadshow a story about a mass shooting ora pregnant women goingmissing or other forms of sensationalism over journalism.


to topit off,al jazeera in arabic with subtitles covered more european news and american news than european and american msm.most stories of importance willnever see msm.
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i agree. they show the stuff we don't want shown, but otherwise they are pretty straight shooters from what i have seen of them.
 
AliHajiSheik said:
Al Gore sold out to oilmen? Go figure.
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:lol: Al Gore taking oil money isn't even the best part. :mrgreen:











Oh, what is the best part?







They rushed the deal so that it wouldn't get hit with higher tax rates. :lamo



:mrgreen:
 
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0bserver92 said:
Maybe Al Jazeera but not Al Jazeera English.
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Fox is more blatant about it, but the best way to get across a lie or a biased point of view is to tell the truth most of the time in order to build trust then slip in the bias in small doses.
 
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Rising Sun said:
Fox is more blatant about it, but the best way to get across a lie or a biased point of view is to tell the truth most of the time in order to build trust then slip in the bias in small doses.
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So in other words they are less biased.
 
People often fail to differentiate between Al-Jazeera English and Al-Jazeera Arabic which are separately funded, managed, and staffed. Al-Jazeera English is a quality international broadcaster on par with the BBC, CNN, etc. It is emphatically not another Russia Today or PressTV. Neither for that matter is Al-Jazeera Arabic, however saying that it is up to the same standards as the English version is not true. But this bias is rarely directed against the United States though there is evidence of story positioning and some issues with commentary (there are some religious programming that has slid into arguably anti-semitic and anti-western rhetoric) instead the most common allegations have been inter-Arab. Bahrain is actually a great example where al-Jazeera Arabic's coverage was particularly harsh of the uprising and framed the Gulf security narrative instead of the story, while Al-Jazeera English mostly avoided it. The Arab spring has shaken Arab TV's credibility | Ali Hashem | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk Al Jazeera Journalist Resigns over Syria and Bahrain Coverage | Global Research TV
 
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Rising Sun said:
Perhaps. Certainly not the pillers of truth some purport them to be.
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Yes but they are leaps and bounds better than current American news.
 
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0bserver92 said:
Yes but they are leaps and bounds better than current American news.
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Because they don't have the latest updates on Brittany Spears and Bradgelina? That is a plus.
 
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Rising Sun said:
Because they don't have the latest updates on Brittany Spears and Bradgelina? At least they have that going for them.
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Well yes they have actual news.
 
Sherman123 said:
People often fail to differentiate between Al-Jazeera English and Al-Jazeera Arabic which are separately funded, managed, and staffed. Al-Jazeera English is a quality international broadcaster on par with the BBC, CNN, etc. It is emphatically not another Russia Today or PressTV. Neither for that matter is Al-Jazeera Arabic, however saying that it is up to the same standards as the English version is not true. But this bias is rarely directed against the United States though there is evidence of story positioning and some issues with commentary (there are some religious programming that has slid into arguably anti-semitic and anti-western rhetoric) instead the most common allegations have been inter-Arab. Bahrain is actually a great example where al-Jazeera Arabic's coverage was particularly harsh of the uprising and framed the Gulf security narrative instead of the story, while Al-Jazeera English mostly avoided it. The Arab spring has shaken Arab TV's credibility | Ali Hashem | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk Al Jazeera Journalist Resigns over Syria and Bahrain Coverage | Global Research TV
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Really, i always thought AJ arabic was under the same management.
 
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0bserver92 said:
Well yes they have actual news.
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I always appreciated their international coverage, being they seem to follow stories that generally don't make airtime in the west
 
Andalublue said:
I didn't 'deal' with him at AJ. I commissioned him to make programmes for me when I was running a BBC documentary channel. He later went to AJ. He's no longer there, he's back at the BBC. His name is Paul Gibbs. Google him.
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If you are in the Industry.....then you already know there are several that have said AJ was biased. So like you telling someone to Google up Gibbs. The Same can be said for Amy Jacobsen. Then you can Google up Lynn Sweet From the Chicago Sun Times and see what she had to say About them before and now. Pretty much just about with any in the News.

Although, like I said earlier you can't prove they are not Bias. Especially if you go by the premise that they Operate like all other News-Media Outlets.
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0bserver92 said:
Well yes they have actual news.
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Well, but they don't have to many Elite Hollywood Stars types that run around talking about politics publicly either. Nor do they give to much Prime time to the Shia or the Zahdi <sp>

Do you think their Political and religious shows tend to run along the same lines of the Sunni Doctrine? Would you say their reporting about the Shia other than in violent acts gives any insight into the Shi'te Doctrine?
 
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MMC said:
Well, but they don't have to many Elite Hollywood Stars types that run around talking about politics publicly either. Nor do they give to much Prime time to the Shia or the Zahdi <sp>

Do you think their Political and religious shows tend to run along the same lines of the Sunni Doctrine? Would you say their reporting about the Shia other than in violent acts gives any insight into the Shi'te Doctrine?
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Well AJE doesn't tend to do that.
 
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