I haven’t seen this mentioned on the Dope yet. Al Gore has sold his Current TV channel to Al Jazeera for $500 million.
Really? Al-fucking-Jazeera, the terrorists’ favorite mouthpiece? By all accounts, Al Jazeera isn’t interested in any of Current TV’s content; they just want a US cable channel so they can broadcast their own content. I’ve read one report which says that Time Warner dumped Current TV from it’s lineup immediately after the sale.
I think whatever respect I still had for Al Gore has evaporated.
Terrorist mouthpiece? You might want to realize that many people outside the US have reasonable grievances with the US before you make judgement statements. This doesn’t make all of them terrorists.
I don’t see much difference between Al Jazeera starting a new cable channel and buying a near-ignored one like Al Gore’s.
Many US cable networks may refuse to carry it anyway, although I’d look forward to having it available on TV. You can always skip over that channel if you don’t like it.
There have been times in the past when I went to the Internet to find Arabic views, not that I trust everything from those sources, but it does provide another perspective from domestic ones. Does everyone think that the only truth in world news comes from the Voice of America?
Besides, Communism has lost its luster for the mandatory 2 minute hate. Maybe Muslims will replace it and Congress will spawn a neo-McCarthy. Should be interesting.
It is more likely that TWC dumped Current as to get more money from the new owners.
This should be in the “my claim to fame thread”, but I happened to be one of the 127 people in America who watched the channel, and one of the 3 who put it in my list of favorites.
The English language channel of Al Jazeera is actually pretty good about presenting perspectives on the Middle East that you don’t get from other news sources (apart possibly from the BBC). I’ve been told that the Arabic language channel is a different kettle of fish, but as I don’t speak Arabic I can’t confirm or rebut that view.
I like AJE, it has a very different perspective. I also know not to take ANY news source at face value as everyone has a bias intended or not. The best part… I am sure FOX is going nuts about this… Al Gore Sells out to Terrorists!!! Or some such bs
Shrug I like Al Jazeera as a news source. At least they look like they try to do actual journalism most of the time. My main problem with them is them maintaining editorial independence, being owned by the Qatari royal family. Then again, I have the same concerns about media owned by mega-corporations, too.
Al Jazeera are not terrorists. They are a responsible news network trying to get better. “Al” in Arabic means “the”. Al Queda is the tiniest fraction of the population, and then even smaller. They have news networks for the rest of the people. The OP is racist and stupid.
The only thing I ever enjoyed on Current was the Rotten Tomatoes Show w/ Ellen Fox and Brett Erlich, but after that got cancelled I don’t think I’ve watched it once.
I like Al Jazeera in general and think it is a good thing that Americans will have the opportunity to be exposed to new ideas. The OP’s misunderstanding of the network and knee jerk fear of foreign ideas is exactly why the expansion of Al Jazeera into more homes in the US is a good thing.
