# Al Gore sells out to Al Jazeera **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 4, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-gore-sells-out-to-al-jazeera/646080 "2013-01-04T17:15:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-gore-sells-out-to-al-jazeera/646080/41 "2013-01-05T03:44:41Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > I think whatever respect I still had for Al Gore has evaporated. With the ear-splitting _fsshht_ of a match extinguished in a teardrop, no doubt. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-gore-sells-out-to-al-jazeera/646080/42 "2013-01-05T03:50:02Z")
I miss Newsworld International. ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-gore-sells-out-to-al-jazeera/646080/43 "2013-01-05T04:18:19Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Oh, poor Glenn Beck! [He didn’t even get to bid on CurrentTV](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/03/glenn-beck-purchase-current-tv-report_n_2402273.html). From the link: > [@](#): > > Beck charged that an inquiry into purchasing Current made by his media company, Mercury Radio Arts, was rejected by founder Al Gore within 15 minutes Proof that Current is populated by boring drones… They should have gotten at least a couple days worth of fun joking around and debating their response to Beck. ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-gore-sells-out-to-al-jazeera/646080/44 "2013-01-05T04:20:11Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > It’s not the programming it’s the channels on cable plans. Al Jazeera is currently available in only a few areas, this will expand their audience and turn us all into terrorists or something. Does this mean I get a free AR-15 with my subscription? Cause I was gonna buy one, but then the prices jumped… ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-gore-sells-out-to-al-jazeera/646080/45 "2013-01-05T04:35:31Z")
Ask the OP, he’s the one freaking out. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-gore-sells-out-to-al-jazeera/646080/46 "2013-01-05T04:42:53Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > Really? Al-fucking-Jazeera, the terrorists’ favorite mouthpiece? May we ask what your favorite news network is, **Diceman**? And how much time you’ve spent reading articles at Al-Jazeera’s website? I’ve never been called pro-terrorist. Your comment tells us much more about you than about Al Gore. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-gore-sells-out-to-al-jazeera/646080/47 "2013-01-05T04:53:09Z")
I think Al Jazeera does a good job of presenting news. Try watching/reading some of their articles that are not about terrorism to give you a perspective on their news style. Are they perfect? Hell no. But neither is Fox, MSNBC, CBC, or even the Beeb. Good for Al Gore for making a profit and for getting rid of a financial ball and chain. That’s the American way. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-gore-sells-out-to-al-jazeera/646080/48 "2013-01-05T14:34:57Z")
> [@Enkel](#): > > Does this mean I get a free AR-15 with my subscription? Cause I was gonna buy one, but then the prices jumped… Nah, AK-47s and suicide belts. ---
**Author:** ![Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-gore-sells-out-to-al-jazeera/646080/49 "2013-01-05T23:16:01Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > this will expand their audience and turn us all into terrorists or something. If you look at my Twitter profile, you’ll find I’m already a terrorist. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-gore-sells-out-to-al-jazeera/646080/50 "2013-01-06T01:32:46Z")
Finally! Its so hard to get the terrorists’ viewpoint here. I usually have to surf through a bunch of arabic websites that I can’t understand, which are probably monitored by the FBI. Now I can get it right on my TV with a split screen of Fox News. Because its important to get both sides of the issue 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-gore-sells-out-to-al-jazeera/646080/51 "2013-01-06T04:35:31Z")
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