How to watch Al Jazeera America (some basic facts about its funding and backers)
Article, then # 11 for Hot Topic.
AJA here to stay? Some background not covered by the article
Thanks, thouworm.
Posted on 08/27/2013 2:03:35 PM PDT by NYer
For those of us who believe the American public deserves and needs to know much more about what goes on in the rest of the world, the arrival of a television network determined to focus on hard news, to "make news the star," to quote my old boss Ted Turner, should be cause for celebration. But when that network is Al Jazeera, we all need to take a few steps back and prepare before we start watching.
The first fact to keep in mind when watching the just launched Al Jazeera America is that the new network is, like the other Al Jazeera channels, owned by the royal family of Qatar, which has used Al Jazeera to spread its influence, raise its global profile, shape public opinion and try to create its desired outcomes.
Al Jazeera is an arm of the Qatari government and an instrument of Qatari foreign policy.
Al Jazeera's Arabic network has seen its popularity in the Arab world plummet recently as its coverage of uprisings in the Middle took a strong pro-Muslim Brotherhood tilt. The network was dubbed "the mouthpiece of the Brotherhood" by countless commentators writing about a phenomenon that was transparent to viewers. Nearly two dozen Al Jazeera staff members resigned to protest Qatar's instructions to continue supporting the Brotherhood in their coverage. Anchor Fatma Nabil and others said the bosses in Doha provided guidelines to support the Brotherhood in their studio discussion and downplay anti-Brotherhood sentiment.
Qatar's foreign policy was to promote the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, and the main devices to exert Doha's power were Al Jazeera and billions of dollars in Qatari funding to Brotherhood groups in Egypt, Syria and elsewhere.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsday.com ...
FYI, ping!
The country is becoming open minded enough for its brains to fall out.
Perhaps next the Royal Family of Qatar will buy the Atlanta Braves...
My question: how do we tell the difference between Al Jazeera and the US media, known cheerleaders for Al Qaeda and the MB and anything else that hates America?
Why watch it at all?
The commercials are disgusting and the one minute I did view it cannot now be unseen.
Feh...they got nuthin.
Considering how difficult it is to trust/believe any news source, be it from the web, TV, newspaper, radio, word of mouth, etc., I’m beginning to believe I may be better off not knowing anything about anything - kind of like being a child again, and not stressed over things that I really cannot control or influence. Listening/watching/reading the news lately is like doing the same with a politician, no matter which party he/she claims to represent. Rather than listen to lies or half-truths, I prefer to know nothing since the truth is no longer publicly available. (Re-inserting head in bucket of sand.....)
How to watch it? The same way I watched Current TV. I didn’t. Now look at what happened to Current TV.
Al Gorzeera sold it to Al Jazeera for half a B.
“because-we-need-to-know” ping
AJA here to stay? Some background not covered by the article:
ALGore sold his pitiful failure, CurrentTV, to the Qatar govt because:
Other suitors who didn’t share Current’s ideology were rebuffed. Glenn Beck’s The Blaze approached Current about buying the channel 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 person familiar with the negotiations.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/glenn-beck-tried-to-buy-current-tv-claims-he-was-rejected-for-ideological-reasons/
IIRC, AJA (or AJAM) is already subscribed in approx 50% of US cable TV subscribers’ homes (they had no choice; the cable providers signed up). One bright note, they are having trouble getting advertising, but I suspect that will change. $$$
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From the article:
...Al Jazeera America is ...owned by the royal family of Qatar, which has used Al Jazeera to spread its influence, raise its global profile, shape public opinion and try to create its desired outcomes. Al Jazeera is an arm of the Qatari government and an instrument of Qatari foreign policy....
“Qatar’s foreign policy was to promote the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, and the main devices to exert Doha’s power were Al Jazeera and billions of dollars in Qatari funding to Brotherhood groups in Egypt, Syria and elsewhere.”
It still doesn’t have viewership.
Why would anyone watch this?
Simple .. AlJazeera does not wear a masque and offers no false pretenses.
Did you ever imagine in your lifetime that you would live long enough to witness this? I grew up, post WWII America, when American families attended church on Sunday and then gathered for a family meal. I no longer recognize my beloved USA.
So, “our media” wants disclosure, what makes them any different than the other networks. The brand of anti-American funding them?
Lets take a look at who funded the Obama fiasco and why Watergate was news and Obama scandals aren’t.
POT calling Kettle!
How to watch Al Jazeera America (some basic facts about its funding and backers)
Article, then # 11 for Hot Topic.
AJA here to stay? Some background not covered by the article
Thanks, thouworm.
Shahid Khan owns the Jacksonville Jags...
If revenue is to low maybe Al-Jazerra will sue Al-Gorzerra for a refund. It could happen.
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