[thouworm]

“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.”

[LucyT]

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.