Al Jazeera America fails to attract US audience

NY Post ^ | November 17, 2013 | Claire Atkinson

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[COBOL2Java]

I take the commuter train to work and walk through Washington DC's Union Station every day. Beginning with their launch, Al Jazeera bought advertisements ALL THROUGH the station, and posters like the one below are absolutely everywhere - on the walls, on kiosks, even on the damned floor! It's mind-numbing eye pollution.

On the other hand, I kind of enjoy stepping on the Al Jazeera logo every day. :-)

[metmom]

Good. Let it die its death.

[dfwgator]

Its probably an improvement over MSNBC. Actually, I’ve been told that by someone who watches it.

That's not saying much.

[WayneS]

Wow. Who could have predicted that?

[WayneS]

Is that a 1977 Honda CB400?

[PLD]

AL Jazeera thought since their number one Muslim Communist in the white house everyone would love their sorry asses..They are nothing but savage supporters and should be shut down..

[jughandle]

Liberals will be screaming racism and demand public funding to keep it alive.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Al Jazeera is not getting an audience? Gee, why not? Did they get too much bad PR for being an outlet for Bin Laden and his propaganda???

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Saudi-funded Wahabi propaganda machine isn’t a hit so far - maybe there’s hope yet. But the Saudis have a lot of money and they can keep trying until they hit on a winning formula - all they have to do is give their anti-Americanism a light leftist veneer and they’ll probably draw away what’s left of MSNBC’s audience.

[Wilum]

Geeze maybe Beck can pick it up for a song, now.......snicker, snicker, snicker, snicker

[kevkrom]

The US offshoot of the Mideast news outfit managed fewer than half of the viewers who tuned in to its predecessor, Al Gore’s Current TV.

When you think that Current would likely have been beaten by a 24/7 test pattern, this is truly amazing.

[UB355]

Did not Soledad O’Brien join AJ ?

[fatnotlazy]

My membership here will probably be revoked, but I have watched AJA a few times and thought it's no better, no worse than the lamestream media here. I give AJA props — it reports a great deal of world news. It's not entirely focused on Obama 24/7. Fair and balanced — no, not by a long shot. But it seems more professional than most of the rest of the media outlets.

Definitely better than Current or MSNBC.

[dfwgator]

I am there with you, it actually isn’t a bad news organization, certainly not any worse than CNN or MSNBC, and certainly they are a better real news organization than Faux News.

I encourage people to get their news from many different sources, understanding each has their biases.

[GeronL]

AJ showed how biased and leftard they were going to be in the first 5 minutes. Why watch another version of MSNBC?

[Grampa Dave]

No problem, the Opecker Princes, who own the serial killer net, will pony up some of their petro $’s to save this pos.

[GeronL]

we already have Bridges-TV on many systems and CCTV4 for those who prefer their communism in Chinese.

[GeronL]

Maybe they can do what that Pakistan TV network did and give baby girls away to prospective husbands

[ForAmerica]

Honor killings. Acid throwings. I’m thinking a reality TV series here.

Lol, now that's damn good television!