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  • Gore Went to Bat for Al Jazeera, and Himself

    01/03/2013 10:28:54 PM PST · by Brad from Tennessee · 6 replies
    New York Times blogs ^ | Jan. 3, 2012 | By BRIAN STELTER
    Al Gore’s Current TV was never popular with viewers, but it was a hit where it counted: with cable and satellite providers. When he co-founded the channel in 2005, Mr. Gore managed to get the channel piped into tens of millions of households — a huge number for an untested network — through a combination of personal lobbying and arm-twisting of industry giants. He called on those skills again after deciding in December to sell Current TV to Al Jazeera for $500 million. To preserve the deal — and the estimated $100 million he would personally receive — he went...
  • Gore Pockets Estimated $100M on TV Sale to Oil-Backed Al Jazeera

    01/03/2013 8:48:51 AM PST · by Nachum · 36 replies
    Free Beacon ^ | 1/2/13 | Carter Eltzroth
    Al Gore’s Current TV confirmed Wednesday evening that it has been sold to Al Jazeera for an estimated $400 to $500 million, with the former vice president set to pocket up to $100 million from the sale. In an email sent to Current TV’s staff, co-founder and former chief executive officer Joel Hyatt describes the selling process he and co-founder Al Gore went through in considering sale to Al Jazeera, acknowledging Current TV was a failed model. Hyatt points to the Al Jazeera’s many accomplishments, including its global reach and for being the “only news network” that Obama-supporter Colin Powell...
  • Inconvenient Truths About Al Jazeera (Why did Al Gore sell his outfit to a Terrorist Sympathizer?)

    01/07/2013 12:21:59 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 4 replies
    <p>Al Gore and his co-investors just sold liberal cable channel Current TV to Al Jazeera, the network bankrolled by the emir of Qatar. How much in carbon offsets does Mr. Gore need to balance his estimated $100 million from the sale to an oil sheik?</p>
  • Gore to GOP: ‘How dare you?’

    09/28/2013 12:34:46 AM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 33 replies
    The Hill ^ | September 27, 2013 | Justin Sink
    (VIDEO-AT-LINK) Former Vice President Al Gore accused Republicans Friday of engaging in "political terrorism" by using a government shutdown as leverage to defund ObamaCare. "The only phrase that describes it is political terrorism,” Gore said at the Brookings Institution, according to ABC News. “Why does partisanship have anything to do with such a despicable and dishonorable threat to the integrity of the United States of America?” The former vice president also criticized Republicans for threats to link defunding ObamaCare to the debt ceiling, which is set to expire Oct. 17. "Now you want to threaten to not only shut down...
  • Gore Says Global Warming Skeptics Should Be Treated Like Racists And Homophobes

    09/24/2013 7:10:43 PM PDT · by Libloather · 90 replies
    Fox News ^ | 9/24/13
    **SNIP** He urged attendees to challenge denial of climate change in conversations in families and communities and elsewhere. “We can win this conversation and winning a conversation can make all the difference,” Gore said. “Don’t let denial go unchallenged.” Gore noted how racism and later homophobia have become increasingly unacceptable.
  • Fear and loading in Kentucky: $350 buys bump fire stock to turn a semiauto rifle into a machine gun

    09/19/2013 7:59:03 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 24 replies
    Al Jazeera America ^ | September 19, 2013 | Andy Kopsa
    My first night in Louisville, Jim showed me his guns. The born-and-bred Kentucky boy stores them in a hulking safe with a keypad lock, hidden inside a walk-in closet. Over 5 feet tall and almost 4 feet wide, it easily holds Jim's collection of pistols, rifles and handguns, with room to spare. Lining the back of the door is a leather organizer with more guns snugly tucked in its pockets. One by one, Jim pulled out gun after gun, explaining the provenance of each one. There was his grandfather's Browning SA .22, an antique handgun of gray polished metal. I...
  • [vanity] I instructed DirecTV to remove Al Jazeera or cancel my account

    09/17/2013 6:58:12 AM PDT · by Blueflag · 55 replies
    http://www.directv.com ^ | 9/17/2-13 | blueflag
    during last night's NFL game, Directv ran an ad promoting the new Al Jazeera channel in their line up. No WAY. I just sent them an email giving them two options --- Block/remove it, or cancel my account. Not going to come into our house.
  • Americans Being Forced to Pay for Al Jazeera (If you have Verizon, Comcast, Dish Network or DirecTV)

    09/09/2013 7:41:57 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 61 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 09/09/2013 | Kieran Lalor
    Two weeks ago, Al Jazeera America launched, beaming into 48 million homes across the country. The media company that allowed Osama bin Laden to use it as a vehicle to communicate with jihadists around the world is now on your TV screen and you are paying for it. The network pushed its way onto basic cable packages with several providers. If you subscribe to Verizon, Comcast, Dish Network or DirecTV, you are forced to subsidize Al Jazeera's propaganda as part of your cable bill whether you like it or not. I represent a district about 70 miles north of where...
  • The two tongues of Al-Jazeera

    09/08/2013 9:56:14 PM PDT · by Rabin · 1 replies
    ahram weekly ^ | 04-09-2013 03:15PM ET | Ahmed Reda
    Losing credibility is a choice that Al-Jazeera opted for months ago and it seems that it won’t let go. The discrepancy between what is being aired and circulated on Al-Jazeera America and on Al-Jazeera Mubasher Misr epitomises the dilemma of the news channel that carries rhetoric extremely inconsistent with that of Qatari officials. The result is a growing resentment of the channel along with the policies of the small emirate trying to play a role in shaping a very wide and complex region called the Middle East. Such resentment is very clear in the amount of sarcasm and jokes generated...
  • Shocking Report! Egyptian Media Says Obama is a Muslim Brotherhood Member

    09/02/2013 4:10:09 PM PDT · by blueyon · 102 replies
    Aljazeera and twitter via Gateway Pundit ^ | 09/02/13 | By: EdBigCon Aljazeera.com Reported:
    The Director of Research at the Brookings Doha Center, Shadi Hamid, tweets out about the Egyptian media depicting Obama as a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Newspaper also claims that son of Muslim Brotherhood leader threatened Obama with release of “papers” revealing his MB membership.
  • Snowden Document: NSA Spied On Al Jazeera Communications (Horors ? )

    09/02/2013 1:15:15 PM PDT · by Ernest_at_the_Beach · 10 replies
    DPA Al Jazeera's newsroom in Doha, Qatar. Arab news broadcaster Al Jazeera was spied on by the National Security Agency, according to documents seen by SPIEGEL. The US intelligence agency hacked into protected communication, a feat that was considered a particular success. It makes sense that America's National Security Agency (NSA) would be interested in the Arab news broadcaster Al Jazeera. The Qatar-based channel has been broadcasting audio and video messages from al-Qaida leaders for more than a decade. The United States intelligence agency was so interested, in fact, that it hacked into Al Jazeera's internal communications system, according...
  • Al Jazeera America Launch Draws Weak Ratings

    08/29/2013 9:10:57 AM PDT · by jimbo123 · 30 replies
    Variety ^ | 8/29/13 | Maane Khatchatourian
    According to Nielsen data for Monday as it kicked off its first full week, AJAM’s most popular primetime show was “America Tonight,” which attracted 27,000 viewers. In comparison, Fox News’ “The O’Reilly Factor” drew 2.97 million, MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow” bagged 970,000, and CNN’s “Anderson Cooper” reeled in 627,000. Last Thursday night’s “Real Money with Ali Velshi,” which only drew 54,000 viewers, was the new network’s highest rated show last week, TV Newser reported.
  • Obama's Syria conundrum: How to 'punish' Assad regime

    08/28/2013 10:12:46 AM PDT · by SoFloFreeper · 4 replies
    Al-Jazeera America ^ | 8/28/13 | Jamie Tarabay
    The question facing the administration is less whether to launch a military strike, but what would come next The challenge facing President Barack Obama and his political and military advisers is this: How to "punish" the regime of President Bashar al-Assad for its alleged use of chemical weapons on civilians, but not punish it too severely, lest that destroy a government whose survival is deemed preferable, for U.S. regional interests, to one led by extremists. While the administration appeared to be gearing up this week for some form of military response to an incident denounced by Secretary of State John...
  • How to watch Al Jazeera America (some basic facts about its funding and backers)

    08/27/2013 2:03:35 PM PDT · by NYer · 28 replies
    Newsday ^ | August 27, 2013 | FRIDA GHITIS
    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 America Makes Debut With Few National Advertisers (Proctor and Gamble, Gillette)

    08/26/2013 7:21:09 AM PDT · by jimbo123 · 55 replies
    Ad Age ^ | 8/23/13 | Jeanine Poggi
    In its first days on the air, Al Jazeera America's short commercial window has been dominated by promotions for the network itself and some direct-response ads. There are only a few national brands, including Gillette and ThermoSpas, that have bought time on the new cable news network. -snip- Procter & Gamble, parent of Gillette, did not respond to a request for comment by press time.
  • Vanity: WMAL Radio running Al-Jazeera ads -- Good or Bad?

    08/23/2013 10:32:32 AM PDT · by SilvieWaldorfMD · 32 replies
    WMAL ^ | 8/23/13 | Self (Somewhat)
    So a lot of listeners have been complaining to WMAL (the only conservative radio station in Washington, DC) via their Facebook page and other mediums about Al-Jazeera commercial ads airing during programming, especially during Mark Levin's show. Is this good or bad? I mean, revenue is revenue, no? Now WMAL can't be blamed for being a 'racist' & 'bigoted' radio station -- they are airing ads for an organization that does not endear itself to WMAL's values and principles, so WMAL can't be 'that bad', right? I don't see the big deal, but maybe it's because I'm too well immersed...
  • Al Jazeera, Reuters Published the news of Massacre in Syria one day before the Massacre Happened

    08/23/2013 9:06:06 AM PDT · by blueyon · 39 replies
    VeteransNewsNow ^ | 8/23/13 | Ed Corrigan
    "Al Jazeera, Reuters Published the news of Massacre in Syria one day before the Massacre Happened" Here is an item of extreme importance. If the allegation is true that Al Jazeera published photos of the gas attack and massacre the day before it happened, it is strong evidence that the attack is part of a propaganda campaign to smear the Syrian Government with false allegations and to provide a pretext for Western intervention on behalf of the rebels who are clearly losing the war against the Bashar al-Assad’s regime. The timing of the attack is very suspicious just as UN...
  • McCain AlJazeera Endorsement: Recall This Embarr-ass-ment

    08/22/2013 8:28:39 PM PDT · by publius321 · 19 replies
    Please Arizona, Quit Working Against Us. You can do Better than this. Recall McCain and Let Jan Brewer Nominate Herself to Senate in the interim. (video. WARNING: This is a "Selfie" but the only thing I am trying to "expose" is more McCain betrayal and sabotage.)
  • Al Jazeera America’s Debut: It was just dreadful. But news isn’t what Qatar-backed channel is about

    08/22/2013 6:30:44 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 30 replies
    National Review ^ | 08/22/2013 | Christopher Harper
    Al Jazeera America launched its much-ballyhooed channel Tuesday, providing a mix of unoriginal stories, uninspired reporting, and anti-American bias. Despite the earlier stories in nearly every major news outlet in which AJAM promised a different approach to the news, its debut, simply put, was dreadful. The only real news AJAM made was filing a lawsuit against AT&T, which decided not to run the channel on its U-verse cable system. The channel is offered, however, on Comcast, Verizon, FiOS, DirecTV, and Dish Network, and on its first day it reached an estimated 48 million households, or less than half the viewership...
  • Al Jazeera America Readies For Launch With Bold 'Real News' Formula

    08/22/2013 4:14:35 AM PDT · by lbryce · 27 replies
    Guardian ^ | August 19, 2013 | Amanda Holpuch
    In a 24-hour cable news world where sensationalist reporting, warring talking-heads and shrinking staff reign supreme, Al Jazeera America is launching an ambitious effort to provide quality, in-depth content on Tuesday. "There will be less opinion, less yelling and fewer celebrity sightings," the channel's acting chief executive, Ehab al-Shihabi, told reporters on a conference call last week. If the operation fulfills this claim, it will be sitting opposite the popular networks who have made their millions on this formula. Al Jazeera America will be available to nearly half of the country's 100 million television subscribers on Tuesday afternoon when it...