Yeah, right now my basic bill has about 50 channels I don't watch, including ESPN2, MTV, VH1, etc., but there's no smaller package. Are cable bills going up when Al Jazeera is added?
Most sane people do not want to subsidize Al Jazeera on their cable systems for the purpose of promoting the diversity of their point of view.
Well, call me insane if you'd like, but I think many Americans have a very insular point of view and very little understanding of the viewpoints of those in different countries and cultures. I think adding channels such as BBC and AlJazeera could help some of us expand our horizons, so to speak.
We don't have to agree with the way other people think, but it doesn't hurt to try to understand it. Or, alternatively, we can refuse to associate with people who don't believe what we believe and we can refuse to watch channels that show points of view that make us uncomfortable. I.e., we can stick our heads in the sand.
Their point of view is hate, murder, misogny, beheadings and torture.
So you've been watching it already?
If you want to watch it go right ahead. Don't have to watch it to know what they're doing since all the other channels report on it.
Because we don't want our money to go to a terrorist loving network that does not mean that we are "sticking our heads in the sand". Maybe you need to watch it to find out what's going on but most of us here are well aware of what is happening in the Middle East, we don't need to watch terrorist networks for our news.
I think a lot of people here are happy to let Rush and Ann do their thinking for them.
Also, Al J is banned in some Middle East countries for being too 'western' in its views (Iran is one of them I think).
Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer.
I would be very interested in seeing what the other side is seeing. It is *sort of* like keeping a watch on DU; the stakes are higher, but, unfortunately, our view will be somewhat sanitized.
WOuld it have been wise to broadcast German Nazi propaganda directly to the US during WWII?
I must respectfully disagree with you, for I understand perfectly Al-Jazeera's mission. They and their ilk wish to exterminate us and our way of life.
Why legitimize their voice by giving them their own cable channel here in the U.S.? To me, that is insanity, because I remember a 'little thing' called 9/11 and them dancing in the streets.
Islam’s “Plan” To Take Over the USA
in 20 Years
As reported by Anis Shorrosh, author of “Islam Revealed”
as well as in Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin
and WorldNetDaily.com on August 4, 2003.
http://www.worldthreats.com/general_information/Islam%20Plan%20to%20Take%20Over%20USA.htm
5. Take control of as much of Hollywood, the press, TV, radio and the Internet as possible by buying the related corporations or a controlling stock.
They're only going to tell us what they want us to hear anyway so whats the big deal.
If people are truly inclined to investigate the message aired by Al Jazeera, then there is this dandy thing called "the internet". One can read all the anti-Israeli crapola and crack-headed ideas of AJ that they could want without subsidising AJ.