Al Jazeera Signs Deal to Air Throughout U.S.

NewsMax ^ | 1/16/08

[Sammy67]

NEW YORK - The Al Jazeera Network plans to announce on Thursday that it has signed a deal to run its news on Worldfocus, a syndicated nightly news program produced in New York and distributed throughout the United States.

The deal would help the international news network, one of the top services in the Arabic-speaking world, broaden its reach in the United States, where it so far has been available to only a limited audience.

Worldfocus, hosted by former NBC News correspondent Martin Savidge, is produced by New York City public broadcaster WLIW and syndicated to a number of Public Broadcasting Service affiliates, as well as other stations in 60 U.S. markets, including 27 of the top 30.

Al Jazeera declined to disclose terms of the deal.

The service's Arabic-language network is available in the United States through the DISH Network Corp. It has been trying to increase the distribution of its English- language network through cable television, but so far is available only in Washington, D.C., Toledo, Ohio and Burlington, Vermont.

One of its English-language programs, "Witness," reaches viewers through the LINK TV network, which is distributed by DISH Network and others.

Al Jazeera also is expanding its presence on the Internet, with a YouTube channel, a Twitter feed on the Gaza war and a free broadcast at an online service called Livestation.

The network, whose English broadcasts appear all over

[Sammy67]

One more reason to never watch or donate to PBS. And Americans must demand our tax dollars no longer support PBS!

[silverleaf]

al Jazeera- they distort, you decide

[Vaquero]

be still my heart...

AL JAZERRA HERE??????JOY!!!!!! (mega sarc)

[silverleaf]

On second thought, this is not funny
This is serious, given the now total collapse of responsible journalism in the US media
The timing- announced a week before Bamster Hussein's ascension - beyond coincidence

[weegee]

The deal would help the international news network, one of the top services in the Arabic-speaking world, broaden its reach in the United States, where it so far has been available to only a limited audience. able to have only limited influence on public opinion.

[weegee]

Axis Sally’s family should demand a posthumous pardon.

[Loud Mime]

You’re right; this is un-good.

Don’t the liberals realize that Islam hangs homosexuals, stones adulterers and is not “pro-choice?”

[Drango]

Public Broadcasting Service

The joy of having Al Jazeera is magnified by the fact that I'm paying for it with forced tax dollars.

[TravisBickle]

I thought they were already doing this, only they called themselves MSNBC.

[silverleaf]

I think they will self-censor that part of the “news”.
and focus on getting close-ups of IDF operatiosn and dead bloody arab infants

[BubbaBasher]

Let’s stop fretting and figure out a way to prevent this. It cannot be allowed to happen.

[hunter112]

Al Jazeera also is expanding its presence on the Internet

Sounds like a good target for a denial of service attack. Hussein already has enough propaganda outlets.

[Holicheese]

Air Amerika-—Al Jazeera??? Whats the dif?

[G8 Diplomat]

Barf...

At my university there’s a cafe that gets broadcasts of foreign news services for you to watch, including Al-Jazeera. I watch it occasionally, because, as a security and intelligence major, one of the most important rules is “know thy enemy.” It’s also a good way to improve your language skills. Those of us learning Arabic do so, so some day you won’t have to. So someday Al-Jazeera won’t become the main news channel in the US.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Why is Al J still on the air anywhere ?

[Polarik]

Given that the MSM, and especially PBS, have already morphed into an English Al-Jazeera, with its anti-Israel and anti-Semitic bias, this is not surprising.

[R_Kangel]

Yep, I can see OPFOR terror cells around the country just waiting for a verbal "trigger" to be broadcast over the network.

[Puppage]

PBS = American Pravda

[Prokopton]

as a security and intelligence major

You go to a University that has a "security and intelligence major"? What school would that be, if you can tell?

[SolidWood]

Can’t be worse than “our” MSM.