Everyone who buys cable and satellite is contributing to these leftwing channels. If your system has AL Jazeera, Currrent, Pivot, Democracy Now, Bridges-TV, CCTV4 etc etc you are funding them. These channels, even though hardly anyone watches, are receiving millions and millions per month without advertising.
Democracy Now is a radio show that runs on a gazillion little lefty college FM stations. They just stuck a camera in front of whats-her-name and put the feed on the dish.
Actually that is not entirely true. Industry insiders will tell you that channels like CCTV4, RT America are being provided to cable companies as “free-to-air” channels. That is, they’re not asking for any compensation from satellite and cable providers, just a place on the dial.
Al-Jazeera English was “free-to-air” but now that Al-Jazeera America is on the air, they’re hoping to gain advertisers.
From a purely business standpoint, they don’t need to have advertisers. Their day-to-day operations are funded by the Qatari oil sheiks.