Al Gore Sells Out to Qatar: State-Owned Al Jazeera Buys Current TV

Shariah Finance Watch ^ | 3 January 12 | Unattributed

[LSUfan]

Al Gore has sold his failing Current TV television network.

The buyer is none other than Al Jazeera, the infamous Islamist television network based out of Doha, Qatar (more on Qatar very shortly).

Gore released an interesting statement along with the announcement of the sale:

“Current Media was built based on a few key goals: To give voice to those who are not typically heard; to speak truth to power; to provide independent and diverse points of view; and to tell stories that no one else is telling.”

“Al Jazeera has the same goals…”

This statement isn’t just interesting. It’s astonishing.

Al Jazeera is one of the LEAST independent media outlets in the world. It was started by seed money provided by the emir of Qatar and is to this day owned by the Islamic state of Qatar.

Since when is state-owned media considered “independent?”

Moreover, it is very important to take into account the kind of state that owns Al Jazeera.

Qatar is also the only Wahhabi Islamic nation other than Saudi Arabia. Perhaps this is why Qatar is the only nation to have allowed the Afghan Taliban to establish a political office in Doha, the capital. Wahhabi Islam is the branch of Islam that gave birth to Al Qaeda.

But perhaps the most significant aspect of Qatar, the Wahhabi dictatorship that owns Al Jazeera, and now Al Gore’s Current TV, is its role in Jihad.

[allendale]

Have to wonder just how much money the great “environmentalist” Al Gore made from those recycled Saudi petrodollars.

[DManA]

Notice he sold before the first of the year, to avoid taxes.

[DManA]

This is a little too obvious but I’ll say it anyway:

Way to go Al Jazeera Gore.

[shadeaud]

Glenn Beck’s ‘’The Blaze’’ attempted to begin serious negotiations with ‘’The Current’’ and was told that it would only be sold to those having the same philosophy as the present owners.........hmmmmmmmm

[DBrow]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/03/hillary-clinton-calls-al-_n_830890.html

Hillary calls Al Jazeera “real news” as opposed to the stuff the USA calls “news”.

How many of our top government people are islamists?

[treetopsandroofs]

This gives Al Jazeera BOTH channels in screen-in-screen on the White Hut TV’s.

[machogirl]

From the Washington Free Beacon article on this sale:

“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 watches, as factors in their decision.”

[LibertarianLiz]

Glenn Beck’s ‘’The Blaze’’ attempted to begin serious negotiations with ‘’The Current’’ and was told that it would only be sold to those having the same philosophy as the present owners.........hmmmmmmmm

Honestly, the first thing I thought when I heard about this was that the content was not going to change.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Published reports are that Gore’s cut of this will be around $100 mil. And that they really pushed to get the deal done by New Years Eve to avoid the hike in capital gains taxes.

[mosesdapoet]

In the News/Activism forum, on a thread titled Al Gore Sells Out to Qatar: State-Owned Al Jazeera Buys Current TV, DManA wrote:
Notice he sold before the first of the year, to avoid taxes.

The deal didn’t close before the 1st Gore got stuck with paying the taxes

[DManA]

WO HOOOO. That makes my day.

[The Cajun]

I know it's too much to hope for, but I sincerely hope AlGore is in financial trouble having to sell Current TV.
Deep financial trouble.
Maybe old Tipper really took him to the cleaners.

[GOPJ]

I’m dropping Bright House if they carry the new Current...