Arab TV network al Jazeera planning expansion to America

Houston Chronicle ^ | Feb. 8, 2003, 11:01PM | no byline

[Euro-American Scum]

Finally .. a cable network that will get lower ratings than CNN. :)

Or the next broadcast opportunity for Phil Donahue.

[Bobby777]

Hi, Billy Mays here ... OxyClean and Kaboom! will wash that nasty Al-Jazeera right off your TV screen with one wipe of the sponge. Unfortunately, you'll still have to hear me yell ... that's the price you pay

[RS]

I will definately agree with you that they should open their airwaves to different ideas - it is a benefit to their society...
Which is why we should have them here... regardless of a quid pro quo

[weegee]

Well we know which network will be the first to air future Al Qaida/"Bin Laden" tapes.

[RS]

"Well we know which network will be the first to air future Al Qaida/"Bin Laden" tapes. "

Exactly ! ..
They will air it complete ( with the "secret messages"(did anyone buy into that?) and we will be able to refute it in the open.

[Norman Arbuthnot]

I heard Al Jazeera has a show that is modeled on Crossfire. I'd like to see it just for laughs. I seriously doubt they could have anyone on who would offend me more than Carville and Begala.

[Clemenza]

I've already seen this BS network broadcast via satellite here in Bay Ridge.

[Cathryn Mataga]

Well, I don't know. I think I'll have to check out the Al Jazeera English service. I'm always curious in the alternate perspectives, you know. I remember listening to the old Radio Moscow back in the 70's and 80's, and that was always, err, a bit more strange than anything else.

I do think Al Jazeera has done more to unite the Arab world than Nassir ever did. It's that significant of a development, and I do think we'll see some changes, politically, in the Arab world in a few decades that will trace back to Al Jazeera.

[SpaceBar]

Under the expanded role of the federal government to snoop on everything, monitoring the consumption of Al-Jazeera should be a cake walk.

[Mr. Mojo]

Ted Turner must be positively fuming about this news. CNN will probably lose about 20% of its viewers.

[American in Israel]

They basically said that if Israel would surrender, there would be peace in the middle east

And if America surrenders, there will be peace in the west...

[Jarhead_22]

spokesman Jihad Ali Ballout. "But money is not of paramount importance. We believe we have a mission."

And just what do you think Jihad's mission is?

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Since CNN and MSNBC are tanking, al-Jazeera is looking to move into their market.

[weegee]

Cross-referencing:

Al Jazeera's Web Site Looks West With Launch in English