What is the point of this article? I've been able to watch Al Jazeera the past few days just fine, and I don't subscribe to any cable company. Why are these old media folks acting like television is still relevant?
Why can't people in US watch Al Jazeera?
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Re: Why can't people in US watch Al Jazeera?
#82Well, there seems to be much interesting information missed from the US air waves... :-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_and_antisemitism#Yusuf_al... In a sermon, which aired on Al-Jazeera TV on January 9, 2009 [...] "Oh Allah, take your enemies, the enemies of Islam. Oh Allah, take the Jews, the treacherous aggressors. Oh Allah, take this profligate, cunning, arrogant band of people. [...] Oh Allah, take this opp…
cause they get their share of antisemitism from Fox: http://mediamatters.org/research/200807020002
Yes, that seems the same as an Islamic sermon calling for the destruction of the Jewish race. I see the analogy, well played. You've completely countered berntb's point.
Re: Why can't people in US watch Al Jazeera?
#83I hate to be "Why is this on HN" guy, but why is this on HN?
Re: Why can't people in US watch Al Jazeera?
#84For Linux users wanting to watching without using browser + flash, using mplayer + rtmpdump: rtmpdump -v -r rtmp://livestfslivefs.fplive.net/livestfslive-live/ -y "aljazeera_en_veryhigh?videoId=747084146001&lineUpId=&pubId=665003303001&playerId=751182905001&affiliateId=" -W "http://admin.brightcove.com/viewer/us1.24.04.08.2011-01-14072625/federatedVideoUI/BrightcovePlayer.swf -p "http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_no…
just pulled rtmpdump from macports (I already have mplayer, of course) and I can confirm it works on mac too... except their rtmp provider seems to be getting killed right now. I would recommend switching to Livestation, quality isn't as good, but at least it works (on Linux too).
It works fine on my linux box. Is there anyway to adjust the screensize to full-screen?
Re: Why can't people in US watch Al Jazeera?
#85Hey Guys, check out our startup Frequency. You can see quite a bit of al jazeera.
http://www.frequency.com/aljazeera
Re: Why can't people in US watch Al Jazeera?
#86Earlier quoted context omitted.
just pulled rtmpdump from macports (I already have mplayer, of course) and I can confirm it works on mac too... except their rtmp provider seems to be getting killed right now. I would recommend switching to Livestation, quality isn't as good, but at least it works (on Linux too).
It works fine on my linux box. Is there anyway to adjust the screensize to full-screen?
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Re: Why can't people in US watch Al Jazeera?
#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
Actually, MEMRI is an American non-profit, which in principle doesn't accept financing from any government ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East_Media_Research_Inst... ): Apparently the mere inclusion of Israelis (I recognize 3 Israeli names out of the 7 listed in its staff page) is enough to label it "Israel's PR department". Al Jazeera, on the other hand, have received so far over $160m from the Emir of Qatar…
I thought MEMRI was accused of being Israel's PR department because it was founded by "ex-" Israeli intelligence officers, refused to disclose its funding, tends to distort meanings in its translations, is highly selective in translating inflammatory pieces while ignoring opposing pieces adjacent to them, etc.
Putting aside the completely unsourced FUD in your comment, clearly MEMRI does have an agenda. Personally I rarely visit that site and wouldn't get my news from it. But my question was why would you consider a network that is openly financed by Qatar objective, and an organization that is not financed by Israel "Israeli PR"?
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#88Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've watched it. Al Jazeera (English) is as anti US and anti-semitic as the BBC. I recommend you stay away.
Right, god forbid we listen to anything other than pro-US and pro-Israel sources. And we all know that the BBC is a highly biased bunch of freedom haters, right? Also, don't you love it when any group that is anti-Israel (ie. against the state) is labelled anti-semitic? Instant demonisation.
It was sarcasm gone awry.
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#89Earlier quoted context omitted.
Jacob, are you in Israel? Would you care to shed some perspective? For instance, are the races segregated? Are children taught to distrust other races? Are they taught all peoples are equal?
Just an American here, but there is no racial segregation or systematized racism of any kind in Israel. 'Racism' and 'Apartheid' are just thrown around carelessly at Israel by some critics.
You are just making things up.
Re: Why can't people in US watch Al Jazeera?
#90Earlier quoted context omitted.
I thought MEMRI was accused of being Israel's PR department because it was founded by "ex-" Israeli intelligence officers, refused to disclose its funding, tends to distort meanings in its translations, is highly selective in translating inflammatory pieces while ignoring opposing pieces adjacent to them, etc.
Putting aside the completely unsourced FUD in your comment, clearly MEMRI does have an agenda. Personally I rarely visit that site and wouldn't get my news from it. But my question was why would you consider a network that is openly financed by Qatar objective, and an organization that is not financed by Israel "Israeli PR"?
Putting aside the completely unsourced FUD in your comment
Which of my claims are you questioning?
My question was why would you consider a network that is openly financed by Qatar objective, and an organization that is not financed by Israel "Israeli PR"?
I think Al Jazeera is relatively objective (compared to other news networks) because they often include people with opposing views on their shows. Beyond that, I don't think objectivity is the be-all and end-all of news networks. I can't watch CNN because its programming is directed towards children: lots of flashy opinion, idiotic conventional wisdom, a shockingly limited window of acceptable discourse, very little actual news content regarding issues that matter (as opposed to celebrity 'news'), etc. I'd hesitate to trust Al Jazeera's reporting on Qatar, but Qatar isn't a very important country and Al Jazeera has managed to piss off a lot of middle eastern dictatorships and monarchies.
In contrast, MEMRI has been strongly criticized by scholars like Juan Cole: http://www.juancole.com/2004/11/intimidation-by-israeli-link... Beyond that, how do you know that MEMRI isn't financed by Israel?