Why? We don't need news on TV anymore. Let it die.
Demand Al Jazeera in the US
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#32I learned more about the relevant participants in Egypt from watching Al Jazeera on the net for 15 minutes than from weeks of US coverage.
How is the coverage of Japan though? The BBC is still my favorite for international events.
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#33When I want to know what's really going on in the world, I don't watch the government-influenced, corporate-financed mainstream western media. I tune into the Emir of Qatar's station, where centuries old traditions of democracy and independent journalism reporting produce quality, objective reporting. Incredible how gullible most people are. You just need to up the sophistication by a notch to have them eating out of…
What's wrong with another perspective on things?
He doesn't have cable or satellite.
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#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
You bring up good points but there still is a need. There are plenty of people who wont even consider news that isn't on TV. Having a mainstream channel that disagrees with Fox and CNN would be a great thing IMO.
It wouldn't be considered mainstream by the people that would benefit most from an expanded world view, it would just be considered terrorist.
I'm not so sure. Of course some people are completely closed minded, but I think there is still a lot of ignorance out there that can be cured. You wouldn't know it staying on sites like this one but there are a lot of people who's primary source of information is the TV and they'll probably give most things they see on there a chance.
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#35When I want to know what's really going on in the world, I don't watch the government-influenced, corporate-financed mainstream western media. I tune into the Emir of Qatar's station, where centuries old traditions of democracy and independent journalism reporting produce quality, objective reporting. Incredible how gullible most people are. You just need to up the sophistication by a notch to have them eating out of…
If I were smarter, I'd call out the type of rhetorical attack you just made, but since I'm not, I'll just point out that you provided no evidence of bias and simply played off of stereotypes. Al Jazeera is widely respected in the journalism world.
Parent alluded ALL corporate news organizations have bias.
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#36When I want to know what's really going on in the world, I don't watch the government-influenced, corporate-financed mainstream western media. I tune into the Emir of Qatar's station, where centuries old traditions of democracy and independent journalism reporting produce quality, objective reporting. Incredible how gullible most people are. You just need to up the sophistication by a notch to have them eating out of…
So, out of interest, where do you get your news from? For me, choice is great. The Murdoch-owned Sky satellite service in the UK has a great selection of news channels: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_channels_on_Sky:_News It's kinda interesting to flick between the different channels during major events to see how the same event is reported in subtly different ways.
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#37When I want to know what's really going on in the world, I don't watch the government-influenced, corporate-financed mainstream western media. I tune into the Emir of Qatar's station, where centuries old traditions of democracy and independent journalism reporting produce quality, objective reporting. Incredible how gullible most people are. You just need to up the sophistication by a notch to have them eating out of…
You have never watched al-jazeera, have you?
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#38When I want to know what's really going on in the world, I don't watch the government-influenced, corporate-financed mainstream western media. I tune into the Emir of Qatar's station, where centuries old traditions of democracy and independent journalism reporting produce quality, objective reporting. Incredible how gullible most people are. You just need to up the sophistication by a notch to have them eating out of…
So, out of interest, where do you get your news from? For me, choice is great. The Murdoch-owned Sky satellite service in the UK has a great selection of news channels: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_channels_on_Sky:_News It's kinda interesting to flick between the different channels during major events to see how the same event is reported in subtly different ways.
Some people do not watch tv and use the internet to get their news.
Interesting how we use possesive pronouns when talking about news (your, their, my), no?
It is all biased.
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#39When I want to know what's really going on in the world, I don't watch the government-influenced, corporate-financed mainstream western media. I tune into the Emir of Qatar's station, where centuries old traditions of democracy and independent journalism reporting produce quality, objective reporting. Incredible how gullible most people are. You just need to up the sophistication by a notch to have them eating out of…
If I were smarter, I'd call out the type of rhetorical attack you just made, but since I'm not, I'll just point out that you provided no evidence of bias and simply played off of stereotypes. Al Jazeera is widely respected in the journalism world.
Which version of Al Jazeera? The English language version content differs widely from the Arabic language content.
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#40When I want to know what's really going on in the world, I don't watch the government-influenced, corporate-financed mainstream western media. I tune into the Emir of Qatar's station, where centuries old traditions of democracy and independent journalism reporting produce quality, objective reporting. Incredible how gullible most people are. You just need to up the sophistication by a notch to have them eating out of…
As a friend used to say: "choose your own mind control".