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In reply to the discussion: Howard Dean calls Al Jazeera America 'The Fox of the Muslim world' [View all]Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)38. after listening to hours and hours of government stenographer bullshit on CNN
I don't see anything wrong with hearing a different perspective every now and then. I can't see why listening to the world from a different point of view is so dangerous. Al Jazeera America and Al Jazeera English have a lot more independent investigative journalism then you will ever find from the caviar correspondents and government stenographers who inhabit the mainstream American media.
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Nope, just as wrong as Dean thinking AJA is owned by Iraqis. It's Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal
Turborama
Sep 2013
#56
You are thinking of this fellow, who owns 7% (No. 2 investor, yes) of that pile of dogshit
MADem
Sep 2013
#61
The guy who was running AJ (Wadah Khanfar) was most assuredly MB-trained; he was fired.
MADem
Sep 2013
#71
Kind of like RT not being good now on LGBT issues, but bless them or having on Thom Hartmann!
cascadiance
Sep 2013
#17
RT sucks on anything that Putin objects to--it's not "RT"--it's the Kremlin News Network...
MADem
Sep 2013
#33
I think a lot of people imagined Howard Dean to be a lot more progressive than he actually was or is
Douglas Carpenter
Sep 2013
#15
I hope it is not upsetting to hear this from me. But I agree with you
Douglas Carpenter
Sep 2013
#20
Then Congressman Bernie Sanders in his 1998 autobiography, Outsider in the House
Douglas Carpenter
Sep 2013
#29
I don't know what all this has to do with him not caring for Al Jazeera
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Sep 2013
#42
This is some fascinating 1968 historical detail (much thanks for this) and insightful
HardTimes99
Sep 2013
#49
after listening to hours and hours of CNN beating the war drums and pumping out buckets and buckets
Douglas Carpenter
Sep 2013
#19
prior to that Blizter worked for the right-wing Jerusalem Post and for AIPAC
Douglas Carpenter
Sep 2013
#57
yea I remember Wolfie was a leading correspondent at the time. But it was Peter Arnett who
Douglas Carpenter
Sep 2013
#64
attractive Arab women with delightful British accent can't possibly be strong independent women.
Douglas Carpenter
Sep 2013
#31
The ones not reading government bullshit off the teleprompter can be(n/m)
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Sep 2013
#32
after listening to hours and hours of government stenographer bullshit on CNN
Douglas Carpenter
Sep 2013
#38
But nicer than Ann Coulter, doing the same thing. Ah, the 1% media. Just sayin'
freshwest
Sep 2013
#39
More propaganda because Al Jazeera is more balanced over all, than any news source in this country.
RC
Sep 2013
#59
That clue jumps out like a sore thumb. The campaign against Al Jazeera is pathetic...
Violet_Crumble
Sep 2013
#67
I haven't seen Al Jazeera America, but Al Jazeera English was unbiased in coverage.
joshcryer
Sep 2013
#69