Before Al Jazeera is Allowed Into America They Should Allow Me to Broadcast a Show From Doha, Qatar

[maxkeiser]

Al Jazeera had hoped to break into the U.S. market by now, but nobody's buying it. And the far-right nuts in the U.S. are lobbying to keep the network out of one of the very few places (other than YouTube) Americans can see it; Burlington Vermont. The multi-trillion dollar weapons industry in the U.S. gets upset when AJ shows the victims of America's Blackwater-brats, so naturally Washington, D.C. cult <em>Accuracy in Media </em>is against it.

You wouldn't think getting Al Jaz into the U.S. would be that hard, but new programming topper Tony Burman appears to be floundering.
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"Managing director Tony Burman and military and current affairs correspondent Josh Rushing <a href="http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080611/NEWS02/806110312/1009/NEWS01"> took questions about the network for 45 minutes Tuesday on Channel 17, CCTV</a>, and they plan to attend tonight's public forum at Champlain College. In May, Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss intervened with BurlingtonTelecom to keep Al-Jazeera English on the air. He said it shouldn't be dropped without a public discussion."</blockquote>

Hey Tony!

This is America. You want to get your network played you need good shows. It has nothing to do with being pro-America or anti-America so why, Tony, are you (a Canadian) letting America's Extreme Right frame the debate?

Dave Marash has recently said that he thinks AJ is anti-American. Nonsense. If anything, Al Jaz has been too soft on the U.S. Their reports (including Josh Rushing) from inside the U.S. are about as cutting as that show "Modern Farmer" that I used to watch on Saturday mornings before the cartoons came on (back in the '60's).

Recently, I shot a pilot in London for a business show called <em>The Oracle</em> that picks up where the ten films I shot for Al Jaz over the past two years leave off.

Here's a few minutes from the pilot.

If you think it should be picked up by Al Jazeera; sending me to Doha, Qatar email:

<blockquote>[e-mail] (Managing Director)

[e-mail] (Programming Director)
(and brother of Craig Ferguson, famous late-night TV comic and recovering Scotsman)

[e-mail] (Business Development) </blockquote>

Let them know, "I want Max."

Help me -- help them -- get something worth watching for Americans on their network.

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[iamahaingttta]

1. Interesting!

check your tags...

[Warpy]

2. You can see their material already

on "Mosaic," a Middle Eastern news show on Link TV. Much of it is fascinating. All of it is informative, one way or another.

[maxkeiser]

3. email correction; [e-mail]

correct email address is:
[e-mail] (Programming Director)