Al-Jazeera All-English coming

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  1. biggyv

    biggyv Member

    May 18, 2000
    PGH PA
    Yes.
     
  2. M

    M Member+

    Feb 18, 2000
    Via Ventisette
    I'd love to have another non-US source of news available here. It'll be interesting to see whether cable companies will carry it.
     
  3. Footer Phooter

    Jul 23, 2000
    Falls Church, VA
    I might actually watch it on occaision.
     
  4. patrickm

    patrickm New Member

    May 3, 2003
    usa
    bis miallah al rahman al rahim!
     
  5. clevelandstoker

    Aug 12, 2004
    Youngstown, OH
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  6. afgrijselijkheid

    Dec 29, 2002
    mokum
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    and it's not even close
     
  7. Sine Pari

    Sine Pari Member

    Oct 10, 2000
    NUNYA, BIZ

    Fox and Al Jizz are the same thing
     
  8. afgrijselijkheid

    Dec 29, 2002
    mokum
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    the number of times you've actually seen al-jazeera, please? i'm not trying to be an apologist for them, i just want to determine from what base of knowledge you plan to lecture us
     
  9. Sine Pari

    Sine Pari Member

    Oct 10, 2000
    NUNYA, BIZ

    well for a time there i think i saw them at the least 2-3 times a week

    i've also seen outfoxed and control room

    could you tell me how many times you've seen it, not clips, documentaries etc, but actual live broadcasts ? thank you
     
  10. IntheNet

    IntheNet New Member

    Nov 5, 2002
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    I believe "shut your suck" is appropriate for you here; based on your own vernacular...

    For the others, however:

    FOX News Network, LLC is an American media division of Fox, registered as an independant and owned by Murdoch. Mr. Murdoch's media history is on-line and it began in 1985, when he bought seven U.S. television stations from Metromedia for US $2 b to form Fox Television, which is currently headed by CEO Roger Ailes.

    ~whereas~

    Al Jazeera is an Arabic television channel based in Qatar, partly dependent on the emir of Qatar for funding.*

    (*Al Jazeera was started with a $150 million grant from the emir of Qatar; it aimed to become self-sufficient through advertising by 2001, but when this failed to occur the emir agreed to continue subsidizing it on a year-by-year basis [$30 million in 2004]).
     
  11. Sine Pari

    Sine Pari Member

    Oct 10, 2000
    NUNYA, BIZ
    Well having been in the military yourself there ITN, I thought you'd know what shut your suck meant without my having to explain it.........maybe you were out sick that day ?

    And you could not have missed my point more had you tried
     
  12. IntheNet

    IntheNet New Member

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    Do tell us what you meant then... explain your point:

     
  13. Sine Pari

    Sine Pari Member

    Oct 10, 2000
    NUNYA, BIZ

    Fvck, you are stupid

    Fox is biased

    Al Jizz is biased

    Saying one is better or worse than the other is like saying that you ITN are a brilliant man - it just ain't true
     
  14. IntheNet

    IntheNet New Member

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    So ... if I accept that your statement is true, what did you think of CBS's recent Dan Rather fiasco that led to his resignation... did that too involve bias, IN YOUR OPINION?
     
  15. Sine Pari

    Sine Pari Member

    Oct 10, 2000
    NUNYA, BIZ

    We aren't talking about CBS

    This thread was about Al Jizz and then Fox was brought into it

    That is the discussion at hand
     
  16. IntheNet

    IntheNet New Member

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    Right...but you forgot this little matter of proof...

    You made the accusation of Fox being biased... I asked for clarification...

    I have proof that CBS is biased, since its head anchorman resigned as a direct result of such bias...

    Do you have proof that Fox is biased? Any resignations? Any substantial cases of bias in news broadcasting beyond your own opinion?

    In other words, if you're going to make the accusation, at least try to offer some proof about it!
     
  17. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
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    Wait, wait... did he get caught lying about that, too?

    Man, the things you miss when you go out of town for a couple of weeks.

    EDIT to remark that, at 12:58, CaughtIntheLies negative repped me, thereby confirming my suspicion.
     
  18. skipshady

    skipshady New Member

    Apr 26, 2001
    Orchard St, NYC
    Actually, that the memo contributed to Rather's resignation and resulted in the dismissal of several members of the news staff indicates that bias (or shoddy reporting) is frowned upon at CBS.

    How many high profile anchors have been fired or pressured to resign at Fox News?
     
  19. IntheNet

    IntheNet New Member

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    None?
     
  20. skipshady

    skipshady New Member

    Apr 26, 2001
    Orchard St, NYC
    I have no idea either. But you're guessing that no member of the Fox News staff has ever reported anything that would violate its editorial policies, yes?
     
  21. Samarkand

    Samarkand Member+

    May 28, 2001
    The interesting thing is that you asked the same question on this thread and when provided with countless examples, both large and small, of Fox's bias, you did your usual - didn't bother answering all those inconvenient facts..........(guess, like Dick Cheney, you had other priorities, huh?)
     
  22. IntheNet

    IntheNet New Member

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    Actually skipshady... with all the "accusations" about Fox News conservative bias, there have been no real charges and no resignations of any kind on this matter... however, there have been resignations at the New York Times, CBS, NBC, CNN, and PBS precisely on the bias issue... so it's been a bit one-sided!

    And I note that georgeplmr disappeared when asked to post evidence of Fox News bias that he alleged!
     
  23. Sine Pari

    Sine Pari Member

    Oct 10, 2000
    NUNYA, BIZ
    I'm ignoring you
     
  24. jackistheman

    jackistheman New Member

    Jul 21, 2002
    That's because at NYT, CBS, etc. they make an attempt to not be biased, and if someone is found to let an untold amount of bias creep into their work, they're removed..

    Unlike Fox, where it's "Fox News, We Decide."
     

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