I strongly suspect that one of the great under-explored areas of the war is the infiltration of Islamist money into western journalism.

Halley on April 30, 2007 at 4:36 AM

Agree completely. Especially when journalists are trained to have minimal allegiance to the West.

Because, as Burlington Telecom’s director explains, “I think it’s more mainstream and more objective than CNN”.

Heh.

See-Dubya

Nicely done.

I wonder if the author of this post or any of the commenters here have actually watch AJ beyond some internet clips.

NPP on April 29, 2007 at 11:51 PM

Yes. As a matter of fact, they have the live streaming English version online, which I watch on occasion. I can tell you, the full broadcast is basically a whole lot of internet clips.

Burlington Telecom is a private business

The story indicates the company is owned by the City of Burlington. Doesn’t seem so private to me.

As a part of the latest political push to have foot-washing equipment and bidets installed in Minnesota’s public restrooms, the host of a PBS Muslim public affairs show has penned an interesting column–basically accusing the rest of us of, well, not being clean enough.

Having been deployed to three different Middle-Eastern countries and currently living within driving distance of Dearbornistan, I have but one comment about this:

If they would wear socks and real shoes instead of wearing some variant of sandals everywhere they go and in every weather condition imaginable, their feet wouldn’t be so dirty and they wouldn’t need special foot-washing equipment.

Because, as Burlington Telecom’s director explains, “I think it’s more mainstream and more objective than CNN”.

This could very well be true… Israel seems to perfer al-Jazeera to CNN or BBC.

Always has been, now new and improved!!

(from a left-wing point of view of course)

I mean, if you give folks choices about what they can watch, how can you guarantee that the sheep will get their daily dose of left-wing propaganda?

jaleach

That’s what it’s all about, now isn’t it.

Ibn Warraq makes the point in “Why I Am Not A Muslim” that the ritual washing of Muslims did not originate in a desire to remain clean but in the pagan Arab belief that water washes away evil spirits.

I want Arabs on my TV. I’d love to see more Jamal Miftahs, Wafa Sultans, M. Zuhdi Jassers getting their say. These men and women do more for American goodwill toward Arabs and Muslims than the all the Wahhabi propaganda ever made.

Agreed. Top of my list is Ali Hasan. He’s a good guy.

Sure, a la carte may be a little more expensive, but well worth it, I’d say. I’ll gladly pay more to have the option of NOT supporting al Jazeera (and MTV, etc.)

It’s amusing to see how the entertainment industry goes ballistic over a la carte programming. I mean, if you give folks choices about what they can watch, how can you guarantee that the sheep will get their daily dose of left-wing propaganda?

I wonder if the author of this post or any of the commenters here have actually watch AJ beyond some internet clips.

NPP on April 29, 2007 at 11:51 PM

No need to get neck deep in the sewer to find out whether it stinks or not.

NPP on April 29, 2007 at 11:51 PM

You don’t even have to watch them, you can get the English version online at any time. So, what’s your point?

Sure, a la carte may be a little more expensive, but well worth it, I’d say. I’ll gladly pay more to have the option of NOT supporting al Jazeera (and MTV, etc.)

You are not an embarrassment.

Signed,

VRWC

Home sweet home.
RightWinged on April 29, 2007 at 11:38 PM

You could move here. We’d welcome you and, based on nothing more than your politics, you’d fit right in and have lots of friends – including me.

LGF has the most egregious example: The Burlington, Vermont cable company decides, hey, we’ll throw Al Jazeera into your cable package. Because, as Burlington Telecom’s director explains, “I think it’s more mainstream and more objective than CNN”.

Sue me for not writing my version of Montgomery Gentry’s “My Town”, but once again, we (residents of Burlington, VT) are an embarrassment. Last summer (right around the week I moved back up here) our newly elected mayor openly attempted to make Burlington a “sanctuary city” (and wasn’t shy about using that language). Yeah, VT. We bring you civil unions before anyone else has heard of them. We bring you insane ladies who pee in the aisle on planes when returning home after spending time as a free lance American hater “journalist” in Pakistan, with their Pakistani boyfriends they met online. We bring you YEAAAAAARGH Howard Dean. We bring you the highest taxes per capita. We bring you the state Senate that not more than a couple weeks ago voted to impeach President Bush.

Home sweet home.

I do have to say one thing though, Burlington Telecom is pretty tiny:

Burlington Telecom, a city-owned cable company that serves 1,200 households in Vermont’s largest city

They’re something relatively new, and likely to be a complete failure before long. Almost everyone up here has Comcast (Adelphia was taken over just last year), and Burlington Telecom is very limited in their service area. Last I checked they were only available in part of downtown.

Anyway, it’s an embarassment, but at least it’s not like we’re all up here flipping through Seinfeld reruns during April snowstorms and running across Terrorist TV.

PinkyBigglesworth on April 29, 2007 at 11:32 PM

Can you even imagine it? Before long, the MSM will be quoting Al Jazeera like it’s the gospel truth so long as it fits their anti-Bush, anti-war, anti-America agenda.