Al Jazeera news coming to a TV near you?

The other day I made a post in a thread noting the fact that since Tunisia/Egypt began, Al Jazeera traffic according to Alexa has freakin skyrocketed, as people realized Al Jazeera from the start had the most reporters on the ground in the area. Well apparently Al Jazeera has also become aware of this fact, and apparently 60% of their new traffic has been coming from the US. They're now trying to capitalize on this fact to try to dispel some irrational beliefs people have of Al Jazeera in an effort to take down obstacles in being a choice on cable television in the United States.

http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/02/201121121041735816.html

Al Jazeera, bringing better and actual news to a TV near you.

 

Ive always loved AL Jazeera.. dont watch to much cn-pttf n..
Egypt arrested journalist from there too..
Al Jazeera English Journalists Arrested In Egypt

 

Shit.All I get is the usual"internet explorer cannot display the web page". Don't know if it's my machine or what. I'll try google when I get off here. Happens to me quite a bit. I should switch to apple.

 

I like AlJazeera too. I don't watch local, fox., CNN or any of the available "propaganda instead of news stations" on the dish..

 

http://english.aljazeera.net/
try now..

 

Al Jazeera did a great show on the White Power movement in the US.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sQ7JCgbYc4

Not only are they good at news, they're good at programing. They're basically the only news station that's been able to successfully replicate the BBC model.

 

Thanks Orison--but still no.

 

once Al Jazerra was dropped by comcast. I cut it off.. its not carried dish either..

Direct tv Channel 375.

 

DirectTV I was pissed at when I first switched to them, but I'm beginning to realize I like their service the most. Some amazing channels that are only available on it, I guess Al Jazeera is another one.

Question though, how is this more newsworthy than the Health Care ruling in Florida, or inflation of the commodities market, grain valued higher than gold? The Egyptian uprising is very newsworthy, but there are a bazillion stories about that in Hipforums news, is more domestic news not relevant, or is someone's panties wet over revolution in hopes for anarchy in the U.S?

I find it hilarious anti American government people are so wet over the Egyptian people calling for a Representative government. Chaos prevails in the minds of the short thinking.

 

The rising commodity prices play directly into unrest in the Arab world.

However the health care ruling is irrelevant. Really it is, 2 judges have ruled it's unconstitutional, like 20 have ruled the opposite yet those never get news stories. Especially given the fact it was just a local circuit court, they literally picked the most conservative area they could find to do the lawsuit in. A full state or federal district court giving a ruling would be more actual news.

 

I understand that's what happened. I find it very relevant however that the U.S. Government is going to penalized those who do not purchase health insurance. Even if they are trying to have equality in distribution of first line health care costs, it IS unconstitutional at least that part, and points to the fact that this Health Care reform isn't that much of a reform. The reforms need to be far deeper into the whole area of how we pay our doctors. The lawsuit IS going to the Supreme court, so if it isn't relevant now, it will be.

The super peak in commodities is not so much the result of Arab unrest, but the unrest somewhat the result of prices, which is stupid in my opinion, are they protesting a global free market? How much grain does Egypt export? And if it is so direct a relation between the stories, then why ISN'T it mentioned, except as maybe a small part of a sentence? So because high prices caused some unrest, the high prices are suddenly not a real story. It's all about the people shouting in the streets in vain. It is in vain, and I think I will get the agreement of most anti government folk on Hipforums, because no change as the result will truly address the problems. Is that within any government's capacity? Not even in the U.S.

 

The rising food prices aren't the reasons for the protests, they were just part of the catalyst along with massive corruption, stagnant economies and overall despair. 30 years of authoritarian rule, rigged elections, and suppression of dissent, are the reasons for the protests.

As for health care mandates, they'll be found constitutional, because apparently the Florida judge had never heard of An Act for the relief of Disabled Seamen" from 1798. It's hard to argue the intent of the founding fathers when one was president, and the 5th congress of the time was full of founding fathers. Not only did it mandate health coverage for some people, it created a government health care program that is in fact still in effect today.

http://blogs.forbes.com/rickungar/2...dicine-and-mandates-health-insurance-in-1798/

 

Well actually from Financial news sources, much of the crisis in Egypt is tied very strongly to their Economic system and it's dissociation from the Global. And this is something I JUST learned. Egypt is the world's #1 Wheat Importer and right now their store shelves are empty, the real issue then clearly being not political and another food and economic issue.

They need help, very desperately from countries like the U.S., because they are going to be starving very soon. Economically, it is hard for them to keep up with Global changes, because of political issues deep in their history, which I take it IS what they are protesting. Problem being, not only is it not within the Egyptian government's capacity to relieve the pressure, it is not within their own capacity to meet the needs of living, and what they want fixed wont fix their problems. Shows the public in any part of the world doesn't know what's best for them practically, only in concept.

Apparently, economic opportunity is very lacking in Egypt, and they have a major case of brain drain (if you are familiar with that term).

As far as politically it seems the whole middle east including the Israeli state has some deeply hidden and connected flaws and injustices, and the situation in Egypt very well might snowball into the middle east's and eventually the Globe's worst nightmare.

 

The US monitors who watches Al Jazeera.

 

I think aside from Yemen, Algeria is the only other places that had a chance of something like this, but protests in Algeria have been repressed/faded away. In Jordan and Morocco the monarchies have legitimate support. The gulf states aside from Yemen all have pretty high standards of living, Israel is a fairly democratic country, Lebanon already has the area's most explosive and combative political arena, and in Syria the security forces are too well trained, as well as the military having more of a republican guard training like in Iran than the professional training of Egypt's military.

But again, economics were the final catalyst for the protests, people will put up with a lot of abuse if they can get on with their lives in a positive way, which is no longer happening. The protesters are from all sorts of religious, social and political backgrounds, with only one coherent message and demand "Mubarak, you leave, we go home, the end."

*edit*
Merchant marine sailors in 1798 were no where near government employees. But the fact remains, they were mandated health coverage as for the beneficial economic well being of the entire nation, which 230 years later has greatly changed scope. Regardless of how flawed the health care bill is the fact remains there's no constitutional question on whether mandates are legal or not. The government already uses them in various other fields, and the founding fathers themselves used them in health care at a time when most people didn't even think of health care.

 

Interesting. I didn't know the entire board of governers were replaced.
I knew Gavyn Davies resigned due to the whole Andrew G debacle.....and that's about it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_Governors_of_the_BBC

All being replaced by: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Trust in 2006/07

 

I just signed the demand to dish network to broadcast Al jazeera.
Will I be monitored for watching it...I dont give a shit, it is my right.
Im going to stand up and demand truthful coverage of what is really going on in the world rather than the one sided bullshit that we are fed here and I urge all of you to do the same..

 

Ofcourse you won't be monitored for watching Al Jazeera.
Al Jazeera is just another news network.
If you think Al Jazeera is any more truthful than many others I think you might be kidding yourself.
If you ever subscribe to the Al-Quaeda news station then perhaps watch your back.