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cherokeeprogressive

(24,853 posts)
Wed Sep 4, 2013, 12:26 AM Sep 2013

I haven't seen it posted here, or maybe I missed it; does Al Jazeera America support bombing Syria?

I have to admit that I haven't really looked, as I don't watch that much politically oriented TV. For me it's mostly sports, local news, and documentary type stuff.

It never really occurred to me until just a while ago... do they support our intervention, oppose it, or take a neutral stance?

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I haven't seen it posted here, or maybe I missed it; does Al Jazeera America support bombing Syria? (Original Post) cherokeeprogressive Sep 2013 OP
They look at this with interest...nt Sand Wind Sep 2013 #1
What does that mean? cherokeeprogressive Sep 2013 #2
I watch a lot of it LibAsHell Sep 2013 #3
Allow me to take you back to a mystical time when journalists... Recursion Sep 2013 #4
I'm thinkin' that ended shortly after Chet, David, and Walter left their desks... n/t cherokeeprogressive Sep 2013 #6
It was a brief time, sure, and probably exaggerated in hindsight Recursion Sep 2013 #7
as i understand it Enrique Sep 2013 #5
aj is a very good news source madrchsod Sep 2013 #8
ask its owners who use it to promote their own agendas nt msongs Sep 2013 #9

LibAsHell

(180 posts)
3. I watch a lot of it
Wed Sep 4, 2013, 12:30 AM
Sep 2013

If anything, their anchors definitely lean towards non-intervention. Tony Harris had an interview earlier and he was scoffing at the idea that not bombing Syria makes us look weak, for example. So were the guests.

At best, AJA seem skeptical that we've made a good argument to intervene, and I think that's the most rational and logical position right now. I'm a big fan of this station.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
4. Allow me to take you back to a mystical time when journalists...
Wed Sep 4, 2013, 12:32 AM
Sep 2013

... did not put political agendas ahead of reporting.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
7. It was a brief time, sure, and probably exaggerated in hindsight
Wed Sep 4, 2013, 12:36 AM
Sep 2013

Still, it's something AJ at least tries for the appearance of.

madrchsod

(58,162 posts)
8. aj is a very good news source
Wed Sep 4, 2013, 12:38 AM
Sep 2013

the reports i have seen are more like the old cnn before it was sold. you know...real reporting.

they were the only news source that actually told the real truth about what happened to the fishermen,residents,and merchants during and after the gulf disaster.

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