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Demonaut

(8,918 posts) Tue Apr 12, 2016, 06:59 PM Apr 2016

7

We're losing Aljazeera America....the only authentic and good news network

other than the BBC.

http://america.aljazeera.com/?utm_source=aje&utm_medium=redirect

I started watching too late

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We're losing Aljazeera America....the only authentic and good news network (Original Post) Demonaut Apr 2016 OP

Not enough viewers shared that opinion. Agnosticsherbet Apr 2016 #1

And BBC has deteriorated malaise Apr 2016 #2

I liked Aljazeera, but the best screen media Hortensis Apr 2016 #3

No, they're both bad tralala Apr 2016 #4

It was boring for the short time my satellite provider gave it to us (nt) LostOne4Ever Apr 2016 #5

At times yes, but I think we've become entranced by the entertainment side of news. Demonaut Apr 2016 #10

Well if they told the truth and didn't ride the corporate line, then they didn't stand a chance. Rex Apr 2016 #6

free speech tv and the internet, still got those Viva_La_Revolution Apr 2016 #7

Cable news is a lost cause imo. Rex Apr 2016 #8

Aljazeera is my go to station WhiteTara Apr 2016 #9

Thier mistake was calling themselves "Al-Jazeera America". Odin2005 Apr 2016 #11

I agree, Islamophobia killed it Demonaut Apr 2016 #12

there is still the english version online... Javaman Apr 2016 #13

I've watched it too -- its every bit as controlled and manipulated as all the others. TampaAnimusVortex Apr 2016 #14

so where do you get you news? Demonaut Apr 2016 #15

I have a slew of different sites... TampaAnimusVortex Apr 2016 #16

Please... Just stop... Blue_Tires Apr 2016 #17

did I post more than one thread concerning Aljazeera? is this something you do everytime Demonaut Apr 2016 #19

I watch Aljazeera Balkans (in Bosnia) and Edim Apr 2016 #18

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)

1. Not enough viewers shared that opinion.

Reply to Demonaut (Original post)

Tue Apr 12, 2016, 07:12 PM

Apr 2016

Ratings.

malaise

(269,045 posts)

2. And BBC has deteriorated

Reply to Demonaut (Original post)

Tue Apr 12, 2016, 07:12 PM

Apr 2016

big time

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

3. I liked Aljazeera, but the best screen media

Reply to Demonaut (Original post)

Tue Apr 12, 2016, 07:13 PM

Apr 2016

don't begin to compare with written media.

tralala

(239 posts)

4. No, they're both bad

Reply to Demonaut (Original post)

Tue Apr 12, 2016, 07:13 PM

Apr 2016

LostOne4Ever

(9,289 posts)

5. It was boring for the short time my satellite provider gave it to us (nt)

Reply to Demonaut (Original post)

Tue Apr 12, 2016, 07:14 PM

Apr 2016

Demonaut

(8,918 posts)

10. At times yes, but I think we've become entranced by the entertainment side of news.

Reply to LostOne4Ever (Reply #5)

Tue Apr 12, 2016, 08:29 PM

Apr 2016

News needs to be news, facts and few (if any) opinions.
And they had similar programs like "Vice"

Rex

(65,616 posts)

6. Well if they told the truth and didn't ride the corporate line, then they didn't stand a chance.

Reply to Demonaut (Original post)

Tue Apr 12, 2016, 07:17 PM

Apr 2016

To make it, you have to sellout. Just ask ABCNBCCBS.

Viva_La_Revolution

(28,791 posts)

7. free speech tv and the internet, still got those

Reply to Demonaut (Original post)

Tue Apr 12, 2016, 07:32 PM

Apr 2016

Rex

(65,616 posts)

8. Cable news is a lost cause imo.

Reply to Viva_La_Revolution (Reply #7)

Tue Apr 12, 2016, 07:34 PM

Apr 2016

Much better to find your own new sources on the internet.

WhiteTara

(29,718 posts)

9. Aljazeera is my go to station

Reply to Demonaut (Original post)

Tue Apr 12, 2016, 07:43 PM

Apr 2016

and I'm really going to miss it.

Odin2005

(53,521 posts)

11. Thier mistake was calling themselves "Al-Jazeera America".

Reply to Demonaut (Original post)

Tue Apr 12, 2016, 09:00 PM

Apr 2016

A lot of people avoided it simply because of knee-jerk Islamophobic prejudice based on the name, they should not have made it obvious that they were a subsidiary of Al-Jazeera.

Demonaut

(8,918 posts)

12. I agree, Islamophobia killed it

Reply to Odin2005 (Reply #11)

Tue Apr 12, 2016, 09:34 PM

Apr 2016

Javaman

(62,530 posts)

13. there is still the english version online...

Reply to Demonaut (Original post)

Wed Apr 13, 2016, 10:40 AM

Apr 2016

http://www.aljazeera.com/

TampaAnimusVortex

(785 posts)

14. I've watched it too -- its every bit as controlled and manipulated as all the others.

Reply to Demonaut (Original post)

Wed Apr 13, 2016, 01:24 PM

Apr 2016

If your trusting any major news source, then I have a bridge in Alaska I can sell ya.

Demonaut

(8,918 posts)

15. so where do you get you news?

Reply to TampaAnimusVortex (Reply #14)

Wed Apr 13, 2016, 02:23 PM

Apr 2016

TampaAnimusVortex

(785 posts)

16. I have a slew of different sites...

Reply to Demonaut (Reply #15)

Wed Apr 13, 2016, 03:04 PM

Apr 2016

I try my best to take sites with a particular partisan bias with a grain of salt.

http://reddit.com
http://wearechange.org/
http://www.alternativenews.com/
http://beforeitsnews.com/
http://www.alternet.org/
http://www.sott.net/
http://www.democracynow.org/
https://www.rt.com/
http://www.truth-out.org/

and others...

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)

17. Please... Just stop...

Reply to Demonaut (Original post)

Wed Apr 13, 2016, 03:22 PM

Apr 2016

1. Nobody watched it, and if they came back tomorrow, nobody would still be watching it...

2. AJ has just as many skeletons in their closet as the dreaded MSM everyone loves to deride so much (See: Saudi Royal Family)...

Demonaut

(8,918 posts)

19. did I post more than one thread concerning Aljazeera? is this something you do everytime

Reply to Blue_Tires (Reply #17)

Wed Apr 13, 2016, 03:53 PM

Apr 2016

you have an issue with a post or thread?, do you demand they "just stop".
Do you think your reply was constructive or borderline rude?

I'm curious?

Edim

(300 posts)

18. I watch Aljazeera Balkans (in Bosnia) and

Reply to Demonaut (Original post)

Wed Apr 13, 2016, 03:31 PM

Apr 2016

it's excellent! Very good documentaries, reporting and news. If Aljazeera America was only half as good, what a pity!

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