Let's meetup to DEMAND AL JAZEERA on US television!

[Better Believe It]

Let's meetup to DEMAND AL JAZEERA on US television!
Happening in 326 communities

Feb 10, 2011

"The past month has shown us something that America can no longer ignore: millions of Americans want to watch our channel and better understand our region, and too many are deprived of that oppor...

"The past month has shown us something that America can no longer ignore: millions of Americans want to watch our channel and better understand our region, and too many are deprived of that opportunity." - Wadah Khanfar, director general of the Al Jazeera Network

(For the entire article by Mr. Khanfar, visit http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/02/2011...)

As an Al Jazeera English online viewer, you already know the value of AJE when you are seeking information on the realities of the Middle East. However, misinformed views about our content and journalism continue to keep Al Jazeera English off of American cable and satellite providers.

On Thursday, 10 February 2011, US viewers are encouraged to make their voices heard by their local cable and satellite providers to demand Al Jazeera English. Meetup with people in your community who are demanding the same - and organize the best way to get that message to your cable and satellite providers.

To find the contact info for your cable or satellite provider, visit http://english.aljazeera.net/DemandAlJazeera.

Informative Downloads:
Al Jazeera Facts & Figures http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20307133/Al%20Jazeera%20Facts%20%...
Al Jazeera Hits & Myths http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20307133/Al%20Jazeera%20Hits%20%2...
Al Jazeera Media Brochure http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20307133/Al%20Jazeera%20Media%20B...

These Meetups are organized by YOU - Al Jazeera English viewers who can see through the misperceptions that are keeping AJE off of American television. If there is not yet a location set for your Meetup, go ahead and suggest one. If your Meetup needs to happen at at different time of day, go ahead and change it. Use the comments within your Meetup to discuss these details as well as what you will do at your Meetup.

http://www.meetup.com/AJE/seed/

[sharesunited]

1. One word for you AJ. Streaming!

If you see any ISPs blocking you, do battle on that front.

Cable is a lost cause.

Honestly, if it weren't a lost cause I would be able to get my channel selection ala carte.

[ClassWarrior]

2. Another "DUer" telling others that something is a "lost cause."

:eyes:

When will they realize that, for true progressives, there is no such thing as a lost cause? I.e...

NGU.

[Better Believe It]

3. You're right of course. Good thing the Egyptian youth don't have that defeatist attitude anymore.

They did not too long ago.

But things change .... and they will change here too.

[molly77]

11. Things will change here too. I agree. Egypt is showing US the way.

[sharesunited]

4. Yes, no doubt. If you don't think the 2A is a lost cause, look at cable!

Honestly, if it weren't a lost cause I would be able to get my channel selection ala carte.

I cannot and will never.

[sellitman]

5. I'd gladly trade Fox for Aljezeera even up.

Coming from a Pro Israeli Jew that's saying a whole lot!

They have done a GREAT job during the uprising.

Kudos to them.

[Lint Head]

6. If you hook your computer up to your TV you can watch Aljezeera.

[EFerrari]

9. If I have to learn how to do one more new thing with gadjets

my head is going to explode. But if it has to, it might as well be over this. lol

[Turborama]

14. You don't even need to do that...

Download Livestation's free standalone player from this site: http://www.livestation.com/downloads

Choosing your platform by clicking on one of these images...




This is what it looks like on my laptop (you can see it doesn't use up much bandwidth)...

[Warpy]

7. I'm not sure the US is ready for that level of truth telling

Their piece on why US news sources were totally missing the story in Egypt they ran yesterday was cringe-making. It was so true.

Link TV has been streaming them a lot during the crisis.

[Codeine]

8. It's the 21st century.

Use the technological tools at your disposal to circumvent the limitations placed by your cable or satellite provider by streaming AJE to your television with a Roku box. Your internet connection and a Netflix account mean that - should you desire to do so - you can easily tell your cable company to take a hike.

Don't be a passive consumer when you can be an active one. Find the tools and use them.

[molly77]

12. Please post information for those who still have cable.

I'm not "techie" enough.

[Better Believe It]

10. Washington Post: "Demand Al-Jazeera in the USA" campaign

"Demand Al-Jazeera in the USA" campaign
By Elizabeth Flock
February 4, 2011

On Feb. 10, al-Jazeera is encouraging a meet up in 224 communities for viewers to demand the network on U.S. television. "This past month has shown us something that America can no longer ignore: millions of Americans want to watch our channel and better understand our region," Wadah Khanfar, director general of the network, wrote on the site.

Al Jazeera set up a page where a viewer can enter in their zip code, be led to a contact page for their local cable and satellite providers, and even send out a pre-written letter to their provider asking for the network. The letter states that "misinformed views about our content and journalism" continue to keep al-Jazeera English off American air waves.

The view promoted by the Bush administration was that the al-Jazeera network is anti-American. Leading up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the U.S. Pentagon hired the Rendon group to target and possibly punish al-Jazeera reporters who did not stay on message. When al-Jazeera broadcast graphic footage from Iraq, U.S. officials called al-Jazeera anti-American and said it incited violence. Al-Jazeera was censored in the U.S. on several occasions after that.

The past 11 days may alter that view. Alex Pareene of Salon wrote that "al-Jazeera's Egypt coverage embarrasses U.S. cable news channels." Major news networks are still prefacing their coverage with the words "al-Jazeera".

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/blog-post/2011/02/al-jazeera_on_us_television.html

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13. Kick