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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 02:41 AM Original message |
Comcast pulls plug on English language Al-Jazeera |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 02:49 AM Response to Original message |
1. God, we are a backward, dimwitted nation. |
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lakercub (509 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 02:53 AM Response to Original message |
2. Not much foreign news at all |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 03:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Wow, you only have 6 Home Shopping channels? |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 09:41 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. I miss the spanish channels, since I moved from Detroit to Warren |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 03:03 AM Response to Original message |
3. Well thank God or Alla or whatever you want to call the same conceptual being... |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 03:12 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. exactly .. n/t |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 10:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
16. there is a way to Positively Portray Iraq??? |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 03:11 AM Response to Original message |
4. Al Jeer |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 03:19 AM Response to Original message |
7. They pulled out because of fear of bad news |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 04:05 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. It's also very easy to get News from other counties with this new internet service TVU... |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 12:01 AM Response to Reply #7 |
23. They pulled it because AJ didn't want to be bundled... |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 03:55 AM Response to Original message |
8. Look at the transparent desire to prop up Republicans... |
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Hieronymus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 04:31 AM Response to Original message |
10. That's why the US ranks 56 or 57 for freedom of the press. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 10:39 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. the one area... |
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aaronbees (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:12 AM Response to Reply #10 |
33. And why many Americans have.... |
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nicknameless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 05:23 AM Response to Original message |
11. The reich-wing seems to be dumping media that shows bushco in a negative light. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
12. If they carry Fox "News" then they should carry Al Jazeera. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 02:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Ironically, Murdoch's BSkyB satellite will carry it for the UK |
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ChoralScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
13. They've carried Al-Jazeera in it's native language |
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phusion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
17. Al-Jazeera reports the truth... |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
18. I would advise them to use an English translation of their name in the US. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 12:18 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. from a sheer semiotics standpoint, that may be an idea... |
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hogwyld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
19. Isn't censorship just grand??? |
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Miss Chybil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
22. It's always the "portrayals" and never the "facts." nt |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
24. Concass sucks. |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 02:38 AM Response to Original message |
25. Kick. |
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gorbal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 02:38 AM Response to Original message |
26. Al Jazeera English all set to launch |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 02:38 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. This is long overdue and is very welcome |
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Just-plain-Kathy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 02:38 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I wonder if this has something to do with FOX news |
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gorbal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 06:36 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Wait a minute-is it launching or is it not launching? |
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jpwhite (178 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
30. what are they so afraid of? |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 11:55 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Losing money |
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ChoralScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
32. Update: Dish network backs out too. |
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