01-02-2013, 06:14 PM
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Report: Al Jazeera Acquiring Current TV
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/...urrent-tv.html
International news juggernaut Al Jazeera may soon be reaching a wider American audience. The organization is reportedly dotting the i’s on a deal to acquire Current TV, the cable-news channel founded by Al Gore seven years ago. Current TV is currently available in 60 percent of American homes with cable or satellite. As part of the reported new deal, Al Jazeera will create a new channel based in New York that will produce about 60 percent of its content in the U.S., and use its Qatar-based Al Jazeera English channel to program the other 40 percent. While Al Jazeera may retain some Current staffers, Current’s lineup will probably dissolve in the spring.
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01-02-2013, 06:15 PM
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I am mostly surprised that they would feel the need to change the line-up at all.
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01-02-2013, 06:20 PM
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Business wise this is a smart move by them. They have programming but it is stuck in cable purgatory. This gets them a decent cable slot for probably next to nothing price wise.
I have mentioned before I will watch some of their stuff, it isn't the radical programming it's made out to be. It definitely has a middle east slant, but not in a militant way, and provides some interesting info.
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01-02-2013, 07:09 PM
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Picture Al Gore in a Turban holding his lockbox.
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01-02-2013, 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by JerseyGator01
Picture Al Gore in a Turban holding his lockbox.
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I'd watch for at least a week. The visual alone is priceless.
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01-02-2013, 11:32 PM
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01-03-2013, 01:12 AM
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Will this be one of their new anchors?
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01-03-2013, 01:14 AM
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Originally Posted by brainstorm
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Again it makes sense for anyone who wants a ready made station with decent access at a good price. If Gore had a say though he would probably rather go broke than sell it to Beck.
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01-03-2013, 02:32 AM
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Originally Posted by HALLGATOR
Will this be one of their new anchors?
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"Massages for everyone"!!!
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01-03-2013, 01:09 PM
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It will probably be more conservative now.
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01-03-2013, 01:29 PM
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I think you guys have a rather warped view of what Al Jazeera is.
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01-03-2013, 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by orangeblueorangeblue
I think you guys have a rather warped view of what Al Jazeera is.
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Please explain further what you think we think...
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01-03-2013, 02:05 PM
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"Massages for everyone"!!!
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Questionable intentions. 
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01-03-2013, 02:14 PM
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Please explain further what you think we think...
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There's a Baghdad Bob image up there as a potential newscaster.
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01-03-2013, 06:51 PM
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Will Behar and Granholm have to wear coverings?
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01-03-2013, 08:15 PM
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Al Gore tried to get the deal closed before the Cap Gains tax increase went into effect. Gore was on TV two months ago bemoaning low tax rates for rich folks. Liberal hypocrite.
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01-03-2013, 09:01 PM
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He isn't a hypocrite. He is "playing" an executive on TV. He is exempt from the term.
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01-03-2013, 11:13 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by orangeblueorangeblue
There's a Baghdad Bob image up there as a potential newscaster.
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It was a joke, I figured that was apparent.
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01-04-2013, 02:58 AM
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Al jazeera is pretty good if you want to follow middle eastern events. They bring in people from opposite sides and there may be bias but show me a media outlet here that isn't biased. You won't get much coverage on those issues on Fox or MSNBC and when you do it's woeful. BBC is a bit better though.
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01-04-2013, 04:33 AM
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As far as State and corporate media propaganda is concerned, Al Jazeera is pretty good.
But it's still just propaganda disguised as honest, independent journalism.
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