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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: franksolich on February 12, 2011, 11:43:59 AM
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x402769
Oh my.
Cyrano (1000+ posts) Sat Feb-12-11 11:06 AM
OSCAR WILDE, THE LARGE-PROBOSCISED PRIMITIVE
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So Aljazeera English is a “Muslim Terrorist station�
I told a friend that I’ve been watching Aljazeera English and he immediately informed me that it was a “Muslim Terrorist station.†He’s never watched it, nor will he, but he “knows†it’s a “hotbed for terrorists.â€
Needless to say, my friend is a wingnut. However, we grew up together and, while he’s sane on many topics, talking politics with him is (obviously) impossible. The reason he “knows†Aljazeera is a “Terrorist station†is because so many others have told him so.
I wish I could convince him that Aljazeera English represents what journalism is supposed to be. I wish I could cure my friend of his wingnut sickness.
The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Sat Feb-12-11 11:16 AM
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2. Too bad. Al Jazeera has become one of the best news stations out there.
Beats the crap out of anything we have in the U.S.
Cyrano (1000+ posts) Sat Feb-12-11 11:22 AM
OSCAR WILDE, THE LARGE-PROBOSCISED PRIMITIVE
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3. You bet. It's amazing that true journalism has returned in, of all places, the Middle East. Absolutely amazing, encouraging and inspiring. They are putting the American MSM to shame.
Katarina (743 posts) Sat Feb-12-11 11:32 AM
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5. here you go
This was in the local newspaper the other day...
DAYTONA BEACH --The airing of Al Jazeera English and Russia Today by Daytona State College's public television station has sparked a complaint to the Federal Communications Commission.
A Port Orange man, who believes the programs are anti-American, filed the complaint earlier this week accusing the college and its public television station, WDSC-TV, of violating FCC rules.
Jerry Kenney, who has hired an attorney in Georgia, wants the FCC to investigate the operation of the station as well as the agreement and take action, including fining the college or revoking its license. He said he would like the college to remove the news broadcasts and told the FCC he questions whether the shows are appropriate for a public television station funded by taxpayers.
http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/local/east-volus...
No doubt this man probably watches Faux news all day...which in my opinion is way more anti-American than anything he can dig up.
Cyrano (1000+ posts) Sat Feb-12-11 11:42 AM
OSCAR WILDE, THE LARGE-PROBOSCISED PRIMITIVE
Response to Reply #5
8. America is drowning in ignorance, hate, fear and cruelty. A minority of know-nothings are dominating American public discourse, partially because we no longer have a media that can equal Aljeera English.
To paraphrase T.S. Eliot: This is the way American democracy ends, not with a bang but a whimper.
Bigmack (1000+ posts) Sat Feb-12-11 11:39 AM
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7. Friend?... I dunno how you do it.
Cyrano (1000+ posts) Sat Feb-12-11 11:46 AM
OSCAR WILDE, THE LARGE-PROBOSCISED PRIMITIVE
Response to Reply #7
9. I sometimes wonder myself.
However, there's a long history there that I won't discuss online.
liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Sat Feb-12-11 12:32 PM
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18. The misinformed run amok
Yeah, they run amok all over Skins's island.
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Just curious but do they ever report on the stoning of women or execution of gays?
Somehow I bet the true "journalists" miss those news stories.
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Just curious but do they ever report on the stoning of women or execution of gays?
Somehow I bet the true "journalists" miss those news stories.
...and Christians.....NO they don't count so they don't report them.
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Just curious but do they ever report on the stoning of women or execution of gays?
Somehow I bet the true "journalists" miss those news stories.
Ouch!
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Just curious but do they ever report on the stoning of women or execution of gays?
Somehow I bet the true "journalists" miss those news stories.
Me too.
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I'm disappointed in DUmmy Cyrano. No conversion of his imaginary friend. Back in the day, Bouncy Ball would have converted the benighted wingnut, and ended the tale with a scene about his initiation into the Communist Party.
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What a pot and kettle post.
Replace al jizzzera with FOX news and the fable makes sense for me.
1. DUchebags never wtch FOX news but KNOW it is evil and anti-democracy.
2. DUchebags constantly working on getting FOX news off the air.
3. DUchebags woefully uninformed on everything other than working the system.
4. DUchebags KNOW FOX news is evil because so many other knuckle heads have told them so.
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No doubt this man probably watches Faux news all day...which in my opinion is way more anti-American than anything he can dig up.
Ya know there's one major difference, asshat, Fox pays their own way, and PBS is funded by us!
If you don't see the ****in' difference, there's no talkin' to ya anyway! If you believe Al Jism isn't a propaganda station for terrorists, then why do ya suppose they air behaeadings of western people by the Terrorists they don't support?
****in' traitors!