GlobeCast – a subsidiary of France Telecom – is the only cable or satellite provider that is beaming Al-Jazeera International’s signal into the U.S. And it takes a very unusual satellite dish to pick it up.
Still, it’s a major victory in the global war on terrorism.
Accuracy in Media is renewing its demand for a federal probe to determine if Al-Jazeera constitutes a global terrorist entity and whether its American operations should be closed down immediately.
An AIM poll found Americans overwhelmingly against Al-Jazeera International coming into American homes.
DowJones Market Watch reports:Â ”Comcast Corp. (CMCSA, CMCSK), the country’s largest cable operator, won’t distribute the international version of Qatar-based news service al-Jazeera, the company confirmed Tuesday.”
Thank you Comcast.
Al-Jazeera continues to defend and pay the legal bills for its former Kabul, Afghanistan bureau chief, in prison in Spain after being convicted of being an agent of al Qaeda. He was linked in documents to those behind the 9/11 plot.
The AIM DVD on “Terror Television” shows the channel’s first managing director getting orders (and hugs and kisses) from Uday Hussein. Today, Al-Jazeera is a mouthpiece for the Islamic Army of Iraq, composed of former Saddam Hussein loyalists, who are murdering, kidnapping and beheading people, including Americans. Â
You can contact Globecast here.
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Posted: November 14, 2006 at 6:15 pm
The Evening Standard reports that “British staff working for the new English language Al-Jazeera channel drank so much alcohol that they were ordered to undergo special ‘cultural awareness’ training on how to behave in a Muslim country.” The story says these were news presenters and producers “hired on massive taxfree salaries.” Â
Sounds like Arab petro-dollars are subsidizing the ethenol industry.
It adds: “It is not known whether any of the more famous presenters had been singled out as being involved in the boozing.”
The story says that a “growing list of critics including former employees, Right and Leftwing bloggers and Muslim commentators, have all predicted a disastrous future…” for the channel. Â
No as long as the Emir pours petro-dollars into the operation.
Posted: November 14, 2006 at 7:11 am
The Canadian magazine Macleans has hit the nail on the head in a story about Al-Jazeera International – “the new enterprise [AJI] has since been brought under the direct control of the Arab channel.” BINGO.
So don’t believe all the nonsense about AJI being “independent.”
What’s more, Western employees were forced to go through classes on political correctness. It reports, “AJI employees who were flown to Qatar for political orientation classes designed to help them overcome their Western biases received a stern warning about their off-hours behaviour this past spring. ‘Do not get drunk in public, do not wander around late into the night disturbing the neighbours and do not wander around half-naked,’ read the email. ‘And I am appalled to have to state the blindingly obvious: topless sunbathing by the pool is not acceptable behaviour.’”
Wandering around half-naked? Going topless? Â Â What a group. Is this the best that Arab petro-dollars could buy?
The story goes on: “AJI has had considerable trouble selling itself to cable and satellite providers who fear a backlash from pressure groups and customers over its parent company’s perceived terrorist sympathies. Al-Jazeera has become a favourite target of American conservatives who allege the network operates as a propaganda arm for al-Qaeda and other Islamic radical groups.”
Alleges? We prove it.
For a look at the new AJI line-up, go here.
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Posted: November 13, 2006 at 1:26 pm
