[ May 7, 2024 ]
Full circle and out of the proverbial closet. The left goes full-on jihad. Al Jazeera has acquired Current TV. More jihadist propaganda on your cable dial. Lord knows that there is a plethora of Muslim Brotherhood mouthpieces on broadband, but a dearth of pro-freedom voices (i.e. SUN TV).
Al Jazeera is the leading terrorist propaganda organization in
the world. Jihad murder mastermind Anwar al-Awlaki has praised Al
Jazeera, and several years ago one of its most prominent reporters was
arrested on terror charges. Al Jazeera also has for years been the
recipient of numerous Al Qaeda videos featuring bin Laden, Zawahiri, and
American traitor Adam Gadahn. Yet they never seem to be able to trace
where these videos are coming from. They have repeatedly been set up at
the point of attack right before a bomb went off, so that they could
take the picture of the slaughtered, dismembered bodies.
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The dhimmi NY TImes call the acquisition "a coming-of-age
moment" for Al Jazeera. Let's hope Mr. Stelter didn't wet his pants. It seems that the NY Times was bidding on Current as well, but clearly could not compete with the fat wallets of the jihadists:
For Al Jazeera, the acquisition is a coming-of-age
moment. A decade ago, the Arabic-language channel was reviled by
American politicians for showing video tapes and messages from al Qaeda
members and sympathizers. Now it is acquiring an American channel.
We have been fighting this vile Muslim Brotherhood propaganda on our airwaves for years now. A few months back I joined forces with Cliff Kincaid of AIM,
along with human rights activists and advocates for journalistic
integrity, to protest the expansion of Al-Jazeera, terror TV, in the
United States. I wrote about it here at The Daily Caller.
The Al Jizz jihadists have have performed an end run:
To
date, the country’s cable and satellite distributors have been
reluctant to carry Al Jazeera English. It is available in just a handful
of cities, including New York and Washington. To change that, Al
Jazeera has lobbied distributors, called for a letter-writing campaign
by supporters and promoted its widely praised coverage of the Arab
Spring.Acquiring Current TV, and thus its distribution deals
across the country, solves this dilemma for Al Jazeera, at least
partially.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld called
the broadcaster’s reporting "vicious, inaccurate and inexcusable" and
President George W. Bush joked about bombing it, and senior Bush
officials caricatured the channel as an anti-Semitic, anti-American
outlet for Islamo-porn. And here we are eleven years after the largest and
bloodiest Islamic attack on America and Al Jizz is buying Gore TV. This is a major step in the network’s goal of
expanding jihad propaganda further into the U.S. cable market and gives
it a chance to brainwash millions of Americans.
I warned of their infiltration of the media back in April 2011: VIDEO: Pamela Geller at Al-Jazeera Press Conference
How much did those traitors sell us out for? Al Jazeera is a security threat to America. Demand investigative hearings.
"Al Jazeera Acquires Current TV" NY Times, Brian Stelter (thanks to Armaros)
Al
Jazeera on Wednesday completed a deal to take over Current TV, the
low-rated cable channel that was founded by Al Gore and his business
partners seven years ago.Current will provide the pan-Arab news
giant with something it has sought for years: a pathway into American
living rooms. Current is available in about 60 million of the 100
million homes in the United States with cable or satellite service.Rather
than simply use Current to distribute its English-language channel,
called Al Jazeera English and based in Doha, Qatar, Al Jazeera will
create a new channel, called Al Jazeera America, based in New York.
Roughly 60 percent of the programming will be produced in the United
States, while the remaining 40 percent will come from Al Jazeera
English.Al Jazeera may absorb some Current TV staff members,
according to people with knowledge of the deal who insisted on anonymity
because they were not authorized to speak publicly. But Current’s
schedule of shows will most likely be dissolved in the spring.“Al
Jazeera is planning to invest significantly in building ‘Al Jazeera
America,’ a network focused on international news for the American
audience,” the Current chief executive Joel Hyatt said in an e-mail to
staffers on Wednesday evening. Referring to Mr. Gore, he said, “Al and I
will both serve on the advisory board of Al Jazeera America, and we
look forward to helping build an important news network.”The
plan will bring Al Jazeera, which is financed by the government of
Qatar, into closer competition with CNN and other news channels in the
United States.For Al Jazeera, the acquisition is a coming-of-age
moment. A decade ago, the Arabic-language channel was reviled by
American politicians for showing video tapes and messages from al Qaeda
members and sympathizers. Now it is acquiring an American channel.“They
really want to be able to compete for American viewers, and they have
to find some way to get on,” said Philip Seib, the director of the
center on public diplomacy at the University of Southern California and
the author of “The Al Jazeera Effect.”Mr. Seib said access to
Americans is important both for economic reasons, for the channel’s
advertisers, and for “the journalistic legitimacy of their venture.”To
date, the country’s cable and satellite distributors have been
reluctant to carry Al Jazeera English. It is available in just a handful
of cities, including New York and Washington. To change that, Al
Jazeera has lobbied distributors, called for a letter-writing campaign
by supporters and promoted its widely praised coverage of the Arab
Spring.Acquiring Current TV, and thus its distribution deals
across the country, solves this dilemma for Al Jazeera, at least
partially.Current is hard to find on many cable lineups, and some
analysts say it’s at risk of being dropped by some companies because of
low ratings, but it would give Al Jazeera a foothold on the country’s
cable and satellite service lineups. Then Al Jazeera could revamp the
channel and promote it as a new American-based news source.Representatives
for Current TV and Al Jazeera did not immediately respond to requests
for comment. There was no immediate word about the sale price.Current
was conceived in 2005 after Mr. Gore and another co-founder, Joel
Hyatt, bought the small cable news channel Newsworld International.
Current’s owners, along with Mr. Gore and Mr. Hyatt, include several
venture capital firms and two major distributors, Comcast and DirecTV.After
several years in obscurity showing viewer-submitted videos and
documentaries, Current tacked to the left in 2011 with the hiring of
MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann. A year later, Mr. Olbermann was fired, but a
liberal minded channel made in his image remained. The channel now
simulcasts liberal radio shows in the morning and features news-talk
shows in the evening by Joy Behar, Eliot Spitzer, Jennifer Granholm and
others.None of the shows have drawn significant audiences. On a
typical night in 2012, about 42,000 people were watching the channel,
according to Nielsen. Mr. Spitzer quipped to a reporter from Mediabistro last month, “Nobody’s watching, but I’m having a great time.”At the end of October, Current confirmed
that it was considering selling itself. Mr. Hyatt said in a statement
at the time, “Current has been approached many times by media companies
interested in acquiring our company. This year alone, we have had three
inquiries. As a consequence, we thought it might be useful to engage
expertise to help us evaluate our strategic options.”The New York Times Company mulled a bid for the channel, but decided not to do so.
In
recent months, uncertainty has plagued the staff of Current, which is
based in San Francisco. Mr. Spitzer, the 8 p.m. host, remarked that
someone needed to buy the channel. Ms. Granholm, the 9 p.m. host,
renewed her contract for just three months. Plans for new programming at
other hours have stalled. After the elementary school massacre in
Newtown, Conn., the channel replayed the gun documentary “Bowling for
Columbine” dozens of times.Current’s programming will continue
for about three months. Then an international feed of Al Jazeera English
will be simulcast on the channel. Sometime later in 2013, the rebranded
Al Jazeera news channel, with 60 percent American programming, will
start.Al Jazeera intends to open new bureaus across the United
States to support the American programming. The news operation currently
has bureaus in New York, Washington, Los Angeles, Miami, and Chicago.
UPDATE: Pure evil.
Al Gore Refused To Sell Current TV To Glenn Beck
UPDATE: More here and our AlJazeera conference videos and materials here.
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46 Comments
11 years ago
What FCC rules are applicable to cable that can be used to block the sale — foreign ownership, agent of a foreign government?
11 years ago
I’m going to continue never watching Current TV.
What a disgusting joke — Al Gore! Pfffft!
He sells America to the highest sharia bidder.
He’s off on some other planet apparently.
WHAT. A. LOSER.
11 years ago
Hello, America?
Uh, your hair’s on fire.
11 years ago
Current TV is where one can find such propaganda as the Vanguard production of “Islamophobia” which blames Pamela Geller for Breivik, and never mentions the Holy Land Foundation case.
http://current.com/shows/vanguard/93519706_islamophobia-vanguard-trailer.htm#93547829
The unofficial producer of “Islamophobia” appears to be Reza Aslan who is featured frequently in the “documentary”.
No surprise Al Jiz is buying this; nobody seems to be watching.
11 years ago
Chris Wolf- that’s my new ‘catch phrase’
HELLO AMERICA? YOUR HAIR’S ON FIRE
11 years ago
This is HISTORIC BETRAYAL of the United States by a Former Vice-President who almost was elected President.
Even if “Current TV” was sold to other Ultra Lefties,it would NOT be what this is.
The new “Al-Jazeera America” is going to be “ALL SEDITION ALL OF THE TIME” & POWERED by TAQYIA.
And Gore is going to have a ROLE to boot.
One thing that can be done is to inform your cable &/or satellite TV server that it should NOT be included in ANY Basic Pkgs.
If someone wants the channel ,they should have to SUBSCRIBE.
11 years ago
Thank God Gore lost the election in 2000. If 9-11 had happened with HIM in the Oval Office we’d all be speaking Arabic by now.
11 years ago
These companies should remember…. cable/satellite is a want – not a need. I’ll cancel mine in a heartbeat if they carry that filth.
11 years ago
Fucking TRAITOR!
11 years ago
The same insidious media ” creep” is happening in Australia. We have an excellent TV channel called SBS, a multicultural channel. Its international news used to come via CNN but now exclusively it is Al Jazeera !
11 years ago
Obama is the invisible hand behind all the turmoil over the Hurricane Sandy aid package, after he soaked up all the hugs and publicity in the days after the storm, whereas now, when Congress is embroiled and over-loaded with his Fiscal Cliff demands, he’s flying back and forth to Hawaii. He sends Joe Biden to do all his negotiating since Senate Republicans can’t even stomach the sight of the guy and Hillary Clinton to do all his dirty foreign policy deeds because he doesn’t know how to deal with any of his real responsibilities as president. All he knows is how to play the role of The Joker, which is not what Americans expect from their president. He just stirs up all kinds of trouble, distrust and ill-will then leaves the mess for somebody else to clean up. What a low-life we have for a president. Hawaii was a state for less than two years before he was allegedly born there. That’s about the farthest stretch possible to slip in through the Constitutional provision for eligibility. It’s just typical of how slippery he is. We need a responsible, respectable president.
This A-Hole has got to go. Yo! Just stay in Hawaii and you and your dirty homies there can quit America.
11 years ago
“…Al Jazeera also has for years been the recipient of numerous Al Qaeda videos featuring bin Laden, Zawahiri, and American traitor Adam Gadahn. Yet they never seem to be able to trace where these videos are coming from…
This also happened after this terrible murder of little Jewish Children in France by Mohamed Merah. See story here:
http://littlenotesfromparis.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/jewish-children-hunted-down-and-killed.html
After this arab/muslim monster of Mohamed Merah committed suicidy by cop, the “news” were that he was an “unhinged lonely wolf”. 2 days (or so) after his death, “someone” sent the video he made while shooting off the face of that frightened and so lovely little girl (photo in the link above) to the Paris office of Al Jezeera. They were going to publish it (while the little bodies of the murdered children were hardly cold). When the then president, Sarkozy asked them not to, they had to get permission from their “head office”. After what were reportedly intensive negotiations between Sarkozy and AlJezeera, the latter “agreed reluctantly” to hold off the publication. I dont know what or how much Sarkozy had to pay for this “generosity”.
And both our tax payer funded, extreme left media outlets, here in Australia, the millitantly islamophilic ABC and SBS use the “News” service of this terrorist chain, daily !!!
The indoctrination by this hydra-like beast that is Islam is spreading and spreading and infecting nearly everything.
11 years ago
I wonder just how much Jew money is behind this deal.? Joel Hyatt sounds like a Jewish name to me. Why go after Al Jazeera? is it because they broadcast from a country other than the USA? What about all of the Mexican crap that gets beamed into the USA from Mexico 24/7?
11 years ago
Will millions of Americans tune in Al-Jazeera? Is there some particular reason they should? They need something to attract viewers…What do they have that MSNBC doesn’t have? Their share of the viewer market is going to be very small…They cannot compete with Judge Judy or Wheel of Fortune…People will not abandon Vanna White for Allah…It’s just not the American way……
D
11 years ago
WELL…there goes the neighborhood. This only goes to show that those who profess being “patriotic Americans” will sell their patriotism for a few bucks. Being a true patriot has no price-tag. Al Gore and his fellows should be branded as tratiors for aiding the enemy. A tratior will always sell-out his country…if the price is right.
11 years ago
America is gradually becoming the Nation of Islam. English al’Jazeera TV station in the United States is in the right direction!
As more and more Muslims are populating America, two entities will play the pivotal role to Islamize American culture: English al’Jazeera TV and the Council on America-Islam Relation.
It was conjectured years ago by the high government officials of late President Ronald Wilson Reagan that America and Islam are somehow RELATED. That’s why the America-Islam Relation Council receives the U.S. government patronage from the White House to the U.S. Dept. of Justice.
But, the Jews have always been the problem for Islamization of America as the Jews were the chief problem of Islamization of Arab lands in the early days of Islam. So, Islamic Jew-hatred will multiply in the coming days with the help of English al’Jazeera TV in the United States.
What’s next? The al’Manar TV station of Hizb’Allah in the United States too? One can only hope not.
11 years ago
If we had a genuine working Republic, the left would be facing execution for treason. The problem is the Republicans have now become socialists too. I anticipate Republicans never winning again. They’re all in bed together.
11 years ago
wow. get a grip.
11 years ago
I guess you are not a big fan of free speech?
11 years ago
Thank God Gore lost the election in 2000. If 9-11 had happened with HIM in the Oval Office we’d all be speaking Arabic by now.
9/11 wouldn’t have happened with Gore in the White House.
11 years ago
Pammy, relax. They’re undoubtedly looking for programming. This may be your breakthrough opportunity.
11 years ago
Yeah, Current selling out sux, but I remember how up in arms Pam got when she learned that Fox News is bank rolled by the Saudis (you know, the same place bin Laden is from).
Oh wait … she didn’t make a peep.
11 years ago
I see trolls have invaded.
We are not big fans of ENEMIES OF AMERICA having a foothold in our country.
11 years ago
Why does my comment keep disappearing?
11 years ago
I give up. I do not understand why my comment keeps disappearing. There was nothing objectionable.
11 years ago
I find it very amusing how the people who come to this website fail so badly at understanding what American values really are, even as they accuse others of “treason”.
But that’s what we’ve all come to expect from the brainless far-right.
11 years ago
American values do not align with al jazeera. And yes, al gore is a TRAITOR.
11 years ago
Settle down, Josephine McCarthy…
11 years ago
Enlighten me to the traitorous ways of Mr. Gore?
11 years ago
I watched it. It spews a lot of hate Against America. That should create a lot of burnings and let Americans see who hates.
Might be just the thing to align America against Islam.
11 years ago
and the dumb ass Church is silent; as usual!
11 years ago
” It spews a lot of hate Against America”
Got any examples, links to stories etc there daddy-o?
11 years ago
look folks its time for a breath of fresh air news-wise….hannity has lost 50% of his viewers[salon]…conservatives are shrinking….fox news needs to clean house
11 years ago
For freedom of speech and all of our other descending freedoms to endure depends on a broad social consensus, established in our earliest formative years, in which everyone agrees that these values are worth defending in the best of times and the worst of times. When we have a entire class of NEW immigrants coming here under the banner of their monolithic demand for a special exemption when it comes to freedom of speech about (the shit-bag) mohammed, that is the harbinger of the corrosion of the exceptional and fragile rights we have enjoyed and prospered through for more than two centuries. What people like “David” fail to understand is that, the way we Americans see all others as rational, freedom-loving and tolerant is the same way muslims see all others as threats and conspirators in the name of (the shit-bag) mohammed.
It has been said that, “A person can be either an American or a muslim, but never both.”
Get it?
11 years ago
It has been said that, “A person can be either an American or a muslim, but never both.”
Oh yeah, I Get it Chris Wolf.
I get that whoever said that was a bigot and an ignorant (or am I being redundant).
11 years ago
Bigot and Racist are words like what “Communist” was to the 1950s.
We don’t want to have to guess which muslim in our country is the sleeper cell and which one is the sympathizer sub-consciously sabotaging things — as if we’re walking through an Afghan village, Leon.
Which are you?
11 years ago
AL GORE-ZEERA TV
Now that Al Gore, the apocalyptic father of climate change hysteria, sold his worthless tv network to pro-Al Qaida, Islamist Al Jazeera, hypocrisy has reached new heights of radical leftist falsehood. Not so much for closing the deal before the expiration of the Bush tax rates, nor for making the sale to the enemy and big oil; but because Al Jazeera’s burning, fuming, toxic hatred of America, Israel and The West makes it among the world’s worst global warming polluters.
kidding aside, Gore sold Current to Al Jazeera because of their politically correct morality in “giving voice to those who are typically unheard” and for “speaking truth to power”- when in reality they give voice to anti-American rage and speak falsehood to deceieve the ignorant to win power for radical Islam.
11 years ago
4 yrs of non stop attacks against husein obama by hate radio [hannity beck limpbaugh] along with 4 yrs of fox news hate against husein obama resulted in a huge win for husein obama on nov 7 2012…how is this possible in 2008 and 2012 when earlier in the decade we were told muslims attacked the wtc….will in 2005 new evidence was brought forth making the govt version of 9/11 a lie….1300 architectss signed a petition that no steel structure was ever brought down by fire…wtc 7 not hit by a plane free fell into itself …today 41% of americans believe 9/11 was a govt false flag operation ..these people had no problem voting for husein obama..twice…as the islamaphobes ramp up another 4 yrs of antiislamic hate the american people will once again vote for the more tolerant democratic party…hiliiary 2016-2020..thanx
11 years ago
Which am I Chris?
I’m the guy that realizes that the John Birch Society/George Lincoln Rockwell schtick didn’t play well 50 years ago, and it sure doesn’t work now.
11 years ago
My chat minutes ago with Comcast:
analyst Ivy Rose has entered room
Ivy Rose: Hello Akzed, Thank you for contacting Comcast Live Chat Support. My name is Ivy Rose. Please give me one moment to review your information.
Akzed: My Issue: http://b1ff5939f6.nxcli.net/leftist-jihadist-media-nexus-terror-tv-a-jazeera-acquires-gores-current-tv-a-jazeera-america Comcast must not carry Al Jazeera in basic cable since it bought Current TV.
Ivy Rose: I hope your day is doing great! I am looking forward to help you.
Akzed: To whom do I complain about this?
Akzed: I’m not complaining about you, but about carrying Al Jazzera!
Ivy Rose: Oh!
Ivy Rose: I understand that. We will definitely look into this.
Ivy Rose: Since you reached Phone and Internet Technical support, I would be glad to connect you to our Cable analyst for further assistance, Akzed.
Akzed: thanks. The options were limited. I chose “other.”
analyst Ivy Rose has left room
Ivy Rose: You will see a message that says I have “left the room”; however, you will still be connected to the next available agent. Please stay online and connected to the chat for the next agent who will assist you as soon as possible. Thank you for contacting Comcast – we appreciate your continued business.
Ivy Rose: Good bye for now. Take care!
Akzed: Thanks
Ivy Rose: Please wait, while the problem is escalated to another analyst
analyst Ryan has entered room
Akzed: My Issue: http://b1ff5939f6.nxcli.net/leftist-jihadist-media-nexus-terror-tv-a-jazeera-acquires-gores-current-tv-a-jazeera-america Comcast must not carry Al Jazeera in basic cable since it bought Current TV.
Ryan: Thank you for taking the time to chat with us today.
Ryan: So you will not have to repeat yourself, can you allow me 2-3 minutes to review what has already been discussed please?
Akzed: No problemo.
Akzed: Al Jazeera is the mouthpiece of radical Islam. It is a propaganda tool, not news.
Ryan: Thank you for that information.
Ryan: Akzed, I have checked my resources.
Ryan: At this time Comcast does not carry the English version of Al Jazeera TV.
Akzed: If it’s part of basic cable, I’m paying for enemy propaganda.
Akzed: They bought Current TV which you do carry.
Akzed: They will be broadcasting in English on what is now Current TV.
Ryan: Let me check on that.
Akzed: Take it to the bank.
Ryan: Akzed, I have checked our channel lineup.
Akzed: Visit the link I sent above.
Ryan: Al Jazeera is not part of our channel lineup.
Ryan: You can go to this link to confirm that.
Ryan: https://www.comcast.com/Localization/Localize.ashx?Referer=%2fCustomers%2fClu%2fChannelLineup.ashx%3farea%3d0
Akzed: You carry Current TV, which they bought and will be using to put enemy propaganda in our homes at our expense. It’s a fact. Current is now owned by Al Jazeera.
Akzed: Go here: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2013/01/robert-spencer-unholy-alliance-comes-out-of-the-shadows-and-into-your-living-room.html
Ryan: Yes, Current TV is part of our Digital Preferred channel lineup.
Ryan: Akzed, with the diversity of our customers’ interests, we strive to provide a wide variety of quality channels that will interest all of our customers.
~
Then he quit the chat.
11 years ago
The farout extremist professional Left just made their ultra anti-american news station. They basically sold their station to terrorists. I hope my cable provider keeps the new Al Jiz station subscription-only.
11 years ago
Akzed: Al Jazeera is the mouthpiece of radical Islam. It is a propaganda tool, not news.
Lemme guess Akzed, you think Fox News is “fair and balanced” don’t you?
11 years ago
“The paranoid spokesman, sees the fate of conspiracy in apocalyptic terms—he traffics in the birth and death of whole worlds, whole political orders, whole systems of human values. He is always manning the barricades of civilization…. He does not see social conflict as something to be mediated and compromised, in the manner of the working politician. Since what is at stake is always a conflict between absolute good and absolute evil, what is necessary is not compromise but the will to fight things out to a finish. Since the enemy is thought of as being totally evil and totally unappeasable, he must be totally eliminated…”
Richard Hofstadter
“The Paranoid Style in American Politics”
11 years ago
If you have any suspicion at all that your husband may be involved in pornography you must not sit idle. Waiting around for evidence is just one form of denial. If your husband has nothing to hide then he should have no problems with your desire for accountability.
11 years ago
Wow, what a lot of screaming over a new voice in American media. The land of the free, but not if you don’t kow-tow to the cultural demagogues, apparently.
11 years ago
1st amendment isn’t for foreigners.
