Republican Debate

[BarryBobPosthole]

I have Al Jazeera in my channel lineup but have a hard time watching an Arab network. Call me a hipocrite and I'll agree. However that word is spelled.

BKB

[Thumper]

Yeah, I had the same attitude many years ago when I first started watching it in Thailand. There was an Arabic BBC station that shut down, then Al Jazeera popped up. They are kinda like the FOX News of the Middle East ... they more or less go against the "mainstream media" of the region, but I don't believe they throw in all the b/s that Fox does. Fox touts their "fair and balanced" stance ... Al Jazeera's mantra is "The opinion and the other opinion"!

I kinda like 'em because they many times go "against the grain" of the Arab world ... which can be a bit dangerous in that region! Here's a small lead-in from Wiki ... they have an interesting history if you ever feel like wading through that kinda stuff. It's just another point of view ... and I like to look at as many as possible.

Al Jazeera was not the first such broadcaster in the Middle East; a number had appeared since the Arabsat satellite, a Saudi Arabia-based venture of 21 Arab governments, took orbit in 1985. The unfolding of Operation Desert Storm on CNN International underscored the power of live television in current events. While other local broadcasters in the region would assiduously avoid material embarrassing to their home governments (Qatar had its own official TV station as well), Al Jazeera was pitched as an impartial news source and platform for discussing issues relating to the Arab world.

In presenting "The opinion and the other opinion" (the station's motto), it did not take long for Al Jazeera to shock local viewers by presenting Israelis speaking Hebrew on Arab TV for the first time. Lively and far-ranging talk shows, particularly a popular, confrontational one called The Opposite Direction, were a constant source of controversy regarding issues of morality and religion. This prompted a torrent of criticism from the conservative voices among the region's press. It also led to official complaints and censures from neighboring governments. Some jammed Al Jazeera's terrestrial broadcast or expelled its correspondents. In 1999, the Algerian government reportedly cut power to several major cities in order to censor one broadcast. There were also commercial repercussions: Saudi Arabia reportedly pressured advertisers to avoid the channel, to great effect. Al Jazeera was also becoming a favorite sounding board for militant groups such as Hamas and Chechen separatists.

Al Jazeera was the only international news network to have correspondents in Iraq during the Operation Desert Fox bombing campaign in 1998. In a precursor of a pattern to follow, its exclusive video clips were highly prized by Western media.

Around the clock

1 January 1999 was Al Jazeera's first day of 24-hour broadcasting. Employment had more than tripled in one year to 500 employees, and the agency had bureaus at a dozen sites as far as EU and Russia. Its annual budget was estimated at about $25 million at the time.

However controversial, Al Jazeera was rapidly becoming one of the most influential news agencies in the whole region. Eager for news beyond the official versions of events, Arabs became dedicated viewers. A 2000 estimate pegged nightly viewership at 35 million, ranking Al Jazeera first in the Arab world, over the Saudi Arabia-sponsored Middle East Broadcasting Centre (MBC) and London's Arab News Network (ANN). There were about 70 satellite or terrestrial channels being broadcast to the Middle East, most of them in Arabic. Al Jazeera launched a free Arabic language web site in January 2001. In addition, the TV feed was soon available in United Kingdom for the first time via British Sky Broadcasting.

[Big Skyz]

I still like Ted Cruz and I really like that he reversed the attack and put it squarely on the shoulders of the media...which btw is LONG OVERDUE!!!!!!!!!

[airbud7]

The Republican Debate Sounded Like “The View”

[Captain]

I get all my news from Fox News.
I get all my weather from this gal.
Can't understand a thing she says or where she is talking about, but somehow I don't care.
http://youtu.be/M_WMg3rCNFQ

[Big Muddy]

Well, that didn't take long....the GOP suspended their partnership with NBC News for the February debate.

Good riddance....buncha pizz ant commentators.

http://www.aol.com/article/2015/10/3...bate/21256749/

[BarryBobPosthole]

Somebody told me once that a camel is a horse that was designed by a committee. Aside from the mean old business network, the Republican National Committee needs to accept just a tad of the responsibility for not making sure that CNBC knew what the damn questions were that they wanted asked. It their damned debate!
BKB

[Big Muddy]

Phole, now you know day'um well that ain't gonna happen in either the RNC or the DNC debates....the media is in the trickery business....and, CNBC did a masterful job of it....and, it came back and bit 'em in the azz.

[Thumper]

I get all my news from Fox News.

I'll have to admit ... your "well-rounded" source of news ain't really all that healthy. The word "sheep" comes to mind.

Now, I have NO argument with your source for the weather ... who cares if what she says is b/s or not?

[HideHunter]

Mercy! As my old bull riding buddy used to say.. "That's a nice shitter".

I admit to getting pissed at *both* factions.. the liberals are "sneakier" - and Fox puts such a hard slant on stuff I sometimes have problems taking them seriously. I wish someone would just *report* the damn news..

[Thumper]

Mercy! As my old bull riding buddy used to say.. "That's a nice shitter".

I admit to getting pissed at *both* factions.. the liberals are "sneakier" - and Fox puts such a hard slant on stuff I sometimes have problems taking them seriously. I wish someone would just *report* the damn news..

Amen ... to EVERY word you just wrote!

[Big Muddy]

A-FRIGGING-MEN!!!