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Al Jazeera America to shut down (usatoday.com)

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[–]pnuelmoto 25ポイント26ポイント  (3子コメント)

Peyton is more powerful than we thought.

[–]BWOT32 11ポイント12ポイント  (1子コメント)

Gonna Get You Kicked Off Air (Chicken Parm Jingle)

[–]pnuelmoto 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

Law-yers will be cal-ling soon

[–]jimmiefan48 74ポイント75ポイント  (84子コメント)

Well, I mean... Nobody really watched them. Not much of a surprise.

[–]XxsquirrelxX 76ポイント77ポイント  (61子コメント)

When my dad learned they existed, he was confused as hell. Actually thought they were a terrorist group at first.

[–]derppoolthulu 15ポイント16ポイント  (18子コメント)

So did my father and most of the right wing portion of my family. When i tried to explain to them what it was, for weeks they gave me the stink eye until they realized I was not a converted Tusken Raider.

[–]ChrisHarperMercer [スコア非表示]  (17子コメント)

I see these comments all the time but ive never met any of these "right wingers" that appear to be so well known on reddit

[–]Tmscott [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Does your grandma/weird uncle have your email, do you read anything forwarded by them?

[–]epicwinguy101 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

My grandmother shares like 10 Occupy Democrat posts a day on Facebook...

[–]NAmember81 [スコア非表示]  (7子コメント)

Have you ever been on Facebook?

[–]VictoryBells [スコア非表示]  (5子コメント)

Lol, my facebook is littered with feelgood washed up college liberal normies.

Facebook front page is different for everyone you know

[–]neS- [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

I have a dude on my facebook who wan'ts to be a cop, and I think he is currently an armed security guard. He literally posts stuff saying he wants to shoot/kill muslims. Somehow hasn't gotten in any legal trouble, and maintains relationships with police. The dudes pretty much your stereotypical crazy right winger, except he is gay, but he hates trannies and thinks that they should be killed as well.

[–]schmee826 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

That's quite the little niche he's carved out for himself, there. I'm picturing a fabulous gay hitler.

[–]VictoryBells [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

In my facebook I get bombarded with Sanders and occupydemocrats spam everyday. I swear their shitposts are buzzfeed level bad. Just today I was in an argument with someone who shared one of these shitposts because I was so tired of seeing this bullshit on the front page.

Also, the Donald Trump = Hitler comparisons are unironically being posted, oh and by the way I saw someone yesterday write off the Refugee rape of cologne as Germany's fault for not integrating them well or something.

Facebook looks like Democratic Underground for me, a bunch of blue pilled SJW's whining about what offends them more and how everyone who isn't a red blooded communist is evil and should be executed.

[–]TimbuFTZB [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

On the bright side, his background check will be over pretty quick

[–]brainiac3397 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I'm blessed to have a Facebook cluttered by right-wingers from different countries. It makes for an odd yet entertaining environment...

[–]ChrisHarperMercer [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

yes all the time, i have yet to see any posts like everyone is talking about.

[–]FourOfFiveDentists [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

I grew up in West Virginia. I can co firm these people are indeed real.

[–]Zifnab25 [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Christ, I'm in Texas and I'm surrounded by them on a daily basis.

[–]FourOfFiveDentists [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

You poor bastard.

I've never lived in Texas, but I've spent some time there. The stereotype of the "Texas right winger" is a very real thing, and it is scary as fuck. Not everyone is like that, of course, but some are.

Hell, I live in Colorado now and it is very much a thing. You'd think a state with legal Marijuana wouldn't be so uptight.

[–]puffic [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

They are super common if you live in a conservative area. I'm from suburban Texas, and I can confirm that these sorts of views are totally normal. I live in Northern California now, and I wouldn't believe these people were common if I hadn't met so many already.

[–]email_optional_ [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

About a week ago I saw someone on reddit claim that right wingers were complaining about Paul Ryan's beard, claiming it was "Muslimish." I spend a decent amount of time browsing conservative leaning subreddits and websites, and I talk to other conservative minded people regularly but that was my first and only time hearing about his beard lol.

[–]derppoolthulu [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Do you converse with people older than 55 on a regular basis? If not that might be why. Members of my family who represent the right wing are all older than I am. I am an only child in a family filled with ultra conservatives and borderline tea-party nutters. Meanwhile I just try to keep an open mind and take this sort of stuff as it comes to me.

[–]Dirtybrd [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

http://redalertpolitics.com/

Have fun

[–]HeyBayBeeUWanTSumFuk [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Once Al Jazeera America completed their mission of embarrassing Middle America's greatest sports hero there was no reason to continue the operation.

[–]GuacamoleFanatic 22ポイント23ポイント  (6子コメント)

Al Jazeera America averaged 19,000 viewers in 2015. The video of a puddle currently has almost 20,000.

[–]mikemil828 6ポイント7ポイント  (1子コメント)

Great! We can get the English live stream again!

[–]XxsquirrelxX 35ポイント36ポイント  (11子コメント)

CNN is claiming that it's because of low oil prices. Supposedly, the company that owns Al Jazeera America is in turn owned by Qatar. They've also faced lawsuits about sexism and anti-semitism in the work environment.

[–]thebizarrojerry 41ポイント42ポイント  (6子コメント)

What is supposedly about it? The government of Qatar owns the media group.

[–]twominitsturkish 38ポイント39ポイント  (5子コメント)

You mean the saints who bribed their way to the World Cup and employ slave labor? Surely not.

[–]jimmiefan48 11ポイント12ポイント  (3子コメント)

And were assisted by Hillary Clinton after donating to the client ton foundation? No way!

[–]ZapPowerz -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

Those were the only two bad things they ever did though!

[–]inhuman44 [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

It could be true. Al Jazeera is a propaganda channel run by Qatar to bolster its government. The American branch is an attempt to spread pro-Qatar views in to the English speaking world. Similar to RT for Russia, or Radio Free Europe for the US. Given the crazy lower viewership they must have been spending a lot of money keeping it a float. With the oil prices down they may have concluded that the money isn't worth the small number of viewers they are influencing.

[–]xintox2 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

RT for Russia

I watch this from time to time....it really is slandered against US. But not in a Jihadist kind of way like Al Jazeera.

[–]Nosnets123 17ポイント18ポイント  (4子コメント)

Dozens of viewers will be sad, dozens!

[–]ColonelWetEars [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

I'm one of those dozens!

[–]torquesteer [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Regular dozen or baker's dozen?

[–]gibson_ [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

So am I. Al Jazeera English was a fantastic news source, as long as they weren't commenting on anything regarding the Saudi Royal Family.

[–]mujahid69 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Al Jazeera English isn't going anywhere, it's entirely separate from Al Jazeera America.

[–]_tx 6ポイント7ポイント  (5子コメント)

So if AJA shuts down because its owners are losing money due to oil prices, when does RT shut down?

[–]Aquaman5000 13ポイント14ポイント  (2子コメント)

I really enjoyed watching them. At the very least, they offered a different perspective on the news. This is too bad.

[–]Djdbdb [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

More like actually covered the news.

[–]cowardly_lying [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

They covered important things that the other networks buried. This is a sad day for Democracy.

[–]sfitz0076 12ポイント13ポイント  (4子コメント)

Probably should have rebranded under a different name.

[–]ZapPowerz 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

"Sexy Live Action News 24/7!" has a nice ring to it.

[–]bassististist [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Was "Freedom News" taken?

[–]DRUNKTENNIS 6ポイント7ポイント  (1子コメント)

What does this mean for beinsports USA? Formerly Al Jazeera sports

[–]JazzFinder 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

Nothing. For now it seems only the news channel is concerned by this decision.

[–]oldtrenzalore 7ポイント8ポイント  (1子コメント)

The people that might have actually been interested in Al Jazeera (young people) don't watch television news anyway.

[–]Mastr_Blastr 26ポイント27ポイント  (23子コメント)

It's too bad they didn't get more viewership. One of the better sources of news on American cable TV.

[–]ApolloX-2 5ポイント6ポイント  (1子コメント)

Their online stuff was great, but I have no idea about the TV which might have been the problem.

[–]NorcalHPDE [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Yeah when Al Jazeera falsely accused Israel of opening "dam gates" on the Palestinians, that was great!

[–]StainWaggin 4ポイント5ポイント  (2子コメント)

I was a VERY good station. I watched nearly every day. The coverage was great. The name was unfortunate though.

[–]warpal [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Why was the name unfortunate?

[–]StainWaggin [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Some americans can't deal with middle eastern sounding names. 'Al's news" sounds less nine-eleveny to them then 'Al Jazeera News'.

[–]JazzFinder 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I agree. I have access to both their 'International' and 'America' channels. I like them both (from time to time when I listen to news), they're far better than CNN or BBC International.

[–]JoseTwitterFan 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

At least I now have BBC World News on DirecTV.

[–]xienze 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

along with a pair of lawsuits from former employees that included complaints about sexism and anti-Semitism at the news channel.

I wonder why that would be...

[–]NathanForJew 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

When I was first heard of Al Jazeera was right after 9/11 and I thought they were Al Qaeda's like personal news network, lol. Even after I knew they weren't, I always associated them with evil for no good reason.

[–]puffic [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

They were smeared a lot by the American right wing. After the U.S. invaded Iraq, instead of focusing coverage on the glorious liberators (the American soldiers), Al Jazeera instead reported on children who died in bombings, torture at Abu Ghraib and other prisons, and general ongoing violence. The Fox News types saw this as a betrayal after we brought Iraq the gift of American Freedom. That's why Al Jazeera still has a bad reputation, at least in the U.S.

[–]SenoraRamos -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

This is actually quite annoying to hear. Probably one of the few legitimate news channels. They also had really great informational pieces in general.

[–]MaddenMan73 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

This is more about the US saying no to Qatar than it is to a network nobody domestically has any interest in.

[–]runningobsessed -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

Sorry for all those that lost their jobs. The good news is Al Jazeera English will no longer be blocked in the US. I should be able to live stream Al Jazeera English again

[–]desmando [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Just think about all of those oil dollars that they gave to Al Gore to buy his channel. All for nothing.

[–]spacetimecliff [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

That's too bad. It is the best cable news channel in America. They are generally way more unbiased than any of the other outlets.

[–]DaveSW777 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Which is really unfortunate. All their stuff that wasn't about Muslims was pretty unbiased. A much better source than NBC, FOX, or CNN.

[–]SANDERS_SHRIVELED_PE [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

No more shitty Qatari propaganda! Yay

[–]WolfInStep 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

As long as they keep writing I don't mind. I wish they were more popular.

[–]JohnLennonIsAlive -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

Ooo no how will we all survive???

[–]blackisis30 -2ポイント-1ポイント  (0子コメント)

good, we should do the same to the terror funders at CAIR as well.

[–]MY_IQ_IS_83 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Good. Glad they shut down. I don't want my "news" biased by a foreign state and middle-eastern money. I'll stick to my "news" biased by billionaire owners and jew money, thank you. /s

[–]BusToNutley 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Any idea if we'll be able to watch online again? They cut their stream for the U.S. once their cable network went online.

[–]zahidzaman -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

I’m surprised by the reported lack of ratings. On weekends I’d use the Verizon fios app to see what others are watching and Al Jazeera news was frequently in the top 10. Far behind Fox News but there were definitely thousands watching. They’d have interesting programs showing the draught in Cali, police troubles, and other domestic concerns the other news channels wouldn’t mention.

[–]awkwardtheturtle -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

Al Jazeera Media plans to expand its "international digital services to broaden its multi-platform presence in the United States," Souag wrote.

The closure of their cable news outlet will not affect their business overall in America. In fact, they plan to grow their footprint in the US, regardless of this TV news shut-down.I

Al Jazeera America, the American cable news outlet owned by Qatar-based Al Jazeera, plans to shut down less than three years after its much-ballyhooed launch, unable to overcome low ratings, operational problems and a lack of advertisers.

All that ballhoo for nothing.

[–]shabadu84 [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

I don't particularly care about Al Jazeera itself but I do wish they'd been more successful here. Then, maybe, some of the other more popular networks would have copied their less bombastic style. Their going down probably vindicates the LOUD NOISES style of their rivals

[–]xintox2 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Their mistake was using a jihadist name. They should have called it AJ 24/7 like RT....hardly anyone who stumbles upon RT knows its Russia Today.

[–]pentuplemintgum666 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Al Jazeera was criticized for its anti-Western and anti-Semitic bias. "Al Jazeera officials have denied consistently that the company was anti-Western". Maybe just an error in editing. Then again, maybe not.

[–]JonasBrosSuck -4ポイント-3ポイント  (3子コメント)

finally more time for my honey boo boo and other "reality" shows!

[–]flounder19 4ポイント5ポイント  (2子コメント)

Here Comes Honey Boo Boo was cancelled in 2014

[–]JonasBrosSuck 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

haha TIL

[–]Swinetrek 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Watching that show sucked out so much of their IQ that they probably just don't realize its gone.

[–]challenge4 -2ポイント-1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Hey at least Al Gore got paid. Anyone have the final number on what he donated to climate change from the sale of Current?

[–]AGhostFromThePast -3ポイント-2ポイント  (0子コメント)

This is what happens when you try to bring fair and unbiased news that challenges the American brainwashing machine known as the mainstream media. I hope they don't shut down their online news model, they had some amazing pieces that you won't see anywhere else.

[–]evadcobra2 -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

Now if only Russia Today (RT) would too

[–]rillo561 -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

This sucks, I enjoyed their programming.

[–]itsjusth -2ポイント-1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I would watch every day if SlingTV carried them. I suppose it'll be okay because they will go back to streaming AlJazeera English on the App.

[–]NeverBob -2ポイント-1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I never watched whatever channel they were on, but I do use their website for slightly less spun news.

[–]thasixohfour -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

So it's down to Fox, MSNBC (Fox Left), and CNN. The poor American people who don't internet good and want to learn to do other stuff good too!

[–]cisturbance [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

Not surprising. Considering how rampant racism and ignorance is in America is, it's a shock they've lasted this long with that name.

[–]just_your_mother [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I dunno if the average American is that ignorant and racist but I bet you could find 1:4 easily who can't read past a 6th grade level.

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