Better cancel Multichoice - Al Jazeera is coming to S.A

[tibby.dude]

http://www.fmtech.co.za/media/al-jazeera-coming-to-sa-screens/

A good move I reckon as we in a democracy should value divergent voices even if you don't always agree with them .... look at the example set by the PAC and Freedom Front in the Cape Town city council.

[Alan]

http://www.fmtech.co.za/media/al-jazeera-coming-to-sa-screens/

A good move I reckon as we in a democracy should value divergent voices even if you don't always agree with them .... look at the example set by the PAC and Freedom Front in the Cape Town city council.

Where's FOX NEWS :(

:D

[rwenzori]

Interesting! I look forward to some new and different opinions!

[tibby.dude]

Where's FOX NEWS :(

Ann Coulter and Michelle Malkin make even Mugabe seem like a reasonable man.

[rwenzori]

... make even Mugabe seem like a reasonable man.

Tibby, my man!! Your hero of the liberation struggle! How can you be so nasty????
:D

[Alan]

Ann Coulter and Michelle Malkin make even Mugabe seem like a reasonable man.

Al Jazeera wouldn't be out of place in Zimbabwe :D

At least we would have most angles covered.

Al Jazeera for the Islamists, CNN for the liberals and FOX for conservatives.

Generally speaking. :D

[SecretCode]

:(

I thought this thread was going to be about Al Jazeera offering an alternative to Multichoice. (As long as they carried Cartoon Network...)

[Syndyre]

Is it the English version I presume?

[Alan]

Is it the English version I presume?

What difference would it make ;)

:D

[tibby.dude]

Tibby, my man!! Your hero of the liberation struggle! How can you be so nasty????
:D

My hero ... you are rather sadly mistaken and misinformed.

[feo]

Where's FOX NEWS :(

:D
Why would actually ask for FOX?

[PeterCH]

PlayBoy channel :) we should get that :).

[The_Librarian]

:(

I thought this thread was going to be about Al Jazeera offering an alternative to Multichoice. (As long as they carried Cartoon Network...)

Thought the same :rolleyes::D

[Syndyre]

PlayBoy channel :) we should get that :).

Playboy by Al Jazeera? That'd be interesting. :D

[Alan]

Playboy by Al Jazeera? That'd be interesting. :D

I see an ankle :eek:

AHHHHHHHH

:D

[Syndyre]

I see an ankle :eek:

AHHHHHHHH

:D

:D

In this shot she is only wearing a light veil. :D:p

[BCO]

I've actually watched a fair amount of the English Al Jazeera in Zambia. It's very slick and polished with a look and feel that's 100% in line with Western news channels like CNN and Sky. It is also more balanced in its reporting than I expected it to be. In other words, while it leans towards a pro-Palestine perspective (for example), it's certainly not a bunch of rabid Islamic extremists baying for American blood.

Oh and yet again you gave me a chuckle AlanF. CNN is liberal? lolz.

[Alan]

Oh and yet again you gave me a chuckle AlanF. CNN is liberal? lolz.

eah it's in the "center" :cool:

Right alongside FOX and Al Jazeera :rolleyes:

[Skeptik]

Al Jazeera is part of the DSTV lineup, so if you cancel you won't get it.

We all know it's propaganda. Just the other side of it to balance the extremely US-centric Discovery/History/N.Geo channels. Personally I think Russia Today (RT) gives quite an unbiased view.

[BCO]

eah it's in the "center" :cool:

Right alongside FOX and Al Jazeera :rolleyes:

:D That's better.

[Xarog]

Al Jazeera is part of the DSTV lineup, so if you cancel you won't get it.

We all know it's propaganda. Just the other side of it to balance the extremely US-centric Discovery/History/N.Geo channels. Personally I think Russia Today (RT) gives quite an unbiased view.
Rather ironic that you have to go to the Russians to get the unbiased unvarnished news. :D

[Paul_S]

Just as long as it doesn't start causing an uprising in our local Muslim community.
The last thing I want on my door step is another Nigeria, Ethiopia, Somalia, etc.

Fortunately the Muslim community in SA isn't too big so maybe it will only cause a few more marches, a bit more condemnation of the US and Israel and a few more trips for MBeki to go and do his mediation stunts/tricks in the Middle East. :)

[marine1]

Islam is trying to take over the world. The will not succeed. :D

[Xarog]

Islam is trying to take over the world. The will not succeed. :D
Religions are evil that way.

[Sneeky]

Everything G Dubya Bush does is in a 'god's' name as well apparently.

Al Jazeera,,, why not.

Do you think they will censor the beheading and execution clips out of the broadcast in the name of protecting say children from pornography or something, as you do in SA, you know :rolleyes:

[bwana]

Do you think they will censor the beheading and execution clips out of the broadcast in the name of protecting say children from pornography or something, as you do in SA, you know :rolleyes:You find beheadings pornographic? :confused:

[Xarog]

You find beheadings pornographic? :confused:
I think his remark was more focused at government using any excuse possible to curtail press freedoms.

[telkomsuig]

as long as the subscription does not go up for this nonsense....why not rather include it on the indian package so its audience can pay for it.

[Sneeky]

I think his remark was more focused at government using any excuse possible to curtail press freedoms.

right on the money.
;)

[Natas]

IMO Al Jazeera present a MUCH more balanced view than CNN and BBC could ever even think of doing. The problem with many other news stations is that they are incapable of being objective. Their views are shaped by their opinion. Its not an ideal example but it illustrates the point I am trying to make. I am referring to the situation where on CNN during the whole New Orleans tragedy thing, they referred to some black people as looters, while the white people were referred to as foragers. Its like my old boss, who once told an indian colleague fo mine that chinese people were dirty and that even indian people are "cleaner" than them, and thought she had just given her a compliment. CNN are like this, they reason and argue from a sense of "rightness"

[Leitmotif]

Al Jazeera is a well-funded and professional media organisation. They happen to be the outlet of choice for the press releases of certain radical islamic factions, but they do actually make a better job of reporting than most western news agencies.

[Sneeky]

Yeah I can agree with that for sure. Western Media is all influenced by the money and the politicians.

[Xarog]

Al Jazeera is a well-funded and professional media organisation. They happen to be the outlet of choice for the press releases of certain radical islamic factions, but they do actually make a better job of reporting than most western news agencies.
QFT

[Pitbull]

I just wat fox channel... Nothing more, nothing less. :p

[Alan]

Al Jazeera is a well-funded and professional media organisation. They happen to be the outlet of choice for the press releases of certain radical islamic factions, but they do actually make a better job of reporting than most western news agencies.

:eek:

An interview with an AL Jazeera Editor-In-Chief

http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/article.aspx?id=395

Hamas is a fan while Fatah isn't :o

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=26118

Al-Jazeera's Dirty Little Secret (http://www.nysun.com/article/50403?page_no=2&access=717445)

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/013/128zmbid.asp?pg=2

Hopefully it will be as entertaining in a :sick: sort of way as it's sister channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUS4BaMGxxQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEWgqvnR_v8&NR=1

:D

[marine1]

Al Jazeera is a well-funded and professional media organisation. They happen to be the outlet of choice for the press releases of certain radical islamic factions, but they do actually make a better job of reporting than most western news agencies.
Please for the love of democracy tell me you are joking ????:eek:

[ghoti]

If they allow Rhema on TV I dont see why there should not be a Muslim counterpart. Its the same nonsense.

[Bageloo]

If they allow Rhema on TV I dont see why there should not be a Muslim counterpart. Its the same nonsense.

ROFL:D:D Tell that to Pastor Ray McCawley :D

[Leitmotif]

Please for the love of democracy tell me you are joking ????:eek:

Nope. Ever watched any of their broadcasts?

The islamic fascists are evil and must be destroyed. Anything arabic is bad. Don't watch. Don't listen. We will tell you all you need to know. Other viewpoints are wrong. Time for the weather now with Tom...

The islamic fascists aren't the only extremists around.

[Skeptik]

Al Jazeera are Muslims, so the Muslim bombers give them their footage to screen which CNN won't do. That's their claim to fame. Also they managed to get better coverage of the Gulf wars based also on their Islamic affiliations. Muslims helping Muslims I suppose rather than 'better' journalism.