Does Al Jazeera English (or Arabic, for that matter) have a seat in the WH Press room? nt

gateley

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Tue Feb-01-11 09:11 PM
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Does Al Jazeera English (or Arabic, for that matter) have a seat in the WH Press room? nt

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Turborama

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Tue Feb-01-11 09:20 PM
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1. No, I don't think so. And President Obama hasn't allowed them to interview him yet

Edited on Tue Feb-01-11 09:40 PM by Turborama

Even though they have interviewed several members of his administration.

Oh, on edit, and they've been banned from having a bureau in Iraq since they filmed what was going on in Fallujah. I'm not sure who's in charge of that decision now but they're still keeping Bushco's ban in place.

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gateley

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Tue Feb-01-11 09:40 PM
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2. That's actually understandable -- why give the Repubs ammo to accuse him being

a Muslim terrorist? And no matter what is said, they wouldn't let go of the fact that AJ is the "voice of terrorists".

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Turborama

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Tue Feb-01-11 09:46 PM
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3. He went on Al Arabiya just after he was elected.

Edited on Tue Feb-01-11 10:18 PM by Turborama

See here for links to the interview: http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&q=Al+Arabiya+obama+interview&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=

This meme about them being the "voice of terrorists" was started by Bushco during the Iraq war and unfortunately many American's from both the left and right still believe it: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=6848728

Al Jazeera are working hard to dispel those myths: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x315131

And anyone who cares about real journalism that's not led by a corporatist agenda should too.

Oh, and K&R & :hi:

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RKP5637

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Tue Feb-01-11 09:50 PM
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4. +1, n/t

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gateley

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Tue Feb-01-11 10:08 PM
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6. I know I bought into it at the time, but then I didn't know what I've since learned

about Islam.

Again, I think that the networks citing AJE as a credible news source (repeatedly!) will go a long way in helping people see that the charges were unfounded This is the first opportunity I've had to actually give them a real look/listen -- impressive! It became my GoTo 'channel'! The guy I heard on Coast to Coast, ME/Egypt expert, said he'd been glued to it for the past several days and I thought "I hear you, brother!"

The key is "anyone who cares about real journalism" - I fear the Republicans and their doe-eyed devotees don't. But the rest of us will benefit greatly from a news source that doesn't have a corporate agenda.

Thanks for the links! :hi:

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Canuckistanian

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Tue Feb-01-11 09:56 PM
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5. They don't have any gay prostitute correspondents

So they probably can't get credentials.

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gateley

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Tue Feb-01-11 10:10 PM
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7. Took me a while to get the reference - another little conflict of interest that was

swept under the Bush WH rug.

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Canuckistanian

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Tue Feb-01-11 10:18 PM
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8. Glad somebody did

:hi:

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