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In reply to the discussion: Who is Hillary Clinton to say Assad must go? [View all]HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)49. It's not sneering. I am pointing out that Al Jazeera, and ME media generally, is owned by very
specific interests.
As for Free Speech TV and the like, those outlets are also owned and managed by people with a certain set of interests.
Just because something is on Free Speech TV doesn't mean it's truthful, virtuous, or even necessarily "left," just as seeing something on Fox News doesn't make it truthful, virtuous, or even necessarily "right".
Have you never heard of the various supposedly left wing media outlets in the US that were shown later to be largely funded and staffed by hidden actors such as the US State Department?
You would, I'm assuming, be the first to acknowledge right-wing funding of things like the Tea-party. Do you think there is no "left" equivalent?
Besides which, nowhere have I praised any tinpot dictators. However, can the Al-Thani absolute monarchy that has ruled Qatar since the 19th century, and that also owns Al-Jazeera, be voted out of office by the "people"?
just asking.
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Yep. She (and others in the cabinet) don't get to REALLY express their opinions. She wouldn't
gateley
Apr 2012
#4
Same thing in South America. So you are correct. Nothing has changed, except that South America
sabrina 1
Apr 2012
#28
I didn't see any news shows about the recent vote showing Syrians want Assad to go.
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#38
Al-Jazeera, owned by the state of Qatar and its 186-year hereditary dynasty, the Al-Thani family.
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#75
Well, maybe your cavalier dismissal of what is a good news source, regardless of who owns it,
Cleita
Apr 2012
#80
Because something is written in a 2009 booklet, that means it's the usual practice?
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#85
I have an agenda, but you don't? The fact is that Syria, like Libya and Iraq before it, is not
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#90
I'm afraid that the strawman belongs to you. I've been discussing actual practice in Qatar in
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#98
You're saying that Rupert Murdoch and Fox News run the country? I thought it was the owners of the
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#102
if it is a one sided conflict, then the rebels do not have enough political support
tiny elvis
Apr 2012
#24
Sorry, we have a history of supporting dictators. Pinochet, Saddam Hussein, The Shah of Iran,
sabrina 1
Apr 2012
#30
No they don't. I do not support US support for dictators, neither do most Progressive Democrats
sabrina 1
Apr 2012
#32
Our country certainly does support dictators who are obedient to our interests, however,
Cleita
Apr 2012
#55
She is United States Secretary of State. And, the people of Syria DO want him to go,
Lil Missy
Apr 2012
#13
Who is "the middle east media"? Just as our home media slants coverage toward certain political
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#44
Al Jazeera, for all your sneering, has pretty good unbiased coverage of a variety of
Cleita
Apr 2012
#48
It's not sneering. I am pointing out that Al Jazeera, and ME media generally, is owned by very
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#49
Prime Minister of Qatar is an Al-Thani. PM has been an Al-Thani since the Brits installed the
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#52
You neglected the "et cetera," which encompasses the Al-Thanis holding the rest of the pivotal
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#58
Here are a few that are speaking: the corrupt potentates in SA & Qatar call to arm Syria's rebels.
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#105
But Syrians are supposed to be "like us"? Why do Qatar and SA get a pass when Syria doesn't?
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#69
I addressed this in my other post. It's cultural and Qatar is passing laws to take care of
Cleita
Apr 2012
#79
"It's cultural". I'll remember that. "Qatar is passing laws." That too. Does that apply to every
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#88
Al Jazeera Journalist Sacked and Deported from Qatar Due to HIV-positive Status
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#78
Is 2010 "new" enough for you? "Despite Ban, Child Camel Jockeys Are Still Racing"
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#86
The article is about Dubai, run by the Al-Maktoum family since 1833, also creatures of the British.
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#93
The ban which came from the United Nations applied to all the ME countries that used child
Cleita
Apr 2012
#95
Did Al-Jazeera report on labor violations inside Qatar? Has it ever? I can't find it. What does a
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#96
LOL. China is also "local stuff". So are Egypt, Syria, Russia, Bahrain, Norway and other locales
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#99
How many times is that now that you've called me 'ignorant' and otherwise attacked me personally?
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#104
Saying Assad must go validates the US mercenaries currently operating in Syria.
sad sally
Apr 2012
#46
While I've never quite seen anybody here overtly pimping dictators like Qadaffi and Assad
RZM
Apr 2012
#33
The place is crazy because one dude posted a fringe opinion and is getting pounded for it?
Guy Whitey Corngood
Apr 2012
#51
That is just an example of wishful thinking on her part. And an example of party-line
Fool Count
Apr 2012
#26
It's an ambitious politician trying on her tough guy cowboy hat for 2016.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Apr 2012
#27
A person with a moral center, speaking in her official capacity as SECSTATE of the USA, voicing the
MADem
Apr 2012
#29
ROFL ... "the rebels that are perpetuating atrocities against the people of Syria."
dionysus
Apr 2012
#42
hey honey, go peddle your support for that murderous fuckwad dictator somewhere else.
cali
Apr 2012
#47
Is there something wrong with respecting a foreign country's sovereignty?
The Northerner
Apr 2012
#66
I'm guessing you probably threw in less than a cent of your tax dollars to pay her salary...
Drunken Irishman
Apr 2012
#111
She's Plenipotentiary High Commissioner for Implementing Regime Change when we say so?
FarCenter
Apr 2012
#101
Let's see if you still think that Assad should stay in power after reading this.
Beacool
Apr 2012
#109