We Bid Adieu to Al Jazeera America and I Have a Sad....

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32. like WhiteTara, I thought we had till the end of the month

So this is a big shock. I LOVED LOVED LOVED Al Jazeera and I will miss it terribly. I felt like a real citizen of the world when I watched it. They actually had reporters going into little towns and villages all over the world--not just the big cities--and reported the news directly instead of repeating it from Reuters or AP or whoever.

And since I thought we had at least a couple more weeks to hope, I was really thinking that they'd announce a big SURPRISE! We're replacing Al Jazeera America with Al Jazeera English! I mean, why not? (And also I was hoping that they'd keep as many of their AJAM presenters as possible.) But I am immensely cheered by the article at your link. (It even says that if they buy it they would try to absorb the AJAM Washington and DC staff as much as possible!!!!) Thank you so much for finding it! I feel better knowing there's at least some hope.

It is SUCH a shame that they kept the name Al Jazeera. That decision alone really sealed their fate--it just took a little time for it to happen. If they'd just called it AJ AM it might have earned its keep and stayed on the air. It was so, so, so good.