Al-Jazeera Hangs Shingle at Convention

[Khephra]

NEW YORK -- In the upper reaches of Madison Square Garden, the satellite news channel Al-Jazeera perches in a media skybox right next to Fox 5 News.

During the Republican National Convention, which starts on Monday, Al-Jazeera will be allowed to display its lightbox sign just like any other news channel here -- something that didn't happen at the Democratic National Convention in Boston last month.

After receiving permission from Democrats to display the Al-Jazeera sign in Boston, crew members discovered that it had gone missing. "It was very mysterious," said technician Wayne Coleman, who works with the ABC crew providing support to Al-Jazeera.

Convention officials said they needed the space to put up a johnkerry.com banner. Al-Jazeera's sign eventually resurfaced in Burlington, Mass., some 15 miles away from the convention site. They purchased a new one for the Republican convention.

http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-convention-al-jazeera,0,5568760.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

[renotyme]

1. i doubt the repukes will fool any arabs

they'll be lucky to get 1% of the arab vote

[Doosh]

2. Al Jazeera at the convention? next to FOX?

well, this should get mighty interesting.

[krkaufman]

3. Chuckle.

Someone obviously made off with the sign at the DNC. Too funny.