You can't make this up (Current TV)

[julius]

Qatar-based broadcaster al-Jazeera buys US cable channel Current TV, co-founded by former Vice-President @algore

Not sure what to take from this. I know al Jazeera isn't the caricature that some make it out to be, but it's still kind of odd.

 

[Denny Crane]

Current TV has been for sale for a long time. Al-Jazeera may be the only people who wanted to buy it.

 

[jlprk]

In the Muslim world, Jazeera is considered to be a sellout to the West.

 

[julius]

In the Muslim world, Jazeera is considered to be a sellout to the West.

Oh, so it's no different then MSNBC, Fox News and CNN.

 

[jlprk]

Western intelligence is probably working on changing ownership of this one, too.

http://english.al-akhbar.com/

 

[PapaG]

Al Jeezera Buys Current TV from Al Gore

This is after Gore refused to sell to Glenn Beck because of Beck's political leanings.

Outsourcing rocks! Buy another yacht Al, you big freaking phony.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505123_162-57561745/al-jazeera-acquires-al-gores-current-tv/

 

[PapaG]

Re: Al Jeezera Buys Current TV from Al Gore

Al Geewhiza is owned by a foreign government. Is this even legal?

 

[PapaG]

Re: Al Jeezera Buys Current TV from Al Gore

Al Jazeera did not disclose the purchase price, but people with direct knowledge of the deal pegged it at around $500 million, indicating a $100 million payout for Mr. Gore, who owned 20 percent of Current. Mr. Gore and his partners were eager to complete the deal by Dec. 31, lest it be subject to higher tax rates that took effect on Jan. 1, according to several people who insisted on anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

LOL

What a tax cheat.

 

[Denny Crane]

Re: Al Jeezera Buys Current TV from Al Gore

Al Jazeera paid 20x cash flow for Current TV's slots on the satellites.

 

[PapaG]

Re: Al Jeezera Buys Current TV from Al Gore

Al Jazeera paid 20x cash flow for Current TV's slots on the satellites.

Another good investment for Al Gore. Plus, he beat the tax hikes with it.

 

[jlprk]

Re: Al Jeezera Buys Current TV from Al Gore

Someone should grant Denny the power to merge threads. Can one of his superiors do this, please?

 

[PapaG]

It would be nice if people here posted exactly the content of their thread, instead of "You Won't Believe This!!!"

 

[julius]

Re: Al Jeezera Buys Current TV from Al Gore

Someone should grant Denny the power to merge threads. Can one of his superiors do this, please?

I was going to, but than I remembered I didn't care.

 

[julius]

It would be nice if people here posted exactly the content of their thread, instead of "You Won't Believe This!!!"

yeah, because the "CURRENT TV" was such a hard word to read.

 

[maxiep]

Does anyone find the irony of Al Gore pocketing money from Big Oil hilarious? What a fucking hypocrite.

 

[jlprk]

This wouldn't be happening if only Florida Republicans and US Supreme Court Republicans had let the voters have their way in 2000.

 

[Denny Crane]

This wouldn't be happening if only Florida Republicans and US Supreme Court Republicans had let the voters have their way in 2000.

The inconvenient truth is that Gore got fewer votes in Florida than Bush did. Otherwise, you might have some merit to your latest complaint.

 

[Haakzilla]

...just another avenue for destructive propaganda, nothing to see here!

 

[maxiep]

At least they turned down Glenn Beck's offer. Who knows if it was for more or less than Al Jezeera's. Again, the value isn't in CurrentTV's brand, but their access to channels.

 

[DaLincolnJones]

At least they turned down Glenn Beck's offer. Who knows if it was for more or less than Al Jezeera's. Again, the value isn't in CurrentTV's brand, but their access to channels.

on the surface I would agree with you Maxie..In Becks favor, he does preach peace and good will...

 

[Haakzilla]

...yeah, he's a good "actor"!

[video=youtube;Y9j_SWbpOH0]

 

[magnifier661]

...yeah, he's a good "actor"!

[video=youtube;Y9j_SWbpOH0]

Terrorizing children and he does the same crying photo? The big difference is Glenn is an adult and the children are just kids that shouldn't be exploited like this.

So would the same argument be made to a child porn director vs. adult porn stars?

 

[Haakzilla]

Terrorizing children and he does the same crying photo? The big difference is Glenn is an adult and the children are just kids that shouldn't be exploited like this.

So would the same argument be made to a child porn director vs. adult porn stars?

...and would Glenn Beck shun a child porn director one week and then turn around and do a porno movie with that same director if it meant his ratings, audience, and bank account all increased as a direct result? Answer: yes!

He's one of the biggest phony puppets out there.

 

[BrianFromWA]

In the Muslim world, Jazeera is considered to be a sellout to the West.

During Unified Protector, we had Al-Jazeera on on the 6th Fleet watchfloor because they had the only meaningful reporting from the ground. CNN didn't care, Fox was mostly commentary, and I don't think MSNBC was ever actually considered.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

LOTS OF JELLUS BUTTHURT IN THIS THREAD. AL GORE IS A CAPITALIST. CELEBRATE IT BITCHES

 

[jlprk]

The inconvenient truth is that Gore got fewer votes in Florida than Bush did. Otherwise, you might have some merit to your latest complaint.

Your source is a consortium of strongly Republican Florida newspapers, who made a questionable fantasy count weeks after the election to paper up Florida's shame with some revisionist history.

 

[Denny Crane]

Your source is a consortium of strongly Republican Florida newspapers, who made a questionable fantasy count weeks after the election to paper up Florida's shame with some revisionist history.

My source is the voting machines and the recount. However, those strongly republican florida newspapers "Washington Post" and "New York Times" weighed in:

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/12/u...d-florida-ballots-finds-justices-did-not.html
EXAMINING THE VOTE: THE OVERVIEW; Study of Disputed Florida Ballots Finds Justices Did Not Cast the Deciding Vote

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12623-2001Nov11.html
Florida Recounts Would Have Favored Bush

 

[jlprk]

My source is the voting machines and the recount. However, those strongly republican florida newspapers "Washington Post" and "New York Times" weighed in:

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/12/u...d-florida-ballots-finds-justices-did-not.html
EXAMINING THE VOTE: THE OVERVIEW; Study of Disputed Florida Ballots Finds Justices Did Not Cast the Deciding Vote

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12623-2001Nov11.html
Florida Recounts Would Have Favored Bush

Do you read your own sources? They report that a consortium of Republican papers did just what I said they did.

 

[jlprk]

The consortium simply reported that if you don't include 500,000 hanging chads and 400,000 ballots designed on purpose to confuse voters which mysteriously appeared only in areas predominantly of seniors and 50,000 found in a Democrat's garage, and if you include 50,000 found in a Republican's garage and 30,000 which arrived late in the mail from a strange overseas source so why would you question our servicemen and...

Look, I don't remember the details. It was a coverup. Since you're the one who wants to rewrite history, I'll leave the research to you.

 

[Denny Crane]

I did the research. The consortium was primarily the NYTimes and Washington Post among others. Those aren't pro-Bush sources. They were trying to prove Gore won, but failed as you are now.