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malaise

(269,157 posts)
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 10:07 AM Nov 2021

imagine for a moment Al Jazeera producing a documentary

with a Muslim youth who had killed two and injured one,
There's Fucker and Fux for you - and barely a word of outrage from all those who get bent out of shape for non-white American terrorists.

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IronLionZion

(45,523 posts)
7. As long as Americans keep a racist notion of who is terrorizing Americans
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 11:43 AM
Nov 2021

it encourages more of this. Americans don't want to accept that a 17 year old asshole can murder Americans on the streets of America claiming he feared for his life.

mjvpi

(1,389 posts)
8. Sorry to be argumentative. I get the point you are making, but.........
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 12:51 PM
Nov 2021

Al Jezeera produces really good hard news. They spend more time and get much more information than any major US news channel. They are most comparable to BBC. The one thing that they do that some see as controversial is to do in-depth reporting about what happens on the ground in, what most of the world considers Palestine.

malaise

(269,157 posts)
10. Al Jazeera is a serious media entity so they should not really be compared with Fux
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 01:35 PM
Nov 2021

On that we agree.
By the way, I see nothing wrong with their coverage of the apartheid rules meted out to Palestinians.

mjvpi

(1,389 posts)
11. I agree. If life for Palestinians was on par with Israelis, things would work differently.
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 01:44 PM
Nov 2021

Al Jazeera does hard news in Palestine. For that they are called biased?

Elessar Zappa

(14,046 posts)
12. As long as they recognize Israel, I have no problem
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 01:47 PM
Nov 2021

with them covering the situation on the ground fairly.

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