Al Jazeera Banner Removed From Skybox Without Explanation

[althecat]

Sorry if a dupe.

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Al Jazeera Banner Removed
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/9FD55FF1-CD66-40BC-8453-C65D9CE709BE.htm

Al Jazeera reports: "Organizers at the Democratic Party convention in United States have removed Al Jazeera's logotype banner from its skybox without assigning reasons.

Al Jazeera's skybox is one of the several that media organizations use as broadcast booths to cover the upcoming convention in Boston to confirm John Kerry's nomination as George Bush's presidential challenger in November.

"We found that the banner disappeared for some reason," Al Jazeera's Washington bureau chief Hafiz al-Mirazi said.

"We contacted the Democratic National Convention and the people who are organizing the convention. And then they said it has been removed, maybe for lack of enough space or something like that, although they approved originally the sign and everything on it. And every time we get different answers."

"And finally, they said, 'Sorry, we cannot put it back." And it's the only news organization sign that was taken," al-Mirazi pointed out. ....In place of Al Jazeera's logotype will be a banner reading "Strong for America."

And this the DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION! Incidentally the new democratic (sic) government of Iraq has threatened to follow Saddam's lead and kick Al Jazeera and Al Aribiya out.

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[LittleApple81]

1. THEY SHOULD HAVE REMOVED THE BANNERS FOR ALL THE NETWORKS

That would make it absolutely equal.

[DenverDem]

2. A thousand dupes, but no big deal.

The banner would just be used as fodder for the publican media horse shit cannons.

[oasis]

5. Fox gets shot of Kerry with Al Jzee in the background and Rove has

field day with ads.

[RummyTheDummy]

3. Dupe

Can we please stop being an echo chamber for Repug talking points.

[aquart]

4. We didn't kick Al Jazeera out.

We took down the sign that would have appeared in Republican campaign literature insisting on a non-existent connection.

And if Al Jazeera is pissed off, too damn bad. I am certain it will make the evening news in Egypt, Arabia, the Sudan, Iran..... They have a great story to up their credibility.

[DenverDem]

6. Reporting the truth from Iraq doesn't make them the Arab Faux.

Their agenda is far less prevarication based than murdochCo.

[aquart]

7. Never said it wasn't.

They still got a cracking good story out of the banner.