Al Gore faces fight in bid for CBC-founded NWI--interesting tidbits re WND

[Gloria]

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Nov. 27, 2003. 01:00 AM
Left and right bid to buy all-news channel
Al Gore faces fight in bid for CBC-founded NWI



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Which brings us back to Joseph Farah.

For those of you not familiar with the web journalist and self-styled "revolutionary" who believes that the world is going to hell in a pro-choice hand basket, check out his extremely popular Oregon-based news site WorldNetDaily, the perfect online source for Christmas stocking stuffers for folks who are so way out on the right, their turkeys come with only one wing. You have to see it to believe it. (Farah, often billed as a pro-Israel Arab, is the guy that B'nai Brith Canada brought to Toronto last year to speak at its annual journalism awards.)

When Farah learned of Gore's negotiations with Vivendi, he urged his followers, who are legion, to send money to prevent this atrocity from coming to pass.

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It should be noted that there's much bad blood between Farah and the Gore camp.

The latter is suing WorldNetDaily for $165 million (U.S.) in defamation damages after a series of stories tying Gore to criminal investigations. Not that I'm suggesting sour grapes or anything. But, as it turns out, Farah's I-Buy-NWI campaign is just a scheme to raise money to survive that lawsuit.

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As for Gore's ambition as a news programmer, it may have encountered some static.

Turns out that Diller, the cable executive who sold it to Vivendi, still has a stake in the channel.

Word is, he's thinking of giving Fox, CNN and MSNBC a run for their money himself.

As for CBC, it's looking for ways to stay on the international dial no matter what happens.

[LSparkle]

1. Barry Diller is truly a turkey

If there's one GOOD thing Vivendi could do with one of its assets, it would be to sell that one property to President Gore ... I'm ashamed (as one who works for VUE).v