watch English Aljazeera TV online

[MeDeMax]

Most US cable companies are refusing to carry the English Aljazeera channel.
Only a couple of obscure satellite services offer it.

We get fed fake faux news all the time, but I guess it is not okay to hear the
hear the other viewpoint.

Watch it online, free or subscribed - http://english.aljazeera.net/

[demosincebirth]

1. No thanks.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. What's wrong with hearing another viewpoint?

[951-Riverside]

4. I just want news not slanted BS propraganda

Thats why I got rid of cable (news) and never looked back. My local news stations still reports the news so I'm content.

[MeDeMax]

6. each to his own ...

if my son or daughter is going to be deployed in the middle east on behalf of our
country, I want to atleast try and understand the view point of the people from
that region.

Suit yourself...

[951-Riverside]

11. every man for himself....

finders keepers, losers weepers...

BTW I think I help you understand their view point in a few short words, THEY DONT WANT US THERE!

don't put all your eggs in one basket...
no skin off my back...

[Gloria]

3. Here's another place--Virtual Digital Cable.....for $8.95 a month you

get a full subscription to Al Jazeera, plus Democracy Now, AP Raw, etc etc.
Pretty cool.

http://www.vdc.com/

[demosincebirth]

5. Pay to get Al Jazeera? you gotta be kiddin'

[MeDeMax]

7. thanks, I was looking into realpass -- n/t

[951-Riverside]

9. Virtual Digital Cable is a scam

I swear most of those streams they are charging you 8 bucks you can find FOR FREE on sites like http://www.wwitv.com/news_tv_live/index.html">WWITV.

[SoCalDem]

15. I watch Deutshe-Welle on Dish and INN and a 1 hr broadcast

from Australia (can't recall the name right now)

they offer a lot of foreign programming, but a lot of it is in the foreign language (and of couse it's an extra charge)..but those above are free..and there are several lecture channels from a bunch of universities with great guest lecturers..

i love my dish :)

and of course we get Democracy Now and LinkTV too :)

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

8. Thanks. Good to get another viewpoint.

[Up2Late]

10. Thanks, bookmarked for later...

...here's another option, that's a little more complicated, and you probably need a good Broadband connection to use:

<http://www.tvunetworks.com/>

Most of the channels are from China, I think, but they do have a German Channel that has some news shows in English and a few other too.

I've used TVU since July and have never had any trouble with Spyware or Viruses or anything like that.

[Hatalles]

12. Here is video of the launch of Al Jazeera English.

Looks better than anything we get on cable TV...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijsNmMZt9fc

[NuttyFluffers]

13. thanks. it's a pretty damned good news network.

it's a surprise to many americans, but it's something to be seen to believed i guess. anyway, i'm looking forward to it. thanks for the information!

[Ms. Clio]

16. For all the people sneering at Al-J, it evolved from BBC Arabic Television

[Ms. Clio]

14. I tried but it won't work for me

[MeDeMax]

17. link on "Watch Now" link at top left on the site, then choose free or paid

First visit - http://english.aljazeera.net/

when the site opens, click on "Watch Now" underneath their logo and
ALJAZEERA.NET, a new page opens.

You can stream the 56k free version or subscription based high-b/w
version.

I can watch a 50 kbps live stream, video is kinda grainy, audio is
clear.

I stream BBC Worldservice round the clock thru this :

- http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram

[Ms. Clio]

18. nope, that's what I tried to do, and it doesn't work for me

bummer

[Armstead]

21. That link just diverts me to REal Payer Subscription Page

[Balbus]

19. So if you don't want the bullshit propaganda from Fox, why

would you want the bullshit propaganda from Aljazeera? :shrug: I guess watching live beheading videos might be your thing, but I think I'll pass. Have fun.

[MeDeMax]

25. I didn't say Aljazeera is the arabic version of fox news ...

I meant that even slanted stuff is ok for consumption, as long as the slant is our own.

I feel the core Aljazeera viewership has a different - regional, religious & cultural
point of view.

Having some idea of what they see in news helps me understand their viewpoint better,
closing my mind to their reality does not make me better prepared...IMHO.

As some dudes and dudettes said :

"free speech means free speech for everyone, not just the ..."

"freedom and democracy means freedom and democracy for everyone, not just those ..."

[shadowknows69]

20. I hate to say this

but I'm almost afraid to. It comes up all the time on my news RSS feed too and I'm just waiting for that knock on the door.

[MeDeMax]

24. you do have a point there ...

I am guessing warrantless domestic wiretaps and IP address activity
tracking is out of fashion since the dems have the house.

just as you have to think about BIG BROTHER watching you, Big Brotha
has to worry about impeachment proceedings due to unauthorized leaks
... imho.

[LTR]

22. I think BBC World does the job just fine

I personally don't like the slant of al Jazeera.

But BBC is pretty straight-forward with their news. I'd go so far as to say that they are the best at covering international news. And their nightly newscasts are aired on many PBS stations. In addition, their radio service is aired overnight on many NPR affiliates.

[allemand]

23. Al-Jazeera International looks pretty much like BBC World.

Many familiar faces there.