Demand Al Jazeera in the US!

[Better Believe It]

See the Video: Al Jazeera English's correspondent in Cairo, Ayman Mohyeldin, tells our American viewers that we appreciate your enthusiastic support.

Largely unavailable through US cable and satellite providers, Al Jazeera has recently received a large amount of attention in the American media.

Click on the following website to find out more on how you can Demand Al Jazeera in the USA.

http://english.aljazeera.net/demandaljazeera/#


The newsroom at the headquarters of the Doha, Qatar-based Al Jazeera English channel

[virgogal]

1. No thanks-----we have enough news as it is. It's headache inducing.

[Better Believe It]

2. Just watch Al Jazeera (when it's available on your cable system) and a few select programs on MSNBC

:)

[virgogal]

9. I certainly will watch it-------it's just that sometimes I feel that

I'm on news overload,between my daily newspaper,the internet,and the TV. (Radio used to be good but it's garbage now)

I try to have an open mind and probably will love it because I doubt they will have on anything about Lindsay Lohan and Justin Bieber.

[EFerrari]

12. I find that the quieter indy shows don't have all the bells and whistles

that used to really give me headaces. AJ English does have music and visuals but they aren't the main course as they are on the American produced cable shows. It's slightly less irritating than them but not as quiet as Democracy Now!.

[EFerrari]

3. We have too much infotainment and very very little news.

Watching Al Jazeera these last two weeks was like a breath of fresh air. The two channels running it on my sat system will probably yank it soon now that Egypt is settling down.

[Ohio Joe]

21. That is the real heart of the problem

I like some of the infotainment, I don't want it to go away but if something is going to bill itself as "News" they should be news and not opinion or propaganda. I'm not sure I know exactly when American news lost it's integrity but there is little to none left at this point.

[upi402]

11. name one

MSNBC has a few hours of news that seems radical incontrast with the vast majority of the rest of the day. And it's the lone source not spewing corporatism and even jingoism/hate.

[Dappleganger]

16. You think we have "news?"

That's quite laughable.

[virgogal]

27. So laugh !

[EFerrari]

4. You know what I really loved about AJ English these last two weeks or so?

All the guests that I didn't know who turned out to be people who really knew stuff, lol, and not the same 20 people from the DC cocktail party circuit. It was fabulous.

[Better Believe It]

8. They are guests who are actually well informed and don't repeat shallow Washington talking points

And their news correspondants aren't simple minded millionaire news readers.

[EFerrari]

10. Ayman Mohyeldin spend a day as a prisoner of security forces

blindfolded and cuffed and he didn't bail when they released him. He went back to work and reported the fall of Mubarak.

[AndyTiedye]

5. It Might be Cheaper for Comcast to Carry It

than to have us all streaming it over our cable Internet connections.

[EFerrari]

6. The bigger screen is easier on the eyes, too. n/t

[AndyTiedye]

13. An HDMI cable can solve that little problem

[EFerrari]

14. I've been meaning to figure out how to do that for a long time, actually.

I love the net and find broadcast and cable teevee sort of irritating.

[AndyTiedye]

17. Check What Kind of Video Outputs Your Computer Has

It may have an HDMI output, in which case you just need a regular HDMI cable.
Some have a DVI output, for which you would use a DVI-to-HDMI cable.
If it only has VGA, look for a VGA input on the TV. If it has one, use a regular VGA cable.

I am assuming you have an HDTV of some sort.

[EFerrari]

18. I don't but there is a big screen HDTV thing out in the livingroom.

Mine is small and not HDTV. Someday this little guy is going to die and that will be a shame because it's got good sound and color, a dvd player and I can pick it up and move it very easily. lol

[Better Believe It]

19. But I can't run it all the way from the computer room to the living room!

[demmiblue]

7. Roku... love it!

I wonder if those of us viewing AJE on non-traditional sources are making any sort of impact.

[mwooldri]

22. Ditto. Roku. Gotta have it.

Al Jazeera English, BBC News Channel (the domestic version) and others. LIVE.

For those who don't know how to get these, look up The Nowhere Man and Roku on your web browser of choice. Or Roku Private Channels. Roku doesn't list these channels as part of their regular fare but the people who run these channels as a private affair (but give out their access codes almost like candy)

Though I came up with a problem with my Roku yesterday. Too many channels. Got rid of some of the freebies I can add anytime and don't watch that much.

Plus I hold Al Jazeera in the same regard as the BBC - Al Jazeera hired a lot of ex BBC Arabic Service staff when the first go of the service was shut down because the Saudi backers didn't like what the BBC was saying. These BBC values carried on into Al Jazeera. BBC Arabic has come back, and BBC and Al Jazeera do work together, sharing facilities from time to time, and reports etc.

[Dappleganger]

28. Are you getting BBC Live streaming

or just the Newscaster pre-programmed channels?

[HEyHEY]

15. They're a good outfit, in fact many journalists have left

GOOD jobs at western media to work for them, such as CTV's Steven Chao. Guy had a $150,000 a year gig with CTV and went to AJ for a small increase, he went cause it's a good station.

[mwooldri]

23. AJ took on a lot of ex BBC Arabic Service staff when attempt #1 failed.

The Saudi backers didn't like what the BBC said so they pulled the funding. BBC couldn't replace it, had no choice but to shut the channel down. Those BBC values through those journalists carried on into AJ and that's why I trust AJ as a credible source of news.

[HEyHEY]

26. A bunch are from sky news too n/t

[Better Believe It]

24. None of the major network millionaire news readers will jump ship for Al Jazeera.

[HEyHEY]

25. I agree, that said

The money doesn't mean shit. After eigth years in Media I can say that most of the people on screen ar incompetent turds. It's the people you don't see that make everything happen. And those are the people driving AJ right now.

[lonestarnot]

20. K & R!