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2013-01-03, 10:21 | Link #25562 | |
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There were no Natives on those island, unless you want to count the seabird. Quote:
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2013-01-03, 13:24 | Link #25564 | |
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UK prime minister rebuffs Argentina over Falklands
President Fernandez should just quit with her obsession with the Falkland islands. She's only doing this to save her political career since her popularity plummeted after her failed attempt to tax rich farmers. The islanders want to stay with Britain and that's final. Unfortunately, Fernandez refuses to recognize their existence and pretends their were never there as this quote explains: Quote:
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2013-01-03, 13:56 | Link #25565 | |
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After some length of time, nations have to just accept that even territory *unjustly* conquered doesn't belong to them anymore. Even the Dailai Lama isn't seeking Tibetan independence anymore. He understands that Tibet has been ruled and settled by China too long for it NOT too be part of China. He's trying to pursue the rights of Tibetans in China as a matter of general human rights than political independence, and I think that's a wise move by this point. Everyone would have cause for perpetual warfare with any other nation on earth if we weren't willing to accept the principle of long term possession.
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2013-01-03, 14:21 | Link #25566 | |
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Partygoer Jokes About The Steubenville Accuser The Night Of The Alleged Rape
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2013-01-03, 14:47 | Link #25567 | |
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Al-Jazeera buys Current TV in bid to expand in US
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2013-01-03, 15:35 | Link #25570 | |
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It's 'cash only' now for tourists at the Vatican
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2013-01-03, 16:43 | Link #25571 |
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Ironically, Al Jazeera is better then any news the USA can offer.
Al Jazeera doesn't deserve the criticism it gets. Though they do interview some quacks on some of their shows (then again, they're mild compared to Fox, who hire the quacks to be regular contributors). |
2013-01-03, 16:51 | Link #25572 | |
Le fou, c'est moi
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Kind of like how you pay attention to the bias when the BBC reports on British affairs or, worse, on the BBC. They're both legitimate news organizations that do a pretty good job overall, the Beep in particular is basically a trusted world institution (the recent scandal only illustrates the problem of the BBC reporting on the BBC), but all news organizations interpret things, pick stories, "sell" to an audience. But yes, in my opinion I'd agree that it is cleaner than Fox, and potentially more competent than CNN. |
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2013-01-03, 16:52 | Link #25574 | |
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2013-01-03, 17:22 | Link #25575 | |
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Now I can't say as much about Al Jazeera Arabic, but what I would say is that Al Jazeera genuinely gives a voice to Arabs and their concerns throughout the Middle East. And it so happens many Arabs are (for good reasons) anti-American. But the only way for those anti-American views to be (correctly) disproved is for them to have a thorough airing in a public forum, and allow the better educated to disprove those views. As far as I'm aware, that's what Al Jazeera does. And to go further, far from Al-Jazeera being anti-American, I think Al Jazeera does more to spread America's most important values of freedom and openness around the world, then any American institutions(particularly it's broadcasters). People vilify Al Jazeera for the fact they showed the bad side of the Iraq war(and certain other expeditions), but to be honest, they were right to do so. The Bush administration was wrong, and they called them on it. Al Jazeera is a real friend, because they tell the truth, and don't mindlessly parrot back what they think you want to hear. If you want a really genuinely anti-American station then look no further then Russia Today! What they say is pure poison. It's like Fox, but says the opposite! |
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2013-01-03, 17:30 | Link #25576 |
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If Al Jazeera is trying to make a breakthrough on the news department of US television, I wonder how and why the BBC has not made a significant one yet after all those years. The BBC offers a lot of good news coverage overall to me.
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2013-01-03, 18:01 | Link #25577 | |
Le fou, c'est moi
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But at the same time you pay attention to who the news organization [claim to] represent. The BBC, and I'm only using this as an example of a media institution par excellence, will never say really bad things about the British royal family or criticize the very legitimacy of the British state. Even the most impartial is someone, and that someone has a viewpoint. Al Jazeera's identity is Arabic, though I should probably clarify as a relatively politically liberal and cosmopolitan subgroup of Arabic (especially true in its English identity). |
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2013-01-03, 18:13 | Link #25578 | |
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NHK News also has an American feed but they have trouble getting PBS stations to air them properly.
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2013-01-03, 18:57 | Link #25579 |
Knight Errant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
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I get NHK world, I found the announcers vaguely vacuous (though a lot of the stuff they show is nifty). I think it's the transplanting of the Japanese broadcasting style into English (which perhaps says more about Japanese TV then it does about NHK world...).
As for the BBC, it does criticize Britain and it government a reasonable amount, and if it appropriate they will interview anti-monarchists etc. Something of note about Al-Jazeera is that it has a lot of BBC veterans, and uses a very similar style. I'd argue they do it better then the BBC does. Al Jazeera Arabic journalists were largely taken from the closed down BBC Arabic station. BBC has the better documentary team though, though it's very hard to track down BBC documentaries online. Big stuff like "Planet Earth" can be found easily, but more niche releases don't get put up anywhere, and if it does get put up the BBC just gets it taken down. One thing I like about AL Jazeera is that it puts up all it's documentaries online, which I wish the BBC would do more consistently. Al Jazeera has the better online strategy. |
2013-01-03, 18:58 | Link #25580 |
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I found some America regions just cannot understand what various British speakers are saying. Especially trying to get Highlander Scottish with a Texan. They just cannot understand each other very well.
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