Baltimore Sun: Why Al Jazeera buying Current TV is a good thing for media, country.

[Odysseus]

I wouldn't be too concerned about al Jazeera buying Current TV. Does anyone actually watch Current TV? I never have. Maybe the basement dwellers at DU watch it, but nobody else does.

Al Jazeera will probably lose money on the deal in the long run.

The leadership of the UAR isn't in it for the money, they want the venue. Al Jazeera is a propaganda outlet, not a news station. Jihad TV will now reach American Muslims en masse, and it will be espousing the Wahhabi line, subtly, at first, but eventually blatantly. Radicals of all stripes will now have an "authentic voice" of Islamic despotism to run to for quotes, and domestic Salafists can get their talking points directly from a "respected" media outlet. Think of this as MSNBC, but with Islamists and their fellow-travelers instead of liberals and ultra-left statists.

[NJCardFan]

The leadership of the UAR isn't in it for the money, they want the venue. Al Jazeera is a propaganda outlet, not a news station. Jihad TV will now reach American Muslims en masse, and it will be espousing the Wahhabi line, subtly, at first, but eventually blatantly. Radicals of all stripes will now have an "authentic voice" of Islamic despotism to run to for quotes, and domestic Salafists can get their talking points directly from a "respected" media outlet. Think of this as MSNBC, but with Islamists and their fellow-travelers instead of liberals and ultra-left statists.

You forgot to mention that they now have the protection of the 1st Amendment.

"A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within." -- Ariel Durant

[Odysseus]

You forgot to mention that they now have the protection of the 1st Amendment.

"A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within." -- Ariel Durant

They've always had it. What they didn't have was a domestic carrier that would disseminate their message. However, it's unlikely that they will get much play outside of the hardcore Islamists in the US, as they won't be anti-American enough to attract any of MSNBC's audience.

[SarasotaRepub]

They've always had it. What they didn't have was a domestic carrier that would disseminate their message. However, it's unlikely that they will get much play outside of the hardcore Islamists in the US, as they won't be anti-American enough to attract any of MSNBC's audience.

Oh, you mean the DUmmies...

[Odysseus]

Oh, you mean the DUmmies...

I wish. No, I'm talking about hardcore jihadis, guys who want to see acid thrown in the faces of girls who dare to go to school, who want to hang gays, stone women, murder infidels and impose Sharia law. The DUmmies think that the jihadis are just colorful third world revolutionaries, like Che Guevara, but scruffier, and that once they've defeated the common enemy (us), they will get to live in their global fantasyland. They don't realize that they're the first ones that the jihadis are going to turn their swords on once they are in power.