Media critic: Al Jazeera appealing because it’s not identified with corporate interests
Al Jazeera is an important contributor to the political landscape of the United States, according to the media critic for The Baltimore Sun.
Read MoreAl Jazeera is an important contributor to the political landscape of the United States, according to the media critic for The Baltimore Sun.
Read More“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated;
Read MoreAl Jazeera bought Current TV to obtain cable distribution access in the US. Are Americans interested in news and content from Al Jazeera? See what the network hopes and plans for US viewers.
Read MoreFox News remains on high alert former Democratic vice president and climate change crusader Al Gore sells his liberal cable network to Arab news channel Al Jazeera
Read MoreThe purchase of Current will coincide with Al-Jazeera launching a US-based channel,
Read MoreFour third-party candidates, who were not invited to the presidential debates between President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, have faced eachother in Chicago.
Read MoreLabor unions have consistently made concessions to corporations that effectively make it impossible for US workers to afford the very products they produce. Despite a culture that presents high wages as unsustainable and pushes the inevitability of working more for less, it is possible to pay good wages and still be successful…
Read More… nine months before S&P’s decision China’s Dagong Credit, China’s only independent credit rating agency that grades foreign sovereign debts/bonds, had already sounded warnings about the US debt and downgraded America’s rating.
Read MoreLibertarian billionaire Koch brothers throw their wealth at state level politics, climate change denial, union busting and deregulation, all of which makes them richer while they still lay off thousands of workers. Al Jazeera’s People and Power exposes the Koch backing of the Americans for Prosperity political organization and ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council.
Read MoreThe Continental Tire factory announced its plant would close by 2010, meaning job losses for its 1,120 employees. Workers occupied offices and trashed the place in protest. Protests spread right across France and Europe.
Read Morehow the financial tsunami swept the world. We hear about a renegade executive who nearly destroyed the global financial system and the US treasury secretary who bailed out his friends.
Read MoreAl Jazeera’s Listening Post covers the media coverage of 9/11 from its inception to today. This week on the Listening Post: A special look at the media in the post-9/11 world. Few would forget where they were on September...
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