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I started watching Al Jazeera a few years back because they were the only news network with a live web broadcast ( http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/# http

I started watching Al Jazeera a few years back because they were the only news network with a live web broadcast ( http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/# http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/# ) when I didn't have cable. I pretty much fell in love with it for everything the article points out. Great journalism, and journalists every where, actual journalists instead of celebrity talking heads. Debates are two people debating instead of yelling. They also don't have that Fox/CNN approach of going out of their way to portray both sides of every story as equal. The documentaries are top notch too. I wish I had more to add to the article, other than to say that I hope it does make good inroads to NA without changing.

cdr 17y ago
RealPlayer? In 2010? Ick ick ick ick. I'd love to watch, but no.
- carey 17y ago
  From the article, there’s http://www.livestation.com/channels/3-al_jazeera_english_english http://www.livestation.com/channels/3-al_jazeera_english_eng... .
  - cdr 17y ago
    That's a very low quality stream, and the website doesn't even link to it. The website links to the "premium" version of that provider, which you have to pay for. It looks like they have a lot of technology issues to work out.
    - Avshalom 17y ago
      It's a free live 24/7 broadcast, with out commercials, of world class journalism, so what if the video quality sucks.
ericd 17y ago
Wow, I'm incredibly excited to have AJE potentially coming to the US. I can't stand to watch the news anymore, it's gotten so bad... I always feel like it's a game of spot-the-partisan-bias. Now if only there were a way to help them get picked up by a network...
- dailo10 17y ago
  I get their channel over the air here in DC. You should check if it's available in your city. Their next major hurdle is to get on cable. "Al Jazeera English has finally broken into the United States. A non-profit educational broadcaster has agreed to carry it in Washington and twenty other American cities."
  - ericd 17y ago
    Ah yeah, sorry, I meant cable. I should check, though, thanks for the reminder.
- xinsight 17y ago
  You can watch it right now with the free iPhone app. You get articles and can watch it live. Looks and works great.

cdr 17y ago

RealPlayer? In 2010? Ick ick ick ick. I'd love to watch, but no.

carey 17y ago
From the article, there’s http://www.livestation.com/channels/3-al_jazeera_english_english http://www.livestation.com/channels/3-al_jazeera_english_eng... .
- cdr 17y ago
  That's a very low quality stream, and the website doesn't even link to it. The website links to the "premium" version of that provider, which you have to pay for. It looks like they have a lot of technology issues to work out.
  - Avshalom 17y ago
    It's a free live 24/7 broadcast, with out commercials, of world class journalism, so what if the video quality sucks.

ericd 17y ago

Wow, I'm incredibly excited to have AJE potentially coming to the US. I can't stand to watch the news anymore, it's gotten so bad... I always feel like it's a game of spot-the-partisan-bias. Now if only there were a way to help them get picked up by a network...

dailo10 17y ago
I get their channel over the air here in DC. You should check if it's available in your city. Their next major hurdle is to get on cable. "Al Jazeera English has finally broken into the United States. A non-profit educational broadcaster has agreed to carry it in Washington and twenty other American cities."
- ericd 17y ago
  Ah yeah, sorry, I meant cable. I should check, though, thanks for the reminder.
xinsight 17y ago
You can watch it right now with the free iPhone app. You get articles and can watch it live. Looks and works great.