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You can make the same argument about American news media. Fox News and MSNBC are propaganda machines for their respective political views/parties. I’m not sure

You can make the same argument about American news media. Fox News and MSNBC are propaganda machines for their respective political views/parties. I’m not sure what your comment adds to the discussion.

SpicyLemonZest 6y ago
That's a very different argument. Fox News and MSNBC are biased, no doubt, but the US is definitely "exposed to their investigative journalism". They spend quite a bit of time reporting on problems they see in US government and society.
- luckylion 6y ago
  Are you sure that Al Jazeera doesn't? That is, I'm sure there will be no shortage of people who will explain how Fox News and MSNBC are happy to talk about problems as long as they don't rock the boat. It's fine to continuously speak about crumbling infrastructure, but it's not as fine to speak about the economical benefits of war and that the society happily accepts the death of hundreds of thousands of foreigners for it, because that would become very uncomfortable very quickly.
  - SpicyLemonZest 6y ago
    I'm not an expert on Al Jazeera, but I've never seen a negative story from them about Qatar and the article seems to suggest the US government thinks they wouldn't. I'm not sure what you mean with the last parts of your sentence. I've definitely seen stories from Fox News and MSNBC about the economical benefits of war or foreigners dying in war. Many of the anchors on those networks take great pride in making things uncomfortable for the powers that be, although they disagree on precisely who those powerful people are.
  - ejanus 6y ago
    Have you seen economic benefits of paying low income foreign labour (Qatar)? Have you seen them investigate what was causing low income foreign workers to die suddenly? Did they investigate how they got the rights to host world cup? The list is endless.

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You can make the same argument about American news media. Fox News and MSNBC are propaganda machines for their respective political views/parties. I’m not sure

by tracer4201 6y ago

SpicyLemonZest 6y ago
That's a very different argument. Fox News and MSNBC are biased, no doubt, but the US is definitely "exposed to their investigative journalism". They spend quite a bit of time reporting on problems they see in US government and society.
- luckylion 6y ago
  Are you sure that Al Jazeera doesn't? That is, I'm sure there will be no shortage of people who will explain how Fox News and MSNBC are happy to talk about problems as long as they don't rock the boat. It's fine to continuously speak about crumbling infrastructure, but it's not as fine to speak about the economical benefits of war and that the society happily accepts the death of hundreds of thousands of foreigners for it, because that would become very uncomfortable very quickly.
  - SpicyLemonZest 6y ago
    I'm not an expert on Al Jazeera, but I've never seen a negative story from them about Qatar and the article seems to suggest the US government thinks they wouldn't. I'm not sure what you mean with the last parts of your sentence. I've definitely seen stories from Fox News and MSNBC about the economical benefits of war or foreigners dying in war. Many of the anchors on those networks take great pride in making things uncomfortable for the powers that be, although they disagree on precisely who those powerful people are.
  - ejanus 6y ago
    Have you seen economic benefits of paying low income foreign labour (Qatar)? Have you seen them investigate what was causing low income foreign workers to die suddenly? Did they investigate how they got the rights to host world cup? The list is endless.