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I’m sure there’s a real ideological affinity between Qatari oil barons and American far left and there’s no other reason why they publish this kind of thing in

I’m sure there’s a real ideological affinity between Qatari oil barons and American far left and there’s no other reason why they publish this kind of thing in English.

polski-g 5y ago
I have a friend who speaks Arabic. The stuff written in English is like a different world. In Arabic: "The great Satan gave a speech today to eliminate all Muslims" In English: "George Bush spoke today at the White House about the coalition must work together"
- Arnt 5y ago
  Can you or your friend provide example links?
  - garbagecoder 5y ago
    GIYF
trinovantes 5y ago
For topics outside of the middle east, I find Aljazeera to be pretty unbiased and on par with other reputable sources like BBC
- garbagecoder 5y ago
  You may find that, but I find that they amplify dissent in selected countries and minimize it especially in their own and their buddies. So, people can be mad that I point out that it's completely bizarre for them to be funding this unless they are really just secret Trotskyists, but pretending al Jazeera is neutral and has no agenda is just another species of Americans' lack of worldliness. It's widely acknonwleged in the chronicles of the Arab spring that al-Jazeera played an important role. You may have agreed with that role, but it wasn't just delivering facts. If you're a liberal, you should be troubled by that regime's use of slave labor to build for the World Cup and its part in the carbon economy. If you're a conservative, there's a lot more to trouble you there, but I won't speak for conservatives, but I would think state-owned media would be a problem for you. I just don't understand why anyone who publishes a leftist view gets a pass from liberals even when they are involved in things liberals hate, especially in a world where people are getting cancelled for 15 year old tweets.
  - trinovantes 5y ago
    That's why I specifically said "for topics outside of the middle east" e.g. Their coverage of the recent Ottawa protests is fairly neutral and don't particularly support or antagonize either side
    - garbagecoder 5y ago
      So you trust them outside of the Middle East fully aware that they push a line because they are state-controlled media associated with a slave-labor using regime just because they aren't talking about the middle east? OK.

I’m sure there’s a real ideological affinity between Qatari oil barons and American far left and there’s no other reason why they publish this kind of thing in English.

polski-g 5y ago

I have a friend who speaks Arabic. The stuff written in English is like a different world. In Arabic: "The great Satan gave a speech today to eliminate all Muslims" In English: "George Bush spoke today at the White House about the coalition must work together"

Arnt 5y ago
Can you or your friend provide example links?
- garbagecoder 5y ago
  GIYF

trinovantes 5y ago

For topics outside of the middle east, I find Aljazeera to be pretty unbiased and on par with other reputable sources like BBC

garbagecoder 5y ago
You may find that, but I find that they amplify dissent in selected countries and minimize it especially in their own and their buddies. So, people can be mad that I point out that it's completely bizarre for them to be funding this unless they are really just secret Trotskyists, but pretending al Jazeera is neutral and has no agenda is just another species of Americans' lack of worldliness. It's widely acknonwleged in the chronicles of the Arab spring that al-Jazeera played an important role. You may have agreed with that role, but it wasn't just delivering facts. If you're a liberal, you should be troubled by that regime's use of slave labor to build for the World Cup and its part in the carbon economy. If you're a conservative, there's a lot more to trouble you there, but I won't speak for conservatives, but I would think state-owned media would be a problem for you. I just don't understand why anyone who publishes a leftist view gets a pass from liberals even when they are involved in things liberals hate, especially in a world where people are getting cancelled for 15 year old tweets.
- trinovantes 5y ago
  That's why I specifically said "for topics outside of the middle east" e.g. Their coverage of the recent Ottawa protests is fairly neutral and don't particularly support or antagonize either side
  - garbagecoder 5y ago
    So you trust them outside of the Middle East fully aware that they push a line because they are state-controlled media associated with a slave-labor using regime just because they aren't talking about the middle east? OK.