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Al Jazeera Announces Launch of Free Footage Under Creative Commons License
- rambo 18y agoIt seems that they are increasing the reach of their propaganda by releasing content about one side of the conflict.
- icey 18y agoI wonder if there is a way to have a minimum amount of time registered before allowing people to post. I bet it would cut down on this sort of moronic trash.
- danw 18y agoThe downvoting seems to work well enough for that. A min time after registering would probably cut down on the number of lurkers or new visitors who convert into insightful commenters.
- icey 18y agoI don't know if the downvoting does work well enough for that; this guy clearly made a new username just to be a douche. If the minimum time was set to something like 12 or 24 hours, I can't see that causing too many people to be scared away. If they are, then they probably didn't have much good to say anyways.
- danw 18y agoI wouldn't call it propaganda. Al Jazeera seems very balanced and has even overtaken BBC as my preferred mainstream news source. They're doing great things with citizen journalism and opening up to new channel such as mobile, as well as hiring smart people and considering the future of news.
- gamble 18y agoI don't pay much attention to Al Jazeera, but it was interesting to watch their portrayal in the Western media morph from the "Arab BBC" to "propaganda outlet" between 2001 and 2003.
- palish 18y agoHoly -- what the hell HN? Let's get this guy's comment up to a score of -3 or so. His comment is not a troll, it's just unpopular.
- kirse 18y agoWelcome to HN, where the spam (and unpopular opinion) get down-voted. It's a completely legitimate comment, and one that I also agree with based on his other post substantiating it. Otherwise, I've noticed the bandwagon downvoting comes once the comment reaches -3 or lower. There's no turning back after that. It's really no surprise or different from any other social network. People naturally shun the unpopular and form groups.
- palish 18y agoYeah, for sure. It's a worrying trend in my opinion, and it might be unavoidable unless a software solution is implemented. I don't want new HN members to be discouraged from contributing just because they made one mistake, and nothing would crush your morale faster than seeing all of your karma vanish just because you expressed an unpopular opinion. Also, I really dislike the phrase "unpopular opinion". It's people's opinions! People can feel however they want. They should not be curb-stomped by the general populace just because they reject monogamy, or because they thought Hitler was an effective-but-misguided leader, or... et cetera.
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- dhimes 18y agoIf it's any comfort, a couple of days ago one of my comments took a karma hit but rebounded back into positive territory. It wasn't political, though, so maybe that's the distinction.
- diN0bot 18y agothe more sides the merrier. i'm all in favor of citizen journalism and open content from more organized efforts.
- rambo 18y agoI am just questioning the motivation of AlJazeera. I used the word propaganda after reviewing the videos and headlines/content on their english page (which doesn't differentiate editorials from news). Some headlines off their main page : Gaza Tragedy: Almost 1000 Martyrs, 4525 Wounded //the number of hamas fighters out of 1000 is not given Israel hitting Lebanon with rocket fire //its obvious they are responding to rockets Gaza now Israeli weapons testing lab? The Afghan scam Ahmadinajad’s Christmas message Can there be any doubt who the real terrorists are? So what have Gazans got to complain about? What is Israel's goal in Gaza? Fighting Within Obama v. Washington mythmaking There are a few balanced headlines but they are the minority. I also noticed they specifically chose unflattering pictures of Western government/military representatives. They even devote a section to conspiracy theories on the main page.. come on. I am not just some spammer i read the site a lot and wanted to offer my view on why they are going with creative commons. Call it a conspiracy theory if you wish.
- dhughes 18y agoI agree, why this footage and why now? Unless it's mandatory to, verbally or with text, say what the footage shown is about there is no way to know what is going on. Context is important especially with highly emotional footage of the Israel/Gaza conflict, a good example is the video seen on Liveleak of a Hamas military parade where a truck carrying rockets exploded, it was said to be an attack by Israel but in fact was later found out to be an accident by Hamas. Giving support to Creative Commons licensing is nice to see but not for spiteful reasons.
- yters 18y agoYes, the article is by Creative Commons, but it is not relevant for HN. I don't want to squash these kinds of articles, but if we keep getting them, it'll politicize the HN environment, which cuts down on dialogue. I recommend posting such things on mattmaroon's www.nonhackernews.com.
- zby 18y agoAfter seeing the comments - I think you might be right about the politicizig.
- endtime 18y agoAgreed 110%. I prefer HN to reddit because it has interesting tech articles without the politics. I would hate to see that change.
- thewileyone 18y agoI disagree. Like it or not, this is the first time that a news network has opened their content for scrutiny, hopefully without editing which Al-Jazeera usually minimizes, letting the video speak for themselves.
- yters 18y agoI didn't mention anything about liking it or not. Explain to me how this topic's pertinence to HN outweighs its politicizing. Haven't plenty of other organizations released their content on creative commons? Why is Al-Jazeera important in this regard except for political reasons?