[Debate] Doug Henwood: Me on Al Jazzera English

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

Leftists should admit it: they are OK with dictatorships and their
state media as long as they are friends of the United States.

On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 3:19 AM, Riaz K Tayob <riaz.tayob at gmail.com> wrote:
> I agree with you Ran, there is a need to embrace diversity. There are Fox
> News equivalents on the left too, for instance like Pravda (which is
> different from RT)... and I guess if one knows where they are coming from,
> one can be sceptical, and still be informed.
>
> There is too much ill-considered political correctness when the point is
> that if we embrace diversity then compossibility is an option, heterogeneous
> truths...
>
> But Yoshie's point is to be noted too, political correctness, while it has
> its uses, needs to be consistent... it is not like Al J was "balanced" about
> Libya
>
> On 2012/02/25 08:13 AM, Ran Greenstein wrote:
>
> It is also one of two global TV channels (together with Russian RT),
> which regularly broadcasts critical voices and debates and invites
> critical intellectuals (from the West, the Arab world and so on) to
> comment on various issues. Without it, we would be exposed to
> CNN/BBC/Sky, all of which I personally stopped watching because of the
> availability of these alternatives. So, all power to those
> contributing to them
>
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 11:01 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi
> <critical.montages at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Al Jazeera, to be sure, is not owned by the state under which "only
> people vetted by clerics can run for office, and critics and
> demonstrators end up in jail or worse" -- it's owned by by a monarchy
> under which there are no elections worth contesting and there are
> hardly any demonstrations to begin with.  LOL
>
> Ran Greenstein
> Johannesburg, South Africa
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