Definitely political.

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MURICA join:2013-01-03	Definitely political. Al Jazeera allows cable providers to carry Al Jazeera English FREE OF CHARGE and Time Warner Cable has always refused to carry it. It is available for streaming online and it is free to air for all North Americans on the Galaxy 19 satellite at 97 degrees West. I'm sure they would have offered Al Jazeera America free too. This is a company that does not care about making money from retransmission fees. There is a blatant conspiracy here to keep alternative viewpoints out of the mainstream. The corporate overlords do not want Americans to start paying attention to what's going on beyond their borders. Anything that is outside of the "big three" mainstream America-focused CNN, MSNBC and Fox News either doesn't get carried, or if it does, gets buried away in the thousands and stuck on an expensive "international tier" even when the network offers carriage of their signal free of charge. This is the fastest I have ever seen Time Warner get something done. They had the network dropped nationwide immediately yesterday. It would be nice if they could show such prompt and unified behavior to do something their customers actually want them to do.
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Crookshanks join:2008-02-04 Northeast PA Reviews: ·Frontier Communi..	If it's readily available via streaming why should TWC waste bandwidth on their cable plant for a niche channel that will hurt them in the PR department? Many Americans regard Al Jazeera as a propaganda mouthpiece, and even those who don't have been grossly offended by some of their editorial decisions. What's the upside for TWC to carry this channel?
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wdoa join:2001-10-16 Spencer, MA	"Propaganda Mouthpiece", "offended by some of their editorial decisions"? Sounds like Fox News to me.
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Linklist Premium join:2002-03-03 Longport, NJ kudos:5	reply to Crookshanks said by Crookshanks: If it's readily available via streaming why should TWC waste bandwidth on their cable plant for a niche channel that will hurt them in the PR department? Many Americans regard Al Jazeera as a propaganda mouthpiece, and even those who don't have been grossly offended by some of their editorial decisions. What's the upside for TWC to carry this channel? No reason to carry a propaganda channel offensive to most Americans. -- A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the public treasury.
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Linklist Premium join:2002-03-03 Longport, NJ kudos:5	reply to wdoa said by wdoa: "Propaganda Mouthpiece", "offended by some of their editorial decisions"? Sounds like Fox News to me. But FoxNews is wanted and watched by tens of millions. -- A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the public treasury.
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Crookshanks join:2008-02-04 Northeast PA	reply to wdoa I don't recall ever seeing Fox air footage of dead American and British soldiers, disregarding the laws of war, as well as common decency.
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aaronwt Premium join:2004-11-07 Woodbridge, VA Reviews: ·Verizon FiOS	reply to Linklist said by Linklist: said by Crookshanks: If it's readily available via streaming why should TWC waste bandwidth on their cable plant for a niche channel that will hurt them in the PR department? Many Americans regard Al Jazeera as a propaganda mouthpiece, and even those who don't have been grossly offended by some of their editorial decisions. What's the upside for TWC to carry this channel? No reason to carry a propaganda channel offensive to most Americans. Propaganda? Al Jazeera seems to have more balanced news than many of the US news organizations. I'll watch it or the BBC periodically to see a non US viewpoint of the news. They do a very good job.
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wdoa join:2001-10-16 Spencer, MA	reply to Crookshanks War is ugly, maybe if we saw more of the results of war we wouldn't be so quick to send our troops into harms way.
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Crookshanks join:2008-02-04 Northeast PA Reviews: ·Frontier Communi.. 1 edit	There are plenty of ways to demonstrate the ugliness of war without violating the laws thereof. There are plenty of ways to provide balance without airing Al Quada propaganda, which happens to be an organization that has killed many more Muslims than Westerners, so why Al Jazeera opts to air their propaganda is beyond me.
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Crusty join:2008-11-11 Sanger, TX Reviews: ·CenturyLink ·Speed of Light B.. ·Embarq Now Centu..	reply to aaronwt said by aaronwt: said by Linklist: said by Crookshanks: If it's readily available via streaming why should TWC waste bandwidth on their cable plant for a niche channel that will hurt them in the PR department? Many Americans regard Al Jazeera as a propaganda mouthpiece, and even those who don't have been grossly offended by some of their editorial decisions. What's the upside for TWC to carry this channel? No reason to carry a propaganda channel offensive to most Americans. Propaganda? Al Jazeera seems to have more balanced news than many of the US news organizations. I'll watch it or the BBC periodically to see a non US viewpoint of the news. They do a very good job. They do a very good job indeed. I recently stumbled across their YouTube channel and have been addicted ever since. You want to more balanced and "truer" take on the news in our world, watch Al Jazeera. They will talk about the stuff and show the stuff that no American news corp will ever show. And they're not slanted to any political party which is GREAT!
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Bob Account deleted join:2012-07-22 New Jersey Reviews: ·Optimum Online	reply to Linklist said by Linklist: No reason to carry a propaganda channel offensive to most Americans. We're talking about Al Jazeera, not Fox.
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Automate join:2001-06-26 Atlanta, GA	reply to Crookshanks Al Jazeera ... is a broadcaster owned by the state of Qatar »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jazeera Government sponsored news organizations. That's what we need more of. NOT
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BF69 Premium join:2004-07-28 Camden, TN	reply to Crookshanks said by Crookshanks: I don't recall ever seeing Fox air footage of dead American and British soldiers, No just dead Arabs
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skeechan Ai Otsukaholic Premium join:2012-01-26 AA169\|170 kudos:2	reply to Linklist Who cares if it is offensive, if someone actually watched it. The problem with these channels isn't their content, it is that they get ZERO ratings.
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BF69 Premium join:2004-07-28 Camden, TN	reply to Automate said by Automate: Al Jazeera ... is a broadcaster owned by the state of Qatar »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jazeera Government sponsored news organizations. That's what we need more of. NOT Last time I checked you were free NOT to watch.
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skeechan Ai Otsukaholic Premium join:2012-01-26 AA169\|170 kudos:2	reply to aaronwt "Balance" is in the eye of the watcher. There is no such thing as "balance" in modern journalism. If you happen to agree with them, you will call them balanced. If you don't, they're propagandists.
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Automate join:2001-06-26 Atlanta, GA	reply to BF69 Yes, and because of my 1st amendment right I can post on this board why I don't watch it. A right by the way, they don't have in Qatar.
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skeechan Ai Otsukaholic Premium join:2012-01-26 AA169\|170 kudos:2	The 1st Amendment doesn't give you the right to post here, nor does it give AJ the right to broadcast on cable. The Congress shall make no law abridging speech...private companies can all they want and do all the time.
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Van Premium join:2009-07-08 New Orleans, LA	reply to Crookshanks said by Crookshanks: I don't recall ever seeing Fox air footage of dead American and British soldiers, disregarding the laws of war, as well as common decency. Then try watching it with an open mind. Then you will see the stupidity and ignorance of the channel on a daily basis.
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Bob Account deleted join:2012-07-22 New Jersey Reviews: ·Optimum Online	reply to Automate said by Automate: Yes, and because of my 1st amendment right I can post on this board why I don't watch it. Wrong. Go back to school.
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