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2009-10-09 Arabia

Israelis bid to buy Al-Jazeera from Qatar

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Posted by Fred 2009-10-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 5 billion is a pretty steep price for an office and a few over-priced talking heads.

Posted by phil_b 2009-10-09 03:03|| 2009-10-09 03:03|| Front Page Top

#2 It's not the office, it's the access to the audience that's on the table.

Posted by lotp 2009-10-09 07:10|| 2009-10-09 07:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Like muslims are going to watch a TV network owned by Jews. Pissing good money down a rat hole.

Posted by ed 2009-10-09 07:18|| 2009-10-09 07:18|| Front Page Top

#4 Gradualism. Just like when Ted Turner bought CNN, he pretended to be a conservative for a few years. But in this case, it will be typical al-Jizz for a while, and then he will tell them to tone down their anti-Israel and anti-Jew spiel.

Moving to objective news would be far more dramatic than pro-Israel bias, and in fact *is* pro-Israel bias.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-10-09 08:45|| 2009-10-09 08:45|| Front Page Top

#5 "...He is a prominent supporter of Israel and the right-wing Netanyahu government."

Not really. Saban has supported various politicians in Israel. He used to be a lefty, now he is more centrist but not by any means a Netanyahu supporter (except on an issue by issue basis).

He is however, a prominent donor to politicians here in the US. About 98% of his donations have been made to democrats. Of the Republicans, Arnold S. is the one he has supported the most.

Posted by lord garth 2009-10-09 08:55|| 2009-10-09 08:55|| Front Page Top

#6 #4 The Mouth of the South founded CNN.

Posted by Beavis 2009-10-09 09:11|| 2009-10-09 09:11|| Front Page Top

#7 Who will pay for this?

Posted by gorb 2009-10-09 10:40|| 2009-10-09 10:40|| Front Page Top

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