LSAClassOf2000

January 13th, 2016 at 3:36 PM ^

NOTE:

Yeah, comments like WorldFlyer's are the sort we do not need in this thread - please endeavor to keep politically charged opinions out of this thread, eveyone. If you really want to focus on what this means, quite a few journalists are going to lose their positions when this channel shuts down in April, so there's a human cost to events such as this. 

We can try it out and leave this as it is rather significant media news, but let's keep certain subjects out of the discussion. 

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Mr. Owl

January 13th, 2016 at 3:22 PM ^

This sucks.  Most of the best investigative news stories I have seen over the past several years have come from AJA.

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SBayBlue

January 13th, 2016 at 4:00 PM ^

He works on the distribution side of the business (I used to work in cable too.)

He told me the choice was made internally to not hide the ownership of the company and be transparent. He also told me how hard it was selling the channel to cable operators in certain parts of the States because of the name.

I'm bummed not just for him, but because I thought AJ America was the best TV news reporting out there. Got tired of the other "news" channels that were just mouthpieces for the various political parties.

Most people that have seen the network and its reporting would agree that it's serious and good journalism. It's definitely a real loss for everyone.

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SalvatoreQuattro

January 13th, 2016 at 4:10 PM ^

One, there are plenty of good sources of news out there for people to acquire their information. The demise of Al Jazeera does not impact this one bit.

Secondly, mostly old people watch TV news. The real basis for news i the internet. That's where the future of news is. Unregulated(or nearly so) and can be accessed almost anywhere.

I, myself, read the news with the occasional clip. I rarely watch cable or even network news.  I am far from being an anomaly.

 

 

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SBayBlue

January 13th, 2016 at 5:22 PM ^

I get most of my news from the Internet too (considering I have an Internet-focused job, I should), but I'm certainly not old. However, I have news running in the background in my office and frequently watch AJ for their in depth reporting.

For those people who rely on the TV for their news, it is a loss. Anytime you have a concentration of media or news reporting, it isn't good for democracy.

FWIW, my wife used to work for CNN, which she says is now crap. She thinks AJ America has a lot of good reporting (it is many of the old guard at CNN).

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BayWolves

January 13th, 2016 at 5:09 PM ^

So I guess we're all in agreement that the us media sucks, regurgitates government propaganda to push an insider's only agenda, and that most of the public are too distracted, dumb, or blindly subservient to their political party, favorite politician, or pet cause to figure it out. Great! Everyone reaching this conclusion gets an A.



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slimj091

January 13th, 2016 at 6:21 PM ^

What do you expect. Politics in America for most Americans these days is tantamount to rooting for a sports team. You know what that isn't fair at all. Even the worst behaved sports team fan is more rational, and polite than most of the political drum beaters in this country.

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