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:	post by Headbanging_Man at 2012-11-07 17:24:48

My guess is that some of us USAns are occasionally impressed by Al Jazeera because our own propaganda machine isn't even willing to address any of the costs (financial, geopolitical, human, etc.) or ethical disasters inherent in U.S. policy towards the Israel-Palestine conflict, our wars of conquest in the Gulf/Northern Africa/Central Asia, our bipartisan system of torture and murder (especially as related to our Islamic adversaries), etc. Clearly these concerns are just as relevant to many in the U.S., though you wouldn't know it based on the output of the pathetic handmaidens to power that you find from MSNBC to FoxNews. Truth is always refreshing, regardless of the source, especially on the diet of lies we are used to here.

Also, there's the simple fact that Al Jazeera is an international mainstream media organ, which is distinctly a different phenomenon than a U.S. mainstream media organ. The standards of "journalism" in this country are so corrupted and meaningless, that virtually any professional foreign outlet, whether the BBC, AJ, Asia Times, or whomever will seem infinitely more intelligent in approach than even the better U.S. outlets like CNN and the NYT. It's simply a higher quality product.

But hey, what do I know, I voted for Jill Stein.

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