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Originally Posted by hydrashok
The former vice president confirmed the sale Wednesday, saying in a statement that Al-Jazeera shares Current TV's mission "to give voice to those who are not typically heard; to speak truth to power; to provide independent and diverse points of view; and to tell the stories that no one else is telling."
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Al-Jazeera, owned by the government of Qatar, ...
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How Orwellian of Gore to describe a state-owned news agency as "independent" and speaking truth to power.
Speaking just to the business side, though, I wonder how many cable systems which currently include CurrentTV in packages will continue to include AJA. And if there is more of a move to allowing a la carte cable services, where you aren't stuck with channels you don't want, how many of those consumers who currently have the channel in their packages will keep it.