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August 21, 2014

Who Says There's No Good News?

My job is to watch cable news. That's what I'm paid to do 12 hours a day. I don't watch AJAM. Not because I don't want to but because the network doesn't matter.
I might as well watch a test pattern. If AJAM got 17,000 viewers but could in some way penetrate the news cycle, the Qatar government would be happy to lose hundreds of millions of dollar every year. But AJAM just spins its wheels in total obscurity. If the Qatar government flushed that money down the toilet, it would at least have an effect: it would clog the toilet. AJAM has no effect of any kind. It clogs nothing. It doesn't exist in any form in the news cycle. Therefore it doesn’t exist at all.
Al Jazeera America Staffers Rattled By Layoffs, Catastrophic Ratings

Posted by gerardvanderleun at August 21, 2014 10:14 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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First Al Gore refuses to sell his network to the evil Glenn Beck because he doesn’t like Beck. So Gore sells his network to Al Jazzera even though Beck offered Gore more money. Now this.

Beck should buy the network and call it ‘Karma Network’. Or “How I saved millions and still got this network Network.


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Posted by: Lands’nGrooves [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 21, 2014 10:36 AM

Saaaaay, how's that "Air America" thing working out for ya'?
Did Jurno-list (now "Gamechanger Salon"), have a good health/retirement plan, or Golden Parachute?
What IS the current rate for residuals on ANYTHING (well, maybe except "Canadian Bacon")Mike Moore uh... produced?

Posted by: CaptDMO [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 21, 2014 6:39 PM

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