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Israeli Foreign Ministry to boycott Al Jazeera
ynetnews.com — Foreign Ministry claims popular Arabic news network serves Hamas, intends to send letter to station's administration saying Israeli officials no longer to appear on programs. Israeli guest on Al Jazeera: Boycott not solution.
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- Iconoclast25, on 03/12/2008, -23/+26I am surprised they have been appearing on that station / network in the first place. The bias is dramatically worse than the MSM in the USA . . . more like giving something over to complete crazies like mikey blimp and rosie o'pig.
- chulaka, on 03/12/2008, -19/+13What the likes of you don't like is that there is finally a global news network that does not serve your interests. Al Jazeera presents a balanced story, unlike Israeli, American, British and other western news agencies. You people no longer have the exclusive reach to the rest of the world.
- vault, on 03/12/2008, -9/+20yeah al-Jazeera is balanced, has no agenda, and has no need to keep their viewership happy. You're an idiot. Just because something opposes western interests, doesn't make it balanced.
- chulaka, on 03/12/2008, -15/+7It is balanced not because it "opposes western interests", it does not for simply for the sake of it, but because it finally gives a voice to the other side. That is what you people truly fear, losing control of the media you had before.
But being balanced means that "western interests" should be challenged, its insidious behavior exposed and condemned. This is not to say that the all of the western world is bad, its people evil.
Al-Jazeera is one of the few world-wide news networks that expose Israeli crimes. That is something that they can't stand. That is why they don't want to be on Al-Jazeera, they cannot stand the truth. They are not in front of the "poodle" media like CNN or FOX, who parrot Israeli propaganda.- Stevanoski, on 03/12/2008, -7/+13Whoa, change language definitions, talk about Orwellian.
- vault, on 03/12/2008, -6/+11So you admit it's not balanced and it's in fact biased, it's just that you prefer their bias? Got it.
Seems like you want 'Marines to go off a cliff' as well http://digg.com/politics/Neo_Cons_Scramble_To_Down ... so I'm not surprised you like al-Jazeera. - chulaka, on 03/12/2008, -11/+6Its not biased, it simply tells the truth, the story of people who have had no voice, which people like you don't want known.
I oppose the war in Iraq, and I do not support the "troops". They are invaders, and the Iraqi people have a right to resist them, by any means at their disposal. As do the Palestinians when it comes to Israelis. - Stevanoski, on 03/12/2008, -6/+11Chulaka, appreciate your honesty in admitting you hate the troops and wish them ill. If only more on the Left would do that at least I could respect them.
- Picaroon, on 03/12/2008, -3/+9While I find your opinions disgusting, I'm glad you are willing to put them bluntly and honestly in a mature manner, chulaka.
- chulaka, on 03/13/2008, -7/+2Actually, for arguments sake, if the U.S. was invaded by some other country, occupied by them, its people killed, abused and raped, I would hate those who invaded the U.S, and would completely support American citizens who would do whatever they could to hurt the invader.
- vault, on 03/13/2008, -1/+6No if the US were invaded, you'd probably see that as legitimate response to western imperialism or some absurd rationale like that. I don't even want to know who you think is really responsible for 9/11.
- chulaka, on 03/12/2008, -15/+7It is balanced not because it "opposes western interests", it does not for simply for the sake of it, but because it finally gives a voice to the other side. That is what you people truly fear, losing control of the media you had before.
- foolawrence, on 03/13/2008, -2/+0"the likes of you" lol I'VE HAD IT UP TO HERE WITH THE LIKES OF YOU PEOPLE -- oh, I'm sorry, I thought you was circuit midgets
- foolawrence, on 03/13/2008, -2/+0incidentally, my favorite cartoon in ren and stimpy
- AFrei, on 03/13/2008, -2/+3gotta love how they downplayed this one. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/newsfull.php?newid=9 ...
- dinostabOMG, on 03/13/2008, -3/+2Wrong Al Jazeera. They should have snapped up the .com, but they're stuck with the .net now.
- SilentSpyder, on 03/13/2008, -4/+1I think you're both wrong/right. Personally I like Jazeera that Al is showing more of the other side but I don't like that they're not showing enough of the Israeli side. We are too bias towards Israeli and them towards the Palestinians.
- vault, on 03/12/2008, -9/+20yeah al-Jazeera is balanced, has no agenda, and has no need to keep their viewership happy. You're an idiot. Just because something opposes western interests, doesn't make it balanced.
- Kizilbash, on 03/12/2008, -16/+12Al Jazeera is a lot better than most US MSM, but it is definitely not biased toward the Palestinians. It is just that all the US media are HUGELY biased toward Israel.
- yonoz, on 03/12/2008, -8/+13Nah, it's not biased towards the Palestinians.
War is peace.
- yonoz, on 03/12/2008, -8/+13Nah, it's not biased towards the Palestinians.
- xTRUMANx, on 03/12/2008, -10/+9I'm going to have to disagree with you on that bias part. I've seen Al-Jazeera reporting on both Palestinian and Israeli causalities but rarely see Palestinian casualties reported as prominently as Israelian casualties on MSM in the USA (from what I can tell from their websites as I don't watch American TV due to not living in the US).
- AFrei, on 03/13/2008, -4/+5what about these Israeli casualties. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/newsfull.php?newid=9 ...
they sure had great coverage.- dinostabOMG, on 03/13/2008, -6/+4Dude, enough. Your agenda is showing. THAT IS A DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION. Al Jazeera's website is the .net, not the .com. I could believe it was a misunderstanding at first, but your other comments show that your agenda is clearly to propagandize on behalf of the Israeli radical right. Why don't you just get lost, eh?
Also, your shocking evidence of bias is piss-weak, even though you're not criticizing the organization you claim. It's a blurb from AFP (not AP as I said elsewhere, my bad). Ooh, bias. Just visiting the front page of that magazine would have yielded some better examples, but then your type is more interested in FUD than facts, isn't it? - xTRUMANx, on 03/13/2008, -2/+2As dinostab said, that's not Al-Jazeera the tv station's website. They're at aljazeera.net
- dinostabOMG, on 03/14/2008, -1/+1How absurd that I am being dugg down (here and elsewhere) for pointing this out. It is a simple fact and shouldn't be controversial - which should go to show that there is a concerted propaganda effort on these kinds of issues. This isn't just some diggers coming in and disagreeing, this is an organized attempt to mislead.
- dinostabOMG, on 03/13/2008, -6/+4Dude, enough. Your agenda is showing. THAT IS A DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION. Al Jazeera's website is the .net, not the .com. I could believe it was a misunderstanding at first, but your other comments show that your agenda is clearly to propagandize on behalf of the Israeli radical right. Why don't you just get lost, eh?
- AFrei, on 03/13/2008, -4/+5what about these Israeli casualties. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/newsfull.php?newid=9 ...
- dinostabOMG, on 03/13/2008, -4/+2Not by a long shot. http://english.aljazeera.net (careful, aljazeera.com is a different organization). How many people who make this claim have actually read it? It is very much fine.
- deformation, on 03/13/2008, -5/+1accusing Al-Jazeera of being biased comes from the same people accusing digg of being biased. Zionist trolls.
- chulaka, on 03/12/2008, -19/+13What the likes of you don't like is that there is finally a global news network that does not serve your interests. Al Jazeera presents a balanced story, unlike Israeli, American, British and other western news agencies. You people no longer have the exclusive reach to the rest of the world.
- giantdouche, on 03/12/2008, -26/+29Aw, does the lack of pro-Zionist editors make the Israelis cry?
- crazyallen, on 03/12/2008, -14/+10yes
- LongShlong, on 03/12/2008, -11/+4It's funny, because when Israel forced "democratic" elections onto Palestine, they went ahead and democratically elected Hamas, which Israel no condemns as a terrorist entity. Either way... Israel should just stop waging genocide.
- EnigmaOX, on 03/12/2008, -19/+25in Al-jazeera I can really know what's happening in Iraq ,,, I know who's Killing and how much US soldiers suffering in Iraq,,, I can see where the attacks on them happened.. I can understand what is the real problem with iran and what chance for a war with it .
I can see the conflicts in the all over the world and suffer in any place so i wanna ask anyone who doesn't watch aljazeera..
what's happening in darfur and why us and Europe keep talking about?
who's fighting the us army in Iraq?cause in reality alqaeda is dead since a year at least
why us doesn't wanna leave Iraq with all these losses?
why US keep supporting 20 Arab dictators while talking about democracy?
why Israel keep killing Palestinians all the time?
And if you wanna know really why they boycotted Aljazeera ... It's just because aljazeera showed dead Palestinians children dead from the last Israeli raid to Gaza and keep focusing on the word "Holocust" like this one.
Like US wanted to bomb it's main studio in Qatar year 2033
Please just watch this
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=X0T3jMRNwV8&feature= ...- EnigmaOX, on 03/12/2008, -7/+9Oh and i know what blackwater is doing in Iraq and how much money each one get paid and what is their job and I know about the third army in iraq ,, South Asian contractors . and I know that 1000 blackwater members have died since the war started witch makes the dead US soldiers since 2003 up to 4800 not 4000
- Alfonzo, on 03/13/2008, -3/+1Since when do private mercenaries count as "U.S. soldiers"? They don't represent anyone except international contracting firms.
- dinostabOMG, on 03/13/2008, -2/+2I wonder how many Iraqis care to make that distinction, though.
- EnigmaOX, on 03/13/2008, -2/+1They cannot because Blackwater members dont wear US army uniform .. they wear civilians clothes and sometime hide their faces with black cover . they use also civilians cars in movements
- dinostabOMG, on 03/13/2008, -2/+2I wonder how many Iraqis care to make that distinction, though.
- Alfonzo, on 03/13/2008, -3/+1Since when do private mercenaries count as "U.S. soldiers"? They don't represent anyone except international contracting firms.
- ElAssoWipo, on 03/12/2008, -5/+6This is just Israel blocking real info from reaching its citizens. They just make it look like the network is an ennemy to make them accept it. The Nazis did the same in Germany, closing down the "jew newspapers". Oh, the irony.
- AFrei, on 03/13/2008, -2/+2What if i want to what happened in Jerusalem. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/newsfull.php?newid=9 ... QED
- EnigmaOX, on 03/13/2008, -2/+3this is aljazeera magazine it's not related to aljazeera channel at all
- dinostabOMG, on 03/13/2008, -2/+2Whoops, wrong Al Jazeera again. Also, what is demonstrated? It's a blurb from the AP, how does that demonstrate any unusual bias? I don't mean to defend Al Jazeera MAGAZINE (unaffiliated with Al Jazeera) but is that the best you could come up with?
- EnigmaOX, on 03/12/2008, -7/+9Oh and i know what blackwater is doing in Iraq and how much money each one get paid and what is their job and I know about the third army in iraq ,, South Asian contractors . and I know that 1000 blackwater members have died since the war started witch makes the dead US soldiers since 2003 up to 4800 not 4000
- Kizilbash, on 03/12/2008, -14/+4This is sorta like that old chestnut headlines in the British papers: Fog in the channel, continent isolated.
- BlackOut2300, on 03/12/2008, -14/+10I wouldn't say that Al Jazeera isn't biased, but it is not as biased as American popular media (most of it). Another good media source is the Guardian. Both provide viewpoints and stories that probably would not get coverage in the main US media outlets.
- fairley7, on 03/13/2008, -3/+2I agree with you. I find Al Jazeera surprisingly mild given its reputation. I read its English online site to get a non-western perspective on what's going on. Interestingly, I've found articles in Ha-aretz, the Israeli newspaper that are more critical of Israel than anything you'd find in the MSM.
I'm impressed that your comment was dugg down. It suggests that Diggers are not immune to pro-Israeli/anti-Arab bias.- dinostabOMG, on 03/13/2008, -3/+1That or that the megaphone brigade is already afoot. Just a possibility.
- hadees, on 03/13/2008, -0/+1Well for one thing what they put on English Al Jazeera doesn't always correspond to what they put on the Arabic channel. They water things down for the western audience.
- fairley7, on 03/13/2008, -3/+2I agree with you. I find Al Jazeera surprisingly mild given its reputation. I read its English online site to get a non-western perspective on what's going on. Interestingly, I've found articles in Ha-aretz, the Israeli newspaper that are more critical of Israel than anything you'd find in the MSM.
- whatthefu, on 03/12/2008, -10/+17Wouldn't it be cool if they boycotted FOX News as well?
- eclipse007, on 03/12/2008, -6/+7You mean get rid of their own PR department?!
- yellowcakewalk, on 03/12/2008, -15/+9Israeli activists will still be able to access Al-J on the Internet, so they should still be able to get past their own government's propaganda.
- syroncoda, on 03/12/2008, -12/+4more stupid ***** politicians who can't see past their religion or pockets to the future being ***** *****.
this world is ***** if this is the way politicians behave. - tekhna, on 03/12/2008, -12/+7al-Jazeera is an interesting study in political machinations. They were originally funded of course to allow Abu Dhabi to piss of the Suadis, which they managed to do to such an extent that they founded al-Arbia in response. I sort of like al-Arbia in Arabic, but al-Jazeera English is great. So is al-Jazeera in Arabic, but definitely watch the English version if you can.
- AFrei, on 03/13/2008, -9/+8Why do boycotts of Palestinian media get so many diggs but when a terrorist from Hamas goes into a Jerusalem SCHOOL and kills kids as young as 14 years old it gets nine. http://digg.com/world_news/Eight_killed_at_Jerusal ... i have to say that the community here is just as biased , if not more biased, than aljazeera.
- sheep1220, on 03/13/2008, -3/+0It got much more than 9, and was in several threads (I believe one made it to the front page, at least for a while).
- AFrei, on 03/13/2008, -4/+4link or it didn't happen.
- dinostabOMG, on 03/13/2008, -5/+1Sorry that people didn't digg one particular submission. Who do you think that you are fooling, when you say that stories with Zionist spin don't get attention on digg?
- sheep1220, on 03/13/2008, -3/+0It got much more than 9, and was in several threads (I believe one made it to the front page, at least for a while).
- shaka776, on 03/13/2008, -3/+6Flame on... that's what I say whenever I see articles about Israel vs Palestine, death penalty issues, and religous issues
- EnigmaOX, on 03/13/2008, -1/+1you can consider Palestine/Israel is the heart of conflicts in the world. Everything in US and middle east and North Africa depend on what's happening there.
- soulkitchen, on 03/13/2008, -3/+8Also in news: The Lactose-intolerant boycott dairy, snowcones boycott summer, and balloons boycott porcupines.
Is anyone surprised. - CrudeDarkness, on 03/13/2008, -2/+6a few days ago there was a debate between a woman and a man on Aljazeera. They where debating the issue of the danish cartoons. Towards the end, the woman completely lost it and told the man that he was a retard. Funniest interview ever, if only it was translated into english.
- dinostabOMG, on 03/13/2008, -6/+2I wonder if people will believe you - that implies that Al-Jazeera actually has multi-sided debate and empowered women. Which isn't the party line, judging from other comments.
- hadees, on 03/13/2008, -1/+3They have multi-sided debates that are akin to the multi-sided debates they have on Hannity and Colmes.
- dinostabOMG, on 03/13/2008, -3/+2I suppose you've formed that opinion based on careful analysis after having watched it.
- CrudeDarkness, on 03/13/2008, -0/+3I found a url explaining exactly what happened:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3516759, ...
- hadees, on 03/13/2008, -1/+3They have multi-sided debates that are akin to the multi-sided debates they have on Hannity and Colmes.
- dinostabOMG, on 03/13/2008, -6/+2I wonder if people will believe you - that implies that Al-Jazeera actually has multi-sided debate and empowered women. Which isn't the party line, judging from other comments.
- SharonItai, on 03/13/2008, -5/+8The Aljazeera that people see in America is not the same as the Aljazeera they show here. The aljazeera shown in America is similar to the BBC or Reuters. The Aljazeera shown here is completely radical. unfortunately it is the one shown to millions of Muslim Arabs in Asia and and middle east. The aljazeera shown here is nothing but conspiracy theories and attacks on the Jewish state with stories of the protocols of the elders of Zion and crap to brainwash Muslims to hate Jews. i would think it would be unfair to if they boycotted the US based aljazeera but this one is completely different!
- EnigmaOX, on 03/13/2008, -7/+2Israeli media is biased more than US media ... Have you even heard CNN or FOX News using the word "Resistance"? cause in Iraq there are 20 resistance groups working against the occupation ... They are well organized with non-stop attacks and the only protection for the troops is the Iraqi people . Because they made groups called " The awaken" and it's job is to secure the important areas.
Its biased on what's related to middle east and Arabs and Islam and Israel . and so the Israeli media they even lie to it's people ... like they tell the Israeli people that Hezbollah is weak and can't attack Israel but Hezbollah has so much power to invade Israel .- SharonItai, on 03/13/2008, -1/+5obviously you have bever watched israeli media. it amazes me how retarded some people are on here. they start running their mouth about things they have no clue about. the israeli media never stated hezbollah was weak. the media here is more anti govt than most media sources ive viewed. they were the first to admit defeat against hezbollah. i wouldnt go as far as saying hezboolah has enough power to invade israel but you are probably just another arab troll who is spoonfed ***** from birth
- EnigmaOX, on 03/13/2008, -5/+1I live in Israel .. I watch channel 2 , channel 10 , aljazeera English , aljazeera Arabic , CNN English and fox news and I can watch Almanar (Hezbollah TV channel) and alforaaq (alqaeda TV channel).
- SharonItai, on 03/13/2008, -1/+4so when does the media lie to the people and state hezbolla is weak???
- EnigmaOX, on 03/13/2008, -3/+1yeah like israel killed Emad mo3'neya the leader at hezbollah and the media started to call him "Father of terrorist " and hezbollah is so weak now because of that. and that's a big lie ... israel started to understand that she only gave Hezbollah a ticket to start a second round of war with israel with taking the blame.
- EnigmaOX, on 03/13/2008, -3/+1and hezbollah leader announced that they have 50 thousand soldiers prepared for battle . 50 thousand soldiers in a little place like south Lebanon means one thing....and they do not have to invade alot of space thet only need to get to the arabs inside israel they will do the rest . you stupid retard idiot .
the Israel media lied on the people all the time in the war with Lebanon ... and you sure remember the word in the news " הותר לפרסום " , it's enough to know that the government control the media in israel .
- SharonItai, on 03/13/2008, -1/+4so when does the media lie to the people and state hezbolla is weak???
- EnigmaOX, on 03/13/2008, -5/+1I live in Israel .. I watch channel 2 , channel 10 , aljazeera English , aljazeera Arabic , CNN English and fox news and I can watch Almanar (Hezbollah TV channel) and alforaaq (alqaeda TV channel).
- SharonItai, on 03/13/2008, -1/+5obviously you have bever watched israeli media. it amazes me how retarded some people are on here. they start running their mouth about things they have no clue about. the israeli media never stated hezbollah was weak. the media here is more anti govt than most media sources ive viewed. they were the first to admit defeat against hezbollah. i wouldnt go as far as saying hezboolah has enough power to invade israel but you are probably just another arab troll who is spoonfed ***** from birth
- deformation, on 03/13/2008, -5/+3what a coincidence, boycotting al-Jazeera after the raid on Gaza coverage, they claim it was biased, but the BBC,ABC,Reuters,CFI,Euronews covered the raid on Gaza on the same level and extent. Israel wants Al-Jazeera to ignore all the killings and "holocausts" Israel performed in Gaza and show Israeli citizens suffering from "shock" and "panic" because of the Palestinian rockets, maybe photoshoping the pictures of dead Palestinian children will help alittle, so it wont appear that "dramatic" and "biased".
- EnigmaOX, on 03/13/2008, -3/+2 aljazeera show dead people . in Iraq and Palestine. and for me it's the right choice to do .. people will never get clear idea of what's happening ... most of the Americans have strange ideas of what's happening in Iraq and Israel , darfur and Afghanistan .
- SharonItai, on 03/13/2008, -1/+4deformation is yet another tool speaking on the topic with little information on whats happening on the ground. you speak of a holocaust? lol, the palestinians are multiplying like rabbits so how can there be one? israel does not care what the news or anyonne thinks about their "raid on gaza" they went in to target hamas, unlike the arab gunmen who went out of his way last week to avoid attacking army personel and went straight for unarmed civilians. unless you understand arabic and have watched aljazeera, in arabic, i suggest you shut your hole because you are way out of your league here
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