Egypt shuts down Al Jazeera bureau

Re:Egypt shuts down Al Jazeera bureau by pmorici on Sunday January 30, 2011 @12:09PM (#2158457)

Why? Keith Olberman isn't a journalist by most objective measures, he's a partisan talking head.

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Re:Egypt shuts down Al Jazeera bureau by phlux on Sunday January 30, 2011 @12:18PM (#2158479)

My point was more;

"Wouldn't it be interesting if [big, well recognized american media personality] went to Al Jazeera"

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Re:Egypt shuts down Al Jazeera bureau by dantheman on Sunday January 30, 2011 @01:23PM (#2158666)

It'd be bad because I want the news, I don't care who is giving it to me as long as its accurate and up to date. In fact I think media personalities are bad for the news.

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Re:Egypt shuts down Al Jazeera bureau by rajbot on Sunday January 30, 2011 @02:06PM (#2158799)

David Frost, while not American, has had a show on Al Jazeera English since 2006:

http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/frostovertheworld/

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Re:Egypt shuts down Al Jazeera bureau by borism on Sunday January 30, 2011 @04:06PM (#2159176)

David Frost, while not American

Every american should know David Frost, if they don't they're not american.

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Re:Egypt shuts down Al Jazeera bureau by hugh3 on Sunday January 30, 2011 @10:38PM (#2160173)

Do true Scotsmen know about David Frost as well?

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Re:Egypt shuts down Al Jazeera bureau by livejake on Sunday January 30, 2011 @02:50PM (#2158941)

Like Anderson Cooper: http://twitter.com/andersoncooper/status/31518264634900480

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