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Re:President Obama’s Dragnet by Shivetya on Thursday June 06, 2013 @07:56PM (#5836141)
which of the major issues that the Obama Administration has the major US media broken recently? None. We have had nearly five years of a silent, complacent, if not compliant, major news media in the US. Sadly we have to resort to foreign news sources to get to the story.

Don't be surprised if Al-Jazeera breaks a story before one of ours does.

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Re:President Obama’s Dragnet by mullingitover on Thursday June 06, 2013 @08:00PM (#5836161)
Well, given how the administration has treated publishers[1], who can blame them?

[1] http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-05-13/world/39226618...

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Re:President Obama’s Dragnet by jbm on Thursday June 06, 2013 @08:33PM (#5836336)
Your comment implies that Al-Jazeera is a poor source of news. Is there a reason you feel that way, other than their lack of reporting on Qatar?

I find that they have excellent coverage of Africa, Asia, and most of the Middle East.

(Sorry if that wasn't your intention)

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Re:President Obama’s Dragnet by LukeShu on Thursday June 06, 2013 @09:27PM (#5836575)
I think the implication was that Al-Jazeera does little coverage of the US.
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Re:President Obama’s Dragnet by jlgreco on Thursday June 06, 2013 @09:48PM (#5836650)
Al Jazeera English is an excellent source of world news, but their focus really is not on the US, unlike most domestic news outlets. One would therefore normally suspect that they would be less likely to break major US news, but in reality I think most of us would expect the opposite.
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Re:President Obama’s Dragnet by flyinRyan on Friday June 07, 2013 @02:03PM (#5840514)
It's always been like this. I left the US a decade ago and couldn't believe how different the news was once I was outside.
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