Q: What kind of American would view the adoption of, “a more pro-American,” outlook by Al Jazeera as essentially ‘going over to the enemy?’
Yea, it’s a trick question because such a view would be anti-American by definition. Nevertheless, this view is held by many who believe that the War on Terror itself is a Goebbels-like propaganda ploy.
Is Al Jazeera about to Become Al-Foxeera?
Sources inside Al Jazeera confirm that there is an internal struggle underway that may dilute Al Jazeera’s independence and steer it in a more pro-western, pro-US direction. ~alternet.org
To the left, Fox News is the ‘Goebbels’ News Network, not to be trusted and dangerous to even listen to. (Apparently it might poison the liberal mind with the truth.) Therefore the idea of Al Jazeera becoming more pro-western and pro-US — i.e. more like Fox News – is a catastrophe. Inherent in such a liberal declaration are several telling admissions about what they believe:
- Pro-American is not good
- Pro-American journalism is not good
- Liberals are liberal first, Americans second
- Media that is not liberal is ‘biased’ and needs to be actively opposed or shut down
- A pro-jihad Al Jazeera is much preferred to a pro-American one
The left loaths the Fox News Channel for daring to depart from the Left-wing Main Stream Media bias that they have come to expect and enjoy. This bias is a handicap that they feel entitled to and helps to explain the vitriolic response when there are any dissenting voices from their own.
But the question is why does the left only support the, “voices of dissent,” if they oppose the U.S.? Indeed, “dissent,” and, “independence,” is honorable even when it is supporting the views of Al Qaeda and Islamic terrorism, but Fox News? A heinous pack of lies and distortions that must be eradicated at all costs.
Doesn’t it seem odd that Democrats have no problem being photographed with terrorist dictators but refuse to attend a political debate on Fox News. We are told we must “understand” the enemy and not fuel the fires of conflict– except when the ‘enemy’ are American conservatives.
“We wanted to send a clear message to voters, the media and the presidential candidates that Fox is part of the right-wing smear machine, not a legitimate source of news,” said MoveOn civic communications director Adam Green. ~washingtonpost.com
In other words, opposing terrorism with a ‘War On Terror’ only creates more terror but opposing the Right somehow won’t create more conservatives but will lead to their defeat?
Democrat John Edwards Wednesday repudiated the notion that there is a “global war on terror,” calling it an ideological doctrine advanced by the Bush administration that has strained American military resources and emboldened terrorists. ~abcnews.go.com
So is the left’s opposition to conservatives merely a slogan designed only for politics, or do they actually believe that America and George Bush are the true problem?
“It is now clear that George Bush’s misnamed ‘War on Terror’ has backfired — and is now part of the problem,” Edwards told the Council of Foreign Relations in New York. “The War on Terror is a slogan designed only for politics, not a strategy to make America safe. It’s a bumper sticker, not a plan.” ~foxnews.com