Al Jazeera launches US television news service

[GoldenEagle]

Time to take a break and cool off. Closed for review.

[GoldenEagle]

Please remember to debate the subject and not the person. Please follow the ToS.

[JDavis]

Is it good when they air video's of supposedly Israeli air raid injured Palestinians who only moments later jump off of a gurney and go running through the street's?

All news sources play such games and you have to take this into account when watching, listening or reading any source.

All new sources do not play such games, as you put it. There have been numerous cases of false reporting by Arabic news organizations like Al Jazeera. While most European news organizations are not fair to Israel, Arab news organizations take the cake when it comes to dishonesty in news reporting.

Yes, all news outlets are guilty of false reporting, twisting facts to fit their story and selective editing of both videos and facts to further their agenda.

It is good to get a perspective of what is happening in our country and the world from multiple perspectives and agendas.

One just has to filter what they take in knowing that all news outlets have an agenda to push and none are unbiased

[TsukinoRei]

I think that even if everything said in a news report is misleading spin or outright lies, whatever the network, it's useful to know what people are being told and what people are believing.  Al Jazeera being shown in the U.S is no threat to critical thinkers.

[nebula]

I think that even if everything said in a news report is misleading spin or outright lies, whatever the network, it's useful to know what people are being told and what people are believing.  Al Jazeera being shown in the U.S is no threat to critical thinkers.

 

The propoganda is a threat to you if the majority of your neighbors are not critical thinkers and take most things at face value.  The propoganda is to promote Islam, and I don't mean giving Muslims equal treatment, I mean domination. Be wary.

[Matthitjah]

I think that even if everything said in a news report is misleading spin or outright lies, whatever the network, it's useful to know what people are being told and what people are believing.  Al Jazeera being shown in the U.S is no threat to critical thinkers.

It is a danger when Common Core is now the norm and your children are being taught to abandon critical thinking skills and just accept what is being spoon fed to them.

 

Please provide Biblical support for your assertion that God want's us to swallow lies rather than taking His Word to heart.

 

Pr 23:12

¶ Apply your heart unto instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

 

Never does God ask us to play the fool.

 

Never does He ask us to examine what the enemy is doing. Rather He asks us to know Him so well and in relationship that we will know the falsehood immediately and reject it instantly.

 

We have no business examining the lie. We are to expose it to the Light, we are to mortify it with Salt,  and that is the difference between what is being said here in this thread by two opposed party's.

[JDavis]

 

Please provide Biblical support for your assertion that God want's us to swallow lies rather than taking His Word to heart.

 

Nobody has made this claim.  Why do you resort to strawmen?

 

 

Never does He ask us to examine what the enemy is doing.

 

I disagree.  God told Moses to send 12 spies to see what the enemy was doing.  Joshua sent spies to see what the enemy was doing.   

 

 

We have no business examining the lie. We are to expose it to the Light, we are to mortify it with Salt,  and that is the difference between what is being said here in this thread by two opposed party's.

 

All sources of news in our current times are filled with lies and misleading agendas.  This is true of everyone from FoxNews to Al Jazeera and everyone in-between.  So unless you receive no news from any source, you are doing what you say we have no business doing.

 

Here is nice example of FoxNews being dishonest...link

 

There are news outlets that have God as their focus, there are no news agencies that have the truth as their focus, all have an agenda to push.

 

 

So, in the end we are again left with the 3 choices I spoke of above...

 1.  We can ignore them all and be ignorant to what is happening in the world

2.  We can just choose those sources that feed us what we want to hear

3.  We can go to various sources from all perspectives and try and glean the truth.

To me one and two are unacceptable, which only leaves 3.

Each will have to choose for themselves which of the 3 they will choose.

[TsukinoRei]

 

 

Please provide Biblical support for your assertion that God want's us to swallow lies rather than taking His Word to heart.

 

Nobody has made this claim.  Why do you resort to strawmen?

 

 

Never does He ask us to examine what the enemy is doing.

 

I disagree.  God told Moses to send 12 spies to see what the enemy was doing.  Joshua sent spies to see what the enemy was doing.   

 

 

We have no business examining the lie. We are to expose it to the Light, we are to mortify it with Salt,  and that is the difference between what is being said here in this thread by two opposed party's.

 

All sources of news in our current times are filled with lies and misleading agendas.  This is true of everyone from FoxNews to Al Jazeera and everyone in-between.  So unless you receive no news from any source, you are doing what you say we have no business doing.

 

Here is nice example of FoxNews being dishonest...link

 

There are news outlets that have God as their focus, there are no news agencies that have the truth as their focus, all have an agenda to push.

 

 

So, in the end we are again left with the 3 choices I spoke of above...

 1.  We can ignore them all and be ignorant to what is happening in the world

2.  We can just choose those sources that feed us what we want to hear

3.  We can go to various sources from all perspectives and try and glean the truth.

To me one and two are unacceptable, which only leaves 3.

Each will have to choose for themselves which of the 3 they will choose.

 

 

I choose option 3 for myself as well.  

 

 

 

I think that even if everything said in a news report is misleading spin or outright lies, whatever the network, it's useful to know what people are being told and what people are believing.  Al Jazeera being shown in the U.S is no threat to critical thinkers.

 

The propoganda is a threat to you if the majority of your neighbors are not critical thinkers and take most things at face value.  The propoganda is to promote Islam, and I don't mean giving Muslims equal treatment, I mean domination. Be wary.

 

 

I think that the more knowledge people have available to them, the more empowered they will be to become critical thinkers.  Then they won't so easily accept all the propaganda that comes their way  Complacent minds are nurtured with ignorance.  Open discourse is the enemy of ignorance.

[RevelationWriter]

- I get bored of News Stations trying to entertain.

With Right or Left Wing Ding A Lings. Yanking each other's chain.

 

I like News Stations from all parts of The World.

That way I don't have to take one opinion, about everyone else.

 

Everyone has an agenda. And I want to hear them all. From them.

 

I thought Al Jazeera was going to be a horrid take over.

But I've found if you get to hear the News from many sources?

It might keep the players a little more honest with each other.

 

So far? I've liked All Jazeera News.

Which makes me wonder what the other News Station was so nervous about? 

 

No News Station can present The Whole Truth. They can only show some of any truth.

But with so many News Stations maybe we can see more than one side...

 

It's The Holy Spirit Leads Me Into All Truth. And tells me things to come. And reminds me of what Jesus said.

So I'm not worried about truth.

 

To me Truth Is A Spirit. And not just someone's opinion.

 

So "Fear Not Little Flock It Is The Father's Good Pleasure To Give You the Kingdom." 

Edited August 25, 2013 by RevelationWriter

[Matthitjah]

 

 

Please provide Biblical support for your assertion that God want's us to swallow lies rather than taking His Word to heart.

 

Nobody has made this claim.  Why do you resort to strawmen?

 

 

Never does He ask us to examine what the enemy is doing.

 

I disagree.  God told Moses to send 12 spies to see what the enemy was doing.  Joshua sent spies to see what the enemy was doing.   

 

 

We have no business examining the lie. We are to expose it to the Light, we are to mortify it with Salt,  and that is the difference between what is being said here in this thread by two opposed party's.

 

All sources of news in our current times are filled with lies and misleading agendas.  This is true of everyone from FoxNews to Al Jazeera and everyone in-between.  So unless you receive no news from any source, you are doing what you say we have no business doing.

 

Here is nice example of FoxNews being dishonest...link

 

There are news outlets that have God as their focus, there are no news agencies that have the truth as their focus, all have an agenda to push.

 

 

So, in the end we are again left with the 3 choices I spoke of above...

 1.  We can ignore them all and be ignorant to what is happening in the world

2.  We can just choose those sources that feed us what we want to hear

3.  We can go to various sources from all perspectives and try and glean the truth.

To me one and two are unacceptable, which only leaves 3.

Each will have to choose for themselves which of the 3 they will choose.

 

What part of the lie is the Truth? (point 3)

 

On point two I know what I believe therefore I align myself with the sources that most match my worldview, which again is Judeo/Christian.

 

 

On point 1 no one is advoocating being ignorant. I'm not even sure why you'd make that point.

 

 

I don't believe that your viewpoint is Biblical. Please use scripture to support your assertion. Where does God tell us to examine a lie so that we will know the Truth?

 

P.S., You're not honestly going to quote Media Matters on a post about media bias are you?????????