Al-Jazeera America Launches Left-Wing Docs

Al-Jazeera America Launches Left-Wing Docs

by John Nolte 20 Feb 2014, 9:05 AM PDT

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2014/02/20/Al-Jazeera-America-to-launch-lft-wing-doc-series

According to the latest report, Al-Jazeera America's (AJA) ratings are exactly zero.

Although available in 55 million homes, no one is watching. Worst of all, AJA has had absolutely no impact on the national conversation. Nothing the cable news network has done so far has penetrated anywhere -- which is all that matters to the media. To try to remedy this, AJA is set to unfurl a number of left-wing documentaries:

“Borderland,” is a four-part series that will show six Americans given the task of retracing the footsteps of three deceased migrants attempting to cross to the United States from Mexico. In the process, the network will draw attention to the plight of 5,500 individuals who have perished in the desert over the last 15 years while trying to make a similar journey. …

Al Jazeera America has two other series on tap. “The System with Joe Berlinger,” produced for Al Jazeera America by Radical Media, will explore controversial cases of alleged injustices in the U.S. judicial system, while presenting the points of view of victims, criminals and members of law-enforcement.

AJA has also inked a deal with Alex Gibney, a documentary filmmaker as overrated as he is left-wing.

Obviously, AJA is not interested in attracting viewers. No one watches this tripe. Not even leftists.

What AJA is hoping to do is attract buzz from its left-wing counterparts who infest almost all of the mainstream media. If you want traction in the media, you don’t need an audience, you just have to appeal to the left-wing sweet-spot on a Matt Lauer, Don Lemon, or Politico.

I have just one word for Al-Jazeera America: "Whales."

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Al Jazeera acquired Current TV.

Note: Current TV was a division of Current Media, LLC.

Joel Z. Hyatt was a co-founder & CEO for Current Media, LLC, and is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Climate Reality Project, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and the Aspen Institute (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Albert A. Gore Jr. was the co-founder & chairman for Current Media, LLC, a donor for The Climate Project, is the chairman for the Climate Reality Project, and a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

The Climate Project is a merged organization with the Climate Reality Project.

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers was a donor for The Climate Project.

Russell Siegelman is a partner emeritus at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and was a business manager for Slate.

Eliot Spitzer is a columnist for Slate, and Alex Gibney is making movie about him.

Slate is a division of the Slate Group.

The Root is a division of the Slate Group.

William Julius Wilson is a contributor for The Root, and a director at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the editor-in-chief & founder for the The Root, a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), an Oak Bluffs (MA) homeowner, and was a, honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Stephen L. Carter is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and an Oak Bluffs (MA) homeowner.

Walter Isaacson is the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and was the chairman & CEO for CNN.

Charlayne Hunter-Gault was a correspondent for CNN, and is an Oak Bluffs (MA) homeowner.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is an Oak Bluffs (MA) homeowner, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Valerie B. Jarrett is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s great niece, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Joel Z. Hyatt is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and was a co-founder & CEO for Current Media, LLC.

Current TV was a division of Current Media, LLC.

Al Jazeera acquired Current TV.