Hillary Clinton Claims Al-Jazeera Puts American Media to Shame
By Rusty Weiss | March 02, 2011 | 22:37
Is Rush Limbaugh’s fear of a state-run media coming to fruition?
Hillary Clinton spent the morning on C-Span defending the State Department’s need for funding, because she feels private media in the U.S. has fallen woefully behind the likes of Al-Jazeera, the Chinese, and Russia.
Via Business Insider, Clinton said:
"Al Jazeera is winning. The Chinese have opened up a global English language and multi-language television network, the Russians have opened up an English language network. I've seen it in a couple of countries and it's quite instructive."
Has she watched MSNBC or CNN lately? The coupon book in the local newspaper is far more informative than the American media.
More perplexing is that Clinton seems to be blurring the line between popular media and the need to disseminate information via her State Department. Essentially, because the Republicans want to slash the State Department budget in half, efforts to spread U.S. propaganda through new media will suffer. Without money, her department cannot spread information to Arabic and Farsi language audiences. This apparently, is the fault of Republicans cutting spending, and a private American media that can no longer compete. Enter the state-run media.
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She says a major reason the State Department needs money is because "we are in an information war and we are losing that war."
Continuing, Clinton stated that private media simply isn’t up to the task:
"Our private media cannot fill that gap. Our private media, particularly cultural programming often works at counter purposes to what we truly are as Americans. I remember having an Afghan general tell me that the only thing he thought about Americans is that all the men wrestled and the women walked around in bikinis because the only TV he ever saw was Baywatch and World Wide Wrestling."
The bikinis and wrestling argument has been made before. Not by an Afghan general, but by Clinton herself. In an interview on Australian Radio she said, "If you look at American TV as much of the rest of the world does, you would think we all went around wrestling and wearing bikinis.” And do we really want the world to think that America consists of this?
Moving on…
Clinton heaped further praise on the Al-Jazeera network:
“Al Jazeera has been the leader in that are literally changing people’s minds and attitudes. And like it or hate it, it is really effective,” she said.
“In fact viewership of al Jazeera is going up in the United States because it’s real news. You may not agree with it, but you feel like you’re getting real news around the clock instead of a million commercials and, you know, arguments between talking heads and the kind of stuff that we do on our news which, you know, is not particularly informative to us, let alone foreigners,” she added.
Apparently, ‘real news’ consists of material with a strongly biased message against the U.S. As reported in 2008, an award-winning reporter quit the organization because of a ‘stereotypical’ and ‘reflexive’ anti-American bias.
If Al-Jazeera is the model organization for media in the eyes of the State Department, should there be any doubt that cutting funding is the right thing to do?
Cross-posted at The Mental Recession
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Well I would have to agree (although I never watched ALGAE SHOW)
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 11:02pm.
It's no great trick to be better than our media. I think that a flushing toilet is better than our msm. I mean, really. And your point?
Actually there some
Submitted by dirtydan64 on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 11:44pm.
Truth to that statement, but not towards FNC or FBN but the rest most definitely and they should take head to what Hillary is telling them !!!4 Networks 1 Voice
Submitted by libBuster on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 9:38am.
CBS, ABC, NBC and CNN come across as arms of the Democratic Party. Perhaps there is active coordination. But the networks and the Democratic Party are staffed by people of the same creed.
Yeah, what is the point?
Submitted by Red Jeep on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 12:27pm.
Our MSM is terrible......OK, and so.....?
Our MSM parrots Democrat talking points and doesn't report things that happen that don't fit their world view template, and are slowly going out of business, and keep doing the same things, digging their hole deeper, and what would be better, government run MSM?
This is a never let a crisis go to waste strategy...
Submitted by herc0 on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 12:39pm.
Al Jazeeras numbers have gone up recently BECAUSE THE MIDDLE EAST IS ON FIRE.... So what does this administration do? Use its temporary number increase to justify some sort of increased government sponsored news avenue.... Incredible that nobody calls out the obvious here. They already have 4 stations that are there for them. They don't need more.
Write your congressman if they are republican and force them to call her out on this.
Only now she knows it?
Submitted by octavioj on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 11:08pm.
The CCTV in English has existed for a long time. Only now she knows about it? And state run media is not the solution. When Brittain allows NewsCorp to buy the rest of Sky there will be an international station between SkyNews and FoxNews. And it is private.
Hillary is consistant
Submitted by Agnostic on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 11:10pm.
...real news around the clock instead of a million commercials (Get rid of capitalism) and, you know, arguments between talking heads (silence varying opinions) and the kind of stuff that we do on our news which, you know, is not particularly informative to us, let alone foreigners,” she added. (If the world is watching our media - no wonder they don't like us)
I'm not fond of our media either but Al-Jazeera? Really? Are you trying to kiss up to President Obama again? Do you see the bus coming in the ME? Can you see him tossing you under that bus if things get more out of hand?
We are losing the OLD media war
Submitted by Ashrak on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 11:14pm.
because American OLD media doesn't tell the truth.
However, as evidenced by the TEA Party and the rest of the Liberty Movement, we are winning the NEW media war.
Hey Hillary, how does it feel to be doing your master's bidding and looking like a bigger fool than you ever have? Sorry for you, but the groveling isn;t going to see your slush fund restored. Funds are getting whacked and there ain't nothing you can do about it.
Maybe she should talk to
Submitted by Radical1979 on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 11:19pm.
Maybe she should talk to Hollywood about producing some television that promotes the U.S., instead of making us all look stupid or evil. Or talk to Michael Moore about a movie that doesn't denigrate the U.S.
I've got a good idea for changing people's minds about America. Cut off 100% of U.S. aid everywhere. Let countries come asking nice for money. If they don't like us, fine, no cash.
Wrestling and Bikinis
Submitted by Dan Diego on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 11:28pm.
Sounds like she's been watching Oval Office CCTV tapes from her WH days.
Sad because it's true, but still
Submitted by Radical1979 on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 11:40pm.
ROTFLMAO!!
LOL
Submitted by Denny Crane on Fri, 03/04/2011 - 5:34am.
Back when smoking cigars indoors was OK!
We Are The 53%
Not quite, Hillary
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 11:38pm.
Al Jazeera is only slightly better at pumping up the wonders of Islam than the MSM.
I see it as a pretty close race.
Fair and Balanced*
Submitted by cajun2 on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 11:38pm.
Let's see if Al-Jazeera actually covers the gruesome truth about Muslims. Then we can talk about evil USA.
How come she left out all the
Submitted by povertypimpin on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 12:03am.
How come she left out all the wonderful media reforms enacted by Chavez? His feelings will definitely be hurt.
After Hillary straightens
Submitted by cocodrie on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 12:45am.
After Hillary straightens out the news media, she and Bill are opening a marriage counseling center. They are going to counsel young couples with compatibility and fidelity problems. Therw will be no written tests.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
Funny that comrade Broom Hilda is still in denial...
Submitted by Dave. on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 12:48am.
...over why the Comrade Chairman packed her off to Foggy Bottom in the first place.
Smartest woman in the world my ass.
-Dave
Good evening Dave
Submitted by cocodrie on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 12:53am.
You lose - her ass is biggern yours by a country mile.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
coco,
Submitted by Dave. on Fri, 03/04/2011 - 1:26am.
ROFL!
-Dave
The State Department's budget
Submitted by jdhawk on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 1:40am.
The State Department's budget is over $16B dollars for 2010. It has gone up over 10% every year for the last three years. The reason that there isn't a 2011 federal budget, is the previous Congress didn't want the American people to know how out of control the federal budget was before the election. After the election, the dimocrats attempted to steam roll through a 1.3T spending bill while simulataneously passing the largest tax increase in our nation's history. They ending up getting neither. Now, half way through the fiscal year, the House, led by Republicans, is putting together a budget. No matter what they put together it is likely to be rejected by Senate dimocrats and vetoed by duhbama. Funny, billary aka "kankles" didn't complain until Republicans began cutting the budget even if those cuts are infinitismal compared to the overal budget. Meanwhile, as is typical in dimocrat speak. What billary is getting isn't cuts at all, but a slowing down of the increases in State's budget.The British partnered with
Submitted by jdhawk on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 1:46am.
The British partnered with the Saudis for an Arab BBC. It failed because of Saudi censorship. So, if billiary thinks that we can put together a TV station in the middle east that wouldn't be run off by the individual states and/or the entire region, she is smoking medicinal marijane again. Meanwhile, this what you need to know about All Jazeera: Dr. Walid Phares, in his 2010 book, The Coming Revolution: Struggle for Freedom in the Middle East, states that, "Sheik Dr. Yussuf al Qardawi is the chairman of the World Union of Clerics and the ideological mentor of al Jazeera TV. He is based in Qatar and is recognized as the main inspirer of the Muslim Brotherhoods worldwide." As we well know from recent events, the Muslim Brotherhood is a bunch of murdering thugs intent on establishing a middle east Caliphate and all that goes with it.She''s just mad because the
Submitted by mostlymoderate on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 2:59am.
She''s just mad because the American media didn't suck up to her like they did her husband. Instead, the American media decided to suck up to Obama. The American media are responsible for electing Obama.
She's right...to an extent.
Submitted by Army Brat on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 3:08am.
AJ only does a marginally better job of maligning and demonizing America and Americans than the Obama Ministry of Propaganda and Misinformation formerly known as the free press.
Well DUHH my 4 year old
Submitted by ninerdog on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 9:13am.
Well DUHH my 4 year old nephew is better at asking why….
The Monster Billary created is biting them big time
Submitted by Slyrr on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 9:42am.
The problem is not that Al Jazeera is 'winning'. The problem is that the American Leftist/Liberal media is on THEIR side. If you listen to MSNBC, CNN, et. al, to the Daily Kos, Huffnpuff Post and the like, you will hear the SAME things there that you would on Al Jazeera. 'Those **** Jews are the problem and if we could just get rid of them, then the world would be at peace!' 'Jews caused X war.' 'Jews caused Y natural disaster.' 'Jews are controlling Z political unrest.' The Democrats, Leftists and Liberals sound just like Al Jazeera, and Iran's crazy president, Im-in-a-Jihad.
Heck, the top chair at the Washington Press room was, for decades, given to a slime-ball woman who we now know was a Jew hater and a Jazeera sympathizer - namely Helen Thomas. The left is jam packed with Jew haters who agree with the terrorists that Israel should be 'wiped off the map'. They won't say it flat out - they're still being sneaky about it. They use snide commentary, innuendo and editorials to circuitously blame Jews for the world's ills, stoking the flames of anti-semitism.
So now Billary Clinton is whining and moaning that the monster she and her lout husband created is biting them. Billary was the one who said that dissent was the new patriotism. 'We have a right to debate and disagree with ANY ADMINISTRATION!!!!' she screeched. Of course, what she meant was 'We want the media to keep insulting Bush and writing books about him being assassinated.' She didn't mean she wanted any media to criticize her or her party.
For decades, the leftists and democrats have fostered and nurtured a culture that hates both Jews, and this country. Why? Because the left wants to destroy the republic and rebuild it with themselves in complete control. They have long hated the freedoms this country has (though they don't mind hidind behind them, using them as shields and weapons until they get their chance to wipe them out and put themselves in charge). Have they not written decades of stories about how lousy America is - and how much they admire dictators like Mao, Stalin, Marx, et. al? Did they not defend Yassar Arafat (remember him?), Saddam Hussein and a host of other tyrants, saying it would be 'unfair' to depose them?
Obama learned a harsh lesson in Egypt. When you create a mob, you risk being torn apart by them. When you rush out in front of a mob, pretending that you're their 'leader', then you risk being trampled to death when they get out of control. And let's be frank. The left never 'controlled' the anti semites. The anti semites have been using THEM. And if the Jew-haters shoud gain control, the Left will be among the first to be marched into those gas chambers, because the Jew-haters won't put up with them either.
Since Obama we basically have
Submitted by Miss_Me_Yet on Fri, 03/04/2011 - 6:38am.
Since Obama we basically have a de facto White House run liberal news apparatus in this country. That is the reason for the rapid decline in the quality and validity of news reporting.
Like everything Obama has touched, since blowing into town, it immediately turns to _____. That's a proven fact, over and over again. If you have any doubts as to the validity of my claim, just ask Martha Coakly, Jon Corzine or Creigh Deeds what they think of the " Curse of Obama ".
Liberals ... we can't live with them, they couldn't survive without us ...
But al Jazeera doesn't tell us squat about . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 11:59am.
. . . Charlie Sheen, or Behind the Scenes at the Oscars, or Dancing With The Stars contestants, or Charlie Sheen, or Brangelina, or Jersey Shore, or Charlie Sheen, or Sarah Palin, or Michelle Obama's food campaign, or Oprah, or Charlie Sheen, or . . .
Hillary has a short memory
Submitted by Anndee on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 12:29pm.
The hijackers claimed they were going to fly airplanes into important buildings in New York and DC to "avenge the suffering of Muslims in Bosnia and Chechnya."
In September of 2006 a videotape aired on Aljazeera television that shows Osama bin Laden and some of the men who carried out the September 11 attacks against the US in 2001. The video shows Osama bin Laden, taking part in the planning and preparation of the attacks of 9-11
The video also shows Saudi nationals Hamza al-Ramdi and Wael el-Shemari.
The men said that their actions were inspired by an urge to avenge the suffering of Muslims in Bosnia and Chechnya.
The hijackers claimed they were going to fly airplanes into important buildings in New York and DC to "avenge the suffering of Muslims in Bosnia and Chechnya."
President William Jefferson Clinton put us in Bosnia, Hillary !
Bravo to Aljazeera television
It should be mentioned that part of one of the hijac
Pay Back
Submitted by JustAl on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 12:50pm.
for the domestic lap dogs that hoisted Obama above her during the primaries. She wants to put them in their place. . . before she puts him in his.
aljazeera is as legitimate to
Submitted by Willis_Leon_Johnson on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 3:51pm.
aljazeera is as legitimate to the news as hillary is a legitimate Secretary of State.
At least the arab loving 'news agency' has some credentials.......
"The problem with Americas education system. http://gjresult.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1375
Get OUR representatives out of the sewer! http://gjresult.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1379
Her thiness
Submitted by MightyMouth on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 3:54pm.
...needs to put on the burka before praising those who insist on burkas for women. Just one more example of obama/clinton foreign policy FAIL.
I thought burkas were only
Submitted by Miss_Me_Yet on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 4:01pm.
I thought burkas were only for women.
Liberals ... we can't live with them, they couldn't survive without us ...
Normally that would be
Submitted by MightyMouth on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 4:57pm.
Normally that would be true... But in this case she has a lock box with God knows who's balls are in it!
Her thiness?? Come on MM,
Submitted by bassndude on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 4:22pm.
Her thiness?? Come on MM, have you seen the back side ot that walking away lately? There are a lot of discriptive terms for that, but thin ain't one of em...
Save a SeAL, club a liberal/troll!!
Ok bass, my friend...
Submitted by MightyMouth on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 4:50pm.
How about "her muffin top"? I didn't want to go with the diluted "her pantsuit". hehe.
LOL MM...now thats one I can
Submitted by bassndude on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 4:57pm.
LOL MM...now thats one I can go with...
Save a SeAL, club a liberal/troll!!
I think he meant
Submitted by Army Brat on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 7:39pm.
Her Thighness....
A bad addition of Mad magazine
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 4:06pm.
Put's our media to shame. Equally just as hard to find any redeeming qualities when it comes from the libtard left.
I think Clinton just sunk any chance at being POTHUS. These chumps have over-reached bigtime here.