Ah! Excellent! I was worried Phlog was going to chicken out on bashing people who are not absolutely demonstrably terrorists but are related to them. People who have been watching have seen this building for a week or so.

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In fact, Al-Jazeera was the only foreign broadcaster permitted in the Taliban's Afghanistan before it was toppled.

I've never seen this before, but their endorsement does make al-Jazeera look bad. However if you learned that the Christian Coalition played Fox News at breaks during their political conventions, would this mean Fox supported the War on Pornography or zealous anti-abortion laws?

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Since then, they have become the preferred forum for the dissemination of recorded media released by Osama or Zawahiri. Is it a coincidence that murderous Islamic terrorists have maintained intimate links with AJ over the years? No.

And this is the crux of the argument that I've seen around. I could see how if you removed the Al-Qaeda media outlet, you would diminish their power which would no doubt be a good thing. But possibly in being way too liberal about the whole thing. Don't know what it is in me that wouldn't want to censor it based on these grounds. Al-Qaeda has sympathizers in the middle east. And, if you discount their means, and just look at their goals, they have a lot more sympathizers. For a middle-eastern news outlet, this just seems like a valid story to me.

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Now, as for this "Marine" who chooses to propagandize on behalf of a Al-Qaeda's preferred network? Here's a quote.

I did a little googling on your buddy Josh Rushing. Apparently how he feels the US govt has "co-opted" the media's message on the war is that he feels the US media romanticizes the war, doesn't show the gory details of it. Much like how you felt the American media didn't show the violence in New Orleans. (and yes jrv, I still have to get back to you on that in the other thread, sorry for being lazy). According to Rushing al-Jazeera shows this. That's what he's talking about with the American got co-opting the war. Personally I think it has nothing to do with the govt, the American media just knows the American public doesn't have the belly and will change the channel.

Josh Rushing's Surprise Role in 'Control Room'