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Gore Turned Down Glenn Beck For Qatar
By Alana Goodman
03 January 2013
Glen Beck was too "right wing" - So Gore sold to "an authoritarian-Islamist government that has criminalized homosexuality, discriminates against non-Muslims, prosecutes journalists, and has a Not Free rating from Freedom House."
Before Al-Jazeera, there was Glenn Beck.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Glenn Becks media company, The Blaze, approached Current Media about a sale last year, but was told in the words of one source that the legacy of who the network goes to is important to us and we are sensitive to networks not aligned with our point of view.
In explaining the reasons for selling to Al-Jazeera, Current co-founder and CEO Joel Hyatt told the Journal that the Qatari-based broadcaster was founded with the same goals we had for Current, including to give voice to those whose voices are not typically heard and to speak truth to power.
Sure, Al Jazeera can speak truth to power, as long as the powerful are not in Qatar.
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