BF2S Forums Al Jazeera = Terrorists?

Lee wrote:

I tried finding you after our other situations were resolved and talk with you more. [...] I would not have changed my mind about allowing you to just drop by and interview people and film our students. We did not have prior notice and we certainly did not have time to verify who you were. Also, I would have asked you not to do those things at a public event, on public property and at a public school function. If you had done these, then the FERPA rights for our students would very well have been violated, especially for the students whose parents have signed papers not allowing the pictures of their children on the web. I do regret however, that you did not return to talk to me more, or "confront" me as you stated in your blog. I think we would have enjoyed a nice conversation. Booker is a community that has accepted diversity for decades, including many different faiths. I am sitting here listening to the music from our annual "Fiesta Night" that celebrates the unification of the many cultures that make up our community.

Jay wrote:

Lee wrote:

I tried finding you after our other situations were resolved and talk with you more. [...] I would not have changed my mind about allowing you to just drop by and interview people and film our students. We did not have prior notice and we certainly did not have time to verify who you were. Also, I would have asked you not to do those things at a public event, on public property and at a public school function. If you had done these, then the FERPA rights for our students would very well have been violated, especially for the students whose parents have signed papers not allowing the pictures of their children on the web. I do regret however, that you did not return to talk to me more, or "confront" me as you stated in your blog. I think we would have enjoyed a nice conversation. Booker is a community that has accepted diversity for decades, including many different faiths. I am sitting here listening to the music from our annual "Fiesta Night" that celebrates the unification of the many cultures that make up our community.

You pulled a lowing and told half the story

Hurricane2k9 wrote:

If we let people take films of high school football games then the pedophiles will have won.

Jay wrote:

Lee wrote:

I tried finding you after our other situations were resolved and talk with you more. [...] I would not have changed my mind about allowing you to just drop by and interview people and film our students. We did not have prior notice and we certainly did not have time to verify who you were. Also, I would have asked you not to do those things at a public event, on public property and at a public school function. If you had done these, then the FERPA rights for our students would very well have been violated, especially for the students whose parents have signed papers not allowing the pictures of their children on the web. I do regret however, that you did not return to talk to me more, or "confront" me as you stated in your blog. I think we would have enjoyed a nice conversation. Booker is a community that has accepted diversity for decades, including many different faiths. I am sitting here listening to the music from our annual "Fiesta Night" that celebrates the unification of the many cultures that make up our community.

You pulled a lowing and told half the story

Last edited by lowing (2011-09-13 06:17:17)

Beduin wrote:

it is pretty lulz that aljazeera is banned in the us

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

lowing wrote:

Maybe he would care to cover the warm reception of Christians in Islamic countries.

The middle east has a bit of a longer memory than western nations, even though (like the west) they seem to like to forget the parts that don't make them look like the martyred good guys.

Ty wrote:

lowing wrote:

If he wants a story, how about he cover his fellow Al Jeezra "journalists", then maybe he would gain insight into the reception he got.

http://middleeast.atspace.com/article_3278.html

There was a lot of coverage about Allouni and his conviction. It is still very controvertial.

Al Jazeera itself... well I'm sure it has its issues but certainly no more than the Murdoch press. I also recognise that it has been seriously slandered in other media. Hell, the US has even bombed their offices, (unintentionally,) twice meanwhile trying to censor them from showing graphic footage of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Al Jazeera generally do very informative journlism, definitely superior to that of the Murdoch press, and this has got them in trouble as they report things that others don't necessarily want reported. Before 9/11 they had a very good relationship with the US but afterwards they were accused of having an anti-American bias because they had access to some questionable characters, even Osama Bin Laden himself, and were accused of spreading terrorist propaganda by broadcasting these interviews. I'm sure opinions differ on this but from my perspective this sort of thing is just good journalism.

Also following 9/11 there was a big backlash against anything with an Arab name that sounded 'terrorist-y'. Example, a rock band from New Zealand who was at the time under a US record label was forced to change their name because it sounded too much like 'Jihad'. People are not the smartest of cookies, they hear names of militant groups like Hamas, Al Qaeda, Taliban, Hezbollah and think Al Jazeera sounds close enough to be threatening. Al Jazeera is just a news media outlet from Qatar and a pretty good one too, no different from BBC World or CNN International.