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I posted before about what was going on with mega tv channel 466 because it is no longer on the guide and now i have the answer. The affiliate in new york WRNN decided to no longer continue providing that channel and instead what will be in its place will be al jazeera in english. That is why channel 466 currently says it is off the air because al jazeera in english will be there in its place soon. Verizon fios will soon have that channel on the air for everyone in the new york and new jersey area only where it will air on channel 466. It is a network that gives people an unfiltered uncensored look at what is going on in the middle east in english. I am still wondering if another tv station will provide mega tv so that those who watched the shows on there will be able to continue to keep watching the programs that have been there for almost two years. The ny daily news has the details about verizon fios adding al jazeera in english where they go into detail about how it will now be available to over 2 million people in the new york and new jersey area.
Apparently still to be added. Although I see Al Jazeera World showing in the regular WRNN channel.
Anyone know which areas of NJ will be getting Al Jazeera in English? Perhaps, more specifically, by VHO?
I would like to have Al Jazeera English added to my channel list. Thanks.
So would I. It would be nice to have a news channel with real international focus so I can hear about important news that may have global consequences instead of the trivia that many US news stations seemed intent to shove down our throats.
This is John out in Long Beah, CA and I would love to have Al Jazeera in English. Please, Please, Please.
How is this channel deemed to be worthy of adding when the positive news network THEBLAZE is not. Would Verizon like to promote anti US, anti western culture viewpoint at the expense of a news network that promotes these things and the way of life we all know and love?
Saddly it seems so.
Sickens me as well. Makes me want to drop FIOS. Al Jazeera is very anit American and extremely anti Israel.
@jimva23666 wrote:Sickens me as well. Makes me want to drop FIOS. Al Jazeera is very anit American and extremely anti Israel.
No it's not. Have you tried watching Al Jazeera America? It is not anti-American at all. Don't believe the stereotypes and talking heads who have told you that. It's very similar to BBC World News. I like how it reports hard news and isn't just a bunch of political talking heads like MSNBC, Fox News, etc. or mindless fluff and ignorant reporters like CNN. CNN is also drenched in flop sweat from its constant struggle to be as centrist as possible while still doing political talking head stuff. For a while, I wondered, what happened to reporting straight-up hard news from around the world at all times? That's the niche that Al Jazeera America has moved to occupy.
As for "anti-Israel," you will find some reports critical of certain particular conservative policies in Israel, but that goes with the territory and IMHO it's a valid viewpoint not otherwise found on America-based channels.
I'm sad to see Al Jazeera English no longer makes itself available in the U.S. and so it has removed itself from channel 481 (WRNN-DT2) in the NYC/NJ area. Apparently Al Jazeera America does not want another branch of its operations competing with itself. So until AJA makes a deal with Slime Warner, Slime Warner's victims... errrr I mean customers won't be able to see it in the NYC area anymore, but at least we FiOS customers can see it. I'll be sticking with FiOS for that, among other reasons.
just grab a roku and you watch AJE.
I'm not surprised by the reaction by people to al jazeera america being added to the fios guide. The people who continue to criticize it are probably a part of that pam geller crowd who are always demonizing people who are different than them because of their race or religious beliefs. The same individuals who are threatening to leave over the addition of the channel probably watch a lot of fox noise i mean faux news no wait fox "news" channel which is a network that spends their entire day showing images of people of certain backgrounds in a negative light. All day long channel 618 spends their time carefully selecting which stories they are going to air in order to portray people of a certain background as being out to destroy their audience. If you were to turn on that network at any moment of the day you will see that fox news spends their time constantly running stories of people with dark skin who speak another language as people who are out to destroy america and only the people on fox news will protect you from it happening if you tune in to their shows and buy their books. While i prefer al jazeera english to al jazeera america it is a lot better than the cable news channels that are out there whose programs are now nothing more than shouts shows. They invite someone on that shouts talking poiints at someone then the other person shouts their talking points back and at the end of the debate nothing was resolved where what you had were people screaming at each other because they were there to entertain not offer "real journalism fair and balanced." The fact that verizon added the channel at channel 114 right before fox business (channel 117) and fox news (channel 118) is interesting to see since fox business has said all along that al jazeera would not last that long on the air where it would be removed because of low ratings and fox news said that it is an anti-american network. For anyone who has seen the network they know that these things are not true and if news networks were all about making a profit then perhaps they can all go the route of the e network and become nothing more than a tabloid channel because tabloid tv does make a profit. Cnn has now chosen to get into the shout show business by bringing back crossfire which will start to air on september 16. A very desperate move by cnn to get ratings. Perhaps they should watch al jazeera or the bbc to understand what a news network is supposed to do rather than trying to be an entertainment network.
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