I watched Al Jazeera in English, and thought it was, at least, a serious news source. When I heard about its demise to Al Jazeera America, I was hoping they'd keep on David Frost, who unfortunately died at that intersection.
Qatar is a phenomenally rich and increasingly powerful nation. But hardly a bastion of democracy.
Gore sold Current TV to Al Jazeera.
Qatar plans to host the World Cup. On some peoples backs:
http://www.theguardian.com/....
We've seen this before, with the foreign laborers, slaving under American contractors in Iraq:
http://corpwatch.org/...
Is that just the way we do business now?