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- Cable news channel Al Jazeera America is going off the air April 30, employees of the Qatar-based media company were told Wednesday.
- Donald Trump is perhaps the most divisive, dangerous, racist candidate in our history, says Bill Press.
- There is no need for panic over Ebola, but there is need for concern about the CDC, writes Leonard Pitts Jr.
- The grisly discovery Monday of the bodies of three Israeli teens who had been abducted June 12 as they hitchhiked home from a West Bank settlement yeshiva set off a week of mounting violence in the region.
- A look at one slice of original and unique content on Al Jazeera America
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- Watching the debut this week of Al Jazeera America, I couldn't help but remember reviewing the first week of Erin Burnett's show on CNN in October 2011.
- The heart of Al Jazeera America's prime-time lineup is an attractive one if you are looking for news, context and a fresh visual perspective on U.S. and world events.
- I have been writing a lot about Al Jazeera since the Qatar-based news operation bought Al Gore's wreck of a channel in January to gain access to some 50 million U.S. homes.
- Enter Al Jazeera with deep pockets and an old-school, hard-news strategy
- Former WJZ reporter/anchor Adam May will have a prime-time role on Al Jazeera America, the channel announced Monday.
- Bill Press writes that the failure of the gun background check compromise has caused him to lose faith in the political system.
- Bill Press says the Manchin-Toomey compromise on guns isn't perfect but still represents major progress.
- Reading some of the nutty coverage of Al Jazeera's purchase of Current TV from Al Gore, I am not sure whether the problem is ideology or ignorance when it comes to the sorry state of media criticism today.
- What's important is that Al Jazeera has found a way into an estimated 40 million American homes through the purchase of Current TV, and that is a good thing a very good thing.
- Forget the broadcast networks of ABC, NBC and CBS. And forget PBS, too, unless you are part of the minority that doesn't have cable or online access.
- Former vice president Al Gore will anchor convention coverage on his Current TV channel, it was announced Wednesday. This is what happens if you own the candy store, I guess. But when was the last time a former Nobel Prise winner sat in the anchor chair at a convention?
- To win his suit, the ex-anchorman has to attack a liberal icon
- Newspaper description of Keith Olbermann as 'mainstream' must have been prank
- And what could be crazier than replacing him with Eliot Spitzer, the least trusted man on televison?
- Current TV, the prime-time home of Keith Olbermann, Wednesday announced a strong election-year move with Jennifer Granholm joining the channel in January to host a show weeknights at 9 following Olbermann's.
- I have to admit I am troubled by the admission from David Bohrman, the longtime chief of CNN's political coverage, who acknowledged his liberal beliefs in an interview with Howie Kurtz on CNN's Reliable Sources Sunday.
- If you weren't watching MSNBC Tuesday night, you missed not only a great night of American politics, but also a glimpse of the forces that will shape the big war of 2012 that's heating up.
- After four nights of watching Keith Olbermann, there are two things I can say with some certainty.
- I have to give Keith Olbermann and Current TV their due: For 58 minutes Monday night, they delivered an impressive premiere on the new "Countdown" show. Strong production values, reasonable discussions and no ugly over-the-top slanderous attacks on anyone.
- The Monday premiere of "Countdown" on Current TV drew 179,000 viewers in the key A25-54 demo, according to figures released by the network.