
Why is anti-American, anti-Semitic, and pro-terrorist Al Jazeera's new American channel part of the basic cable packages from Verizon, Comcast, DirecTV and Dish Network? We shouldn't be forced to subsidize their foul propaganda.
We're calling on the four companies to drop Al JazeeraAmericafrom their basic cable packages.
The network has celebrated brutal terrorists and "reported" as fact anti-Semitic 9/11 truther conspiracy theories. It is the propaganda wing of Qatar's dictatorship. American TV viewers shouldn't have to subsidize Al Jazeera through a part of their basic cable bill. As a veteran who served in Iraq and a New Yorker I’m outraged that my television provider is charging me to have this propaganda piped into my home. These television providers need to drop Al Jazeera from their basic cable packages.
To be clear, this is not a 1st Amendment issue. The 1st Amendment does not protect foreign powers who wish to broadcast propaganda into our country and our homes. This isn't a call for Al Jazeera to be completely removed from the airwaves. The objection is to Al JazeeraAmerica’s inclusion as a basic cable channel that subscribers are forced to pay for and receive rather than as an a la carte channel that can be added to a basic package.
- NYS Assemblyman Kieran Michael Lalor, U.S. Marine Corps veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom
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