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In the discussion thread: Al Gore stands to gain about $70 million after selling Current TV to al-Jazeera [View all]

Sun Jan 6, 2013, 08:11 PM

eilen (4,294 posts)

80. I'm of 2 minds on this deal

note, he did have a 20% stake in the company.

First: Glenn Beck wanted to buy the station but was quickly and soundly rejected.

Second: They sold the station at great profit to Al Jazeera, which, while a solid news outlet, is owned by the state of Qatar--of which the largest source of wealth is derived from oil exports.

which is kind of hypocritical to personally profit from oil for a guy who is such an avid environmentalist.

But, he pissed off Glenn Beck, who could not handle such an affront to his ego leading him to incoherently rant about how Al Gore, the former vice president is "UnAmerican" for selling to Al Jazeera instead of him. How the decision was made on ideology (what is wrong with that?). I highly doubt Beckster was offering the same amount of money as Al Jazeera but then he doesn't have tankers full of petroleum funding his activities, just a bunch of teabilly internet subscribers

Kind of comical. Would Glenn Beck sell a media outlet to Al Gore? Probably not.

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81 replies	Author	Time	Post
Al Gore stands to gain about $70 million after selling Current TV to al-Jazeera [View all]	alp227	Jan 2013	OP
good for him, at least he is making money through informing and teaching	JI7	Jan 2013	#1
Destroy Other People?	Gkdemonut	Jan 2013	#57
Gore was VP. He is not responsible for NAFTA. That is Clinton's cross to bear.	kestrel91316	Jan 2013	#59
Gore was the one on Larry King with Ross Perot selling NAFTA, not Clinton.	bubbayugga	Jan 2013	#81
But you sure showed him in 2000, huh?	2ndAmForComputers	Jan 2013	#72
You got any links on that?	riverbendviewgal	Jan 2013	#77
And this is what they call the "liberal media"	LTR	Jan 2013	#2
The WashPost has its rw water carriers, for sure.	Cha	Jan 2013	#5
Just the tone is disgusting.	harmonicon	Jan 2013	#60
You nailed it	DeeDeeNY	Jan 2013	#67
Since the person making money is somebody they don't like.	2ndAmForComputers	Jan 2013	#73
Congratulations Al.	Coyotl	Jan 2013	#3
did his positions on sustainability and geopolitics speak against ownership transferrence?	unblock	Jan 2013	#4
Right. What irony? What paradox? None. It's just RW name calling.	Festivito	Jan 2013	#7
He may have to part with a big chunck of that money	pennylane100	Jan 2013	#6
There's a countersuit to his suit, and he did violate the non-disparagement clause in his contract.	MADem	Jan 2013	#15
Yes, I think the trial will be interesting.	pennylane100	Jan 2013	#38
I hope he puts the money to good use.	Marrah_G	Jan 2013	#8
Well at least he didn't sell Current to Glenn Beck.	Crowman1979	Jan 2013	#9
At least he didn't make his money the way the Bush crime family did.	olddad56	Jan 2013	#10
No. He just sold his network to a government that is drilling and killing.	GoCubsGo	Jan 2013	#61
So what?	RandiFan1290	Jan 2013	#71
as badly as we need current	DonCoquixote	Jan 2013	#11
is there currently a shortage of cable channels?	quadrature	Jan 2013	#12
RW'ers ridicule Gore as being a joke for saying he "invented the Internet" and sweating global warm	progree	Jan 2013	#13
..and, amazingly, without uttering the word "invented" in that sentence.	Festivito	Jan 2013	#24
That was back when that Turd Rove was on his game!	MADem	Jan 2013	#40
Yup. I was thinking after posting it that maybe I ought to clarify that "invented the Internet" was	progree	Jan 2013	#41
That was one of THREE LIES the RW passed around about Al Gore.	Festivito	Jan 2013	#48
Ahh, yes. It brings back so many awful memories of the 2000 election n/t	progree	Jan 2013	#49
Only because the corporate media as an institution carried Republican water	Uncle Joe	Jan 2013	#50
And, they're still carrying Republican water along with NPR.	Festivito	Jan 2013	#55
Excuse me? Why are they crabbing about the guy making a payday?	MADem	Jan 2013	#14
Maybe because...	regnaD kciN	Jan 2013	#16
Well, the WAPO article didn't focus on that aspect one whit.	MADem	Jan 2013	#17
"The Cycle" gets on my nerves! n/t	NCarolinawoman	Jan 2013	#52
Me neither	riverbendviewgal	Jan 2013	#78
KPOJ had a local morning show instead of mama.	alp227	Jan 2013	#18
Yup.	graham4anything	Jan 2013	#22
Trust me, conservatives are quite cheery about that part of it.	djean111	Jan 2013	#29
Do we know that Gore isn't seeking a new financial architecture for those voices?	patrice	Jan 2013	#56
they are reporting	Enrique	Jan 2013	#33
“It’s reeking with irony,” sounds like OPINING to me.	MADem	Jan 2013	#36
Washington Post declines Romney request to retract Bain outsourcing story	Enrique	Jan 2013	#42
Enrique, because they got it right once with Mittsy doesn't mean this article is terribly fair or	MADem	Jan 2013	#44
Stephanie Miller Better Re-Surface Somewhere Else, And Soon.	Paladin	Jan 2013	#19
???? She's been on SiriusXM long before CurrentTV	BumRushDaShow	Jan 2013	#25
She is on several other radio stations, as well--that you don't have to pay to hear.	GoCubsGo	Jan 2013	#64
AJE is both better production-wise than Current and usually	JCMach1	Jan 2013	#20
Al Jazeera's shows are well done.	UnrepentantLiberal	Jan 2013	#21
Exactly, Current was a good idea	JCMach1	Jan 2013	#34
If an Australian backed by Saudi money can tell America the news	fasttense	Jan 2013	#23
The U.S. has become a pawn of Saudis vs Qataris.	BumRushDaShow	Jan 2013	#26
Not just a middle eastern state, but a PERSON in charge of a middle eastern state.	MADem	Jan 2013	#37
Good for him I guess	OccupyManny	Jan 2013	#27
I have no problem with Al cashing in...	ensemble	Jan 2013	#32
This is just part of the stupid "class warfare" meme	djean111	Jan 2013	#28
There it is! You got it in a very nice series of paragraphs.	MADem	Jan 2013	#39
I half agree with you, but half disagree.	harmonicon	Jan 2013	#62
Yes - I agree - but - the system has already been bought.	djean111	Jan 2013	#66
Being well rested, I've already put out a few Sunday morning rants today.	harmonicon	Jan 2013	#68
Democrats making money is always bad news.	Warren Stupidity	Jan 2013	#30
I hope he builds a wind farm with that, a big one!	Firebrand Gary	Jan 2013	#31
I have no problem with that (nt)	Nye Bevan	Jan 2013	#35
Nobody has problem	Tom Jeff	Jan 2013	#43
He sold it to an entity owned by the guy who rules Qatar, which is where USA has a large base.	MADem	Jan 2013	#45
So	Tom Jeff	Jan 2013	#46
Who said no "oil money" was involved?	MADem	Jan 2013	#47
What does it matter what GB offered?	djean111	Jan 2013	#53
Beck couldn't afford it.	GoCubsGo	Jan 2013	#75
Huh?	harmonicon	Jan 2013	#63
I don't fault Al for making money but.......	LiberalLovinLug	Jan 2013	#51
Profit in and of itself is not a bad thing. It's how it's used that matters.	patrice	Jan 2013	#54
I completely disagree.	harmonicon	Jan 2013	#65
hopefully he will apply it to another progressive venture	ZRT2209	Jan 2013	#58
Spam deleted by NRaleighLiberal (MIR Team)	John_UAC	Jan 2013	#69
Making as much money as possible is the America way	marshall	Jan 2013	#70
how the f is current work 500 mil ? half a billion for a station nobody watches????	crazyjoe	Jan 2013	#74
This post was hidden by jury decision.	jqpublic	Jan 2013	#76
starting out your first day so nicely, eh?	riverbendviewgal	Jan 2013	#79
I'm of 2 minds on this deal	eilen	Jan 2013	#80

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