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liberalmike27

(2,479 posts)
74. Dropping Time Warner
Sat Jan 5, 2013, 11:49 AM
Jan 2013

Is a great idea I think--you should.

I just lowered my cable tier, sadly losing Steph and Cenk, but from what I hear they won't be around too much longer.

No, I don't think people will cancel their cable because Al Jazeera America comes on--if they wanted to, they can keep the same name. My guess is, it'll be far more accurate than the weekend millionaires' clubs that appear on our network channels now, where they sit up and talk, average incomes in tens' of millions.

By the way, I think had Current actually tried to go with the talk, more liberal format from the start, Al Gore might have made even more money, and may have not sold. The reporting isn't clear on this subject, most are left to believe the network was liberal talk for the whole 6-7 years of its existence, which is NOT true. It was mostly weird, and idiosyncratic.

damn it JohnnyRingo Jan 2013 #1
KTNF Eden Prairie Minnesota. You can still hear her and many other progressives judesedit Jan 2013 #19
I Was On Other Thread liberalmike27 Jan 2013 #73
Drop Time Warner cable. Fuddnik Jan 2013 #2
+1 valerief Jan 2013 #27
That will do nothing leftynyc Jan 2013 #28
It would save al least $100 a month in the D.C. area just1voice Jan 2013 #35
Like I said leftynyc Jan 2013 #38
That's the attitude crim son Jan 2013 #48
I live in the real world leftynyc Jan 2013 #55
From a business perspective it may be wise for DirecTV to KEEP Current think Jan 2013 #51
Dropping Time Warner liberalmike27 Jan 2013 #74
Hence the reason media consolidation is never a good thing. go west young man Jan 2013 #3
+1000 nt abelenkpe Jan 2013 #4
What does this have to do with media consolidation? onenote Jan 2013 #53
and Al Jazeera is no more interested in the mythical caliphate than the average American is yurbud Jan 2013 #60
This message was self-deleted by its author slackmaster Jan 2013 #5
you wouldn't like it CreekDog Jan 2013 #15
You betcha! n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2013 #62
Ugg. I guess I should not be surprised. SunSeeker Jan 2013 #6
Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal also invested heavily in Twitter think Jan 2013 #52
Al Jazeera can't sue christx30 Jan 2013 #68
Expect other carriers to follow suit. nt Tarheel_Dem Jan 2013 #7
so far, RCN hasn't dropped it SemperEadem Jan 2013 #42
Well that'll sure give righties some ammunition they'll delight in using Populist_Prole Jan 2013 #8
That's an In-Your-Face manipulation, eh? Trillo Jan 2013 #9
Cowardice....stupidity, certainly. That channel is going to be pretty good, I think. MADem Jan 2013 #10
But doesn't Time Warner carry Al Jazeera itself? MrModerate Jan 2013 #11
Al Jazeera English has had problems getting on to American cable systems LTR Jan 2013 #16
Don't even need cable or Sky satellite in the UK dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #34
Terrible. In too many areas, we're allowing near-monopolies of basic infrastructure snot Jan 2013 #12
cable TV melm00se Jan 2013 #31
they said the same thing about the phone companies but they were still broken up leftyohiolib Jan 2013 #33
Um, exactly how do you think they cram 500+ channels... TheMadMonk Jan 2013 #41
The point is not that we should never allow monopolies snot Jan 2013 #64
You won't get any argument from me there. /nt TheMadMonk Jan 2013 #71
SDV: Switched digital video christx30 Jan 2013 #69
Local governments are legally barred from granting exclusive franchises onenote Jan 2013 #58
I plan on dropping time warner. movingviolation Jan 2013 #13
Well, Time Warner does own CNN and HLN LTR Jan 2013 #14
No they don't. onenote Jan 2013 #54
I stand corrected LTR Jan 2013 #63
Direct TV will keep it. TeamPooka Jan 2013 #17
So what does this mean? CheapShotArtist Jan 2013 #18
Not good shenmue Jan 2013 #20
Current TV was one of the only things I watched. Nothing else on so I got rid of cable altogther. I judesedit Jan 2013 #21
Al Jazeera has defacto7 Jan 2013 #22
So true, along with RT just1voice Jan 2013 #32
I find myself watching SemperEadem Jan 2013 #43
I'm with you... defacto7 Jan 2013 #72
Just added liberalmike27 Jan 2013 #75
Yes it does! burrowowl Jan 2013 #70
My hopes are high but.... MissNostalgia Jan 2013 #23
How the fuck did we never see THAT on Nightly News brodcasts????? Volaris Jan 2013 #40
they rarely show Americans. MissNostalgia Jan 2013 #50
Well Current's still on in columbus, Oh as of this post. PFunk Jan 2013 #24
Well, Current's now off Columbus TWC as of this post. PFunk Jan 2013 #39
Does this mean Keith Olbermann now works for Al Jazeera? LawnKorn Jan 2013 #25
Keith's gone from Current TV leftynyc Jan 2013 #29
He was fired for complaining about the crappy production. Bette Noir Jan 2013 #45
He was right to do so Occulus Jan 2013 #67
I Love Keith's Ideology liberalmike27 Jan 2013 #77
It's still on Uverse skeewee08 Jan 2013 #26
CurrentTV is off here JuveDem Jan 2013 #30
Mine is gone too Liberalynn Jan 2013 #47
They are making room for Glenn Beck's channel RandiFan1290 Jan 2013 #36
Turns out Beck tried to purchase Current TV. n/t Tempest Jan 2013 #59
It's gone from my Time Warner box Joe Bacon Jan 2013 #37
Me too obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #44
We were able to watch Cenk and Elliot last night NorthCarolina Jan 2013 #46
I've never had cable crim son Jan 2013 #49
Haven't owned a TV in 7 years. /nt Ash_F Jan 2013 #56
AlJazeera has its own smartphone/iPad app, and if your cable system carries MHz Worldview Lydia Leftcoast Jan 2013 #57
It is still here on Comcast in Atlanta. n/t RebelOne Jan 2013 #61
HuffPost now reporting TW will consider keeping Current intheflow Jan 2013 #65
Pretty much what I suspected (and predicted) might happen onenote Jan 2013 #66
From what I understand christx30 Jan 2013 #76
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