>>>>May be considered offensive by some:
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>>>>http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/jon-stewart-to-egyptian-rioters-hands-off-anderson-cooper_b51511
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>>>What's really offensive is that the franchise presumably extends to those who commented on the article. The internet has often caused me to question if democracy is in fact the best social contract. My only hope is they never stir themselves from their parents' basements to actually vote.
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>>There's no riff-raff filter anywhere... :o) they have freedom of speech too :o)
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>If I was a journalist I would be paying people to throw rocks at me and whack me (lightly) over the head. What better way to get a prime time story.

A journalist from Israel called it unprofessional and narcissistic -- I could see that if it was one group of journalists, but so many? Of course, it is strange that all of a sudden so many journalists from the U.S. headed to Cairo after a couple of media outlets were doing live stories... I think the number of U.S. folks watching Al Jazeera online (record numbers) caused others to try to get that audience.


http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2011%2F02%2F03%2FMNC51HII16.DTL

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Since Jan. 27, Al Jazeera English has recorded 6.8 million views of its online video stream, 2.5 million of them from the United States.