Stunner. President Obama gets his Middle East news from the anti-Semitic anti-American Aljazeera channel.
The Business Insider reported, via FOX Nation:

The Daily Beast just posted an “exclusive” look inside the White House’s “scramble” to find the right response to the unfolding crisis in Egypt this week.

The short version is that the crisis caught U.S. intelligence off guard and they were slow to react. But here’s the line that jumped out at me.

Now, huddled in the big office of their boss—one of the administration policy-makers trying to calibrate the U.S. response to the unfolding drama—the advisers watched Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s first statement. Two television sets were running, one showing CNN and the other a satellite feed from Al Jazeera.

That’s right, even the President of the United States is watching Al Jazeera. Needless to say this is a far cry from the time (just two years ago!) that Colin Powell declared on Meet the Press that “those kind of images going out on Al Jazeera are killing us.”

 

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  1. #1 February 4, 2011 at 12:21 pm

    The Underground Conservative commented:

    Why am I not surprised that an anti-Semitic, anti-American President gets his info from an anti-Semitic, anti-American news source?

  2. #2 February 4, 2011 at 12:27 pm

    StrangernFiction commented:

    #1 February 4, 2011 at 12:21 pm
    The Underground Conservative commented:
    Why am I not surprised that an anti-Semitic, anti-American President gets his info from an anti-Semitic, anti-American news source?

    And they’re watching Al Jazeera as well…..bada bing.

  3. #3 February 4, 2011 at 12:30 pm

    Tricky Dick commented:

    And you expected a closet muslim to watch anything else?????

  4. #4 February 4, 2011 at 12:50 pm

    SSBN 627(B) commented:

    So, is the television situated to the east?

    This would allow The One to at least catch snippets when His anointed forehead comes off the rug.

  5. #5 February 4, 2011 at 12:56 pm

    The All Real Numbers Symbol commented:

    Stunner? But why am I not surprised?

  6. #7 February 4, 2011 at 1:02 pm

    MVH commented:

    I’m shocked. SHOCKED!!–to find that a petulant and immature man with “daddy issues” uses anything Islamic he can to somehow “connect” with the deceased Muslim father who abandoned him as a child.

    Although, I must admit that the BBC, Al-Jazeera, and a few other livestreams covering the events in Egypt are pretty good.

  7. #8 February 4, 2011 at 1:07 pm

    Stuart commented:

    Well, Comrade O hates Fox. That leaves ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, Al Jazerra and MSNBC. CNN is already on the other box.
    They are all pretty much alike. The only difference is that with AJ you can get your Bull **** with an exotic foreign accent.

  8. #9 February 4, 2011 at 1:09 pm

    reliapundit commented:

    OBAMA – PBUH – DON’T NEED NO STINKIN’ SUBTITLES TO UNDERSTAND THE REPORTERS WHEN THEY TALK ARABIC.

  9. #10 February 4, 2011 at 1:13 pm

    Just_Saying commented:

    So, why are we funding the State Department?
    .

  10. #11 February 4, 2011 at 1:18 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    keep drinking

    the propaganda

    *sigh*

    i hven’t heard an anti-semetic word from any aj reporter re: the protest or anything else since i’ve been tuned in.. and the one or two anti – Semetic a guests i’ve witnessed in the past 11 days, were, unlike our soft ballers, not only immediatly questioned about their bias, but countered.. can’t say this is the norm, but is sure has been since Jan 25, 2011, i’ve also been listening al day and the reporters are noticeably in favor of the Freedom & Democracy protesters, not the Muslim Brotherhood, and not a disparageing word about Israel..

    btw: anti-semetic is so old, they’re freakin
    blood-brothers for heaves sake, uhg-gah!!

    hah, the Egyptian Freedom & Democracy Movement didn’t
    fail, Obama and his planned MB take over did, duh-fuhs..

    ==

  11. #12 February 4, 2011 at 1:25 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    re: #11

    i semi-take that back, they had GIBBS on speechifying.. :p

    ==

  12. #13 February 4, 2011 at 1:35 pm

    Redwine commented:

    When do We The People get started on impeaching the traitor-in-chief?

  13. #14 February 4, 2011 at 1:39 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    btw GP..

    did your thank you card from the white house arrive yet??

    ==

  14. #15 February 4, 2011 at 2:00 pm

    RS commented:

    Don’t worry comrades, I am sure the one was only watching to see how often they put up his own picture.

    Priorities.

  15. #16 February 4, 2011 at 2:05 pm

    save us commented:

    Nothing this clown does is a surprise. It is so predicatable for anyone who bothered to see who he really was — not the phony image created by his spinmasters and the suck up media

  16. #17 February 4, 2011 at 2:08 pm

    WW commented:

    That’s because it’s in a language he can understand!

  17. #18 February 4, 2011 at 2:28 pm

    wanumba commented:

    Al-Jazeera does a better reporting job than our MSM. CNN,CBS,MBC,ABC pay their egotistical talking heads so much they don’t seem to have any money left over to pay actual reporters on the ground.

    So, what is the point of this piece of creative writing .. the White House watching CNN and Al-Jazeera? Shouldn’t they have said MSNBC, since GE is funding it or is that TOO obvious a plug?

    If the White House is getting its up-to-date intel from the networks, then we don’t need the CIA or State Department, do we? Just a bunch of Washington-area suburbanites walking around with their cups of coffee, hanging at the water coolers, evidently.

    So, back to the vapid stupidity of the article. Are they trying to make the WHite House somehow “look” busy while Obama golfs and parties? Invoking Al-Jazeera imparts a “foreign in-touch-ness.”

  18. #19 February 4, 2011 at 2:42 pm

    donh commented:

    The Al Jezeera islamic script logo looks exactly like the face of Satan that was seen in the 911 twin tower flames….. http://www.magictom.com/Art_Bell_Devil_WTC.jpg

  20. #21 February 4, 2011 at 3:25 pm

    OnTheOtherHand commented:

    If any of the MSM networks report it, it is probably known already. It makes sense to me to watch Al Jazeera; it certainly would be wasting time watching T.V. to find out things you already know. I am more concerned that he is watching CNN.

  21. #22 February 4, 2011 at 3:26 pm

    Give Em What They Want commented:

    Could someone explain what the uproar is about? Anyone with two functioning braincells could see that the poser who is called POTUS actually is working for the downfall of America. In the years ahead I wouldn’t be surprised to find out he was taking payment from Soros or the Saudi king or Iran itself. The man hates America.

  22. #23 February 4, 2011 at 3:37 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    i think it odd that this O so relevant revelation should
    come to light on the 11th day of protesting no less..

    keep drinking the propaganda people, it makes O’s transitioning job all that
    much easier.. i mean, you do know that the Egypt Freedom & Democracy
    Movement is all about Obama, and that he not only defunded it, but tried to
    usurp the Mubarak Presidency via placing his main Iran/MB’s man in Hosni’s
    seat before it cooled down, just like that somber speech in Tuscon was in
    remembrance of the victims, eh, you believe that, and i have a br, oh forget
    it.. Obama wins even when he loses.. *sigh*

    ==

  23. #24 February 4, 2011 at 3:50 pm

    Tabbysmom commented:

    Actually,Aljazeera,to their credit,has done an excellent investigative report into the Gulf oil spill,which is more than I can say about our own lame MSM.

  24. #25 February 4, 2011 at 4:11 pm

    A_Nonny_Mouse commented:

    To be fair, if you’re the US President, you probably *DO* want to be aware of what the pro-Islamist rabble-rousers on al-Jazeera are loudly proclaiming to the Egyptian rabble-rousers who are currently trying (quite successfully) to destabilize one of our few (almost, sort-of) allies in the Middle East.

  25. #26 February 4, 2011 at 4:23 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    ps re: #23

    why not a word when AJ was shut down & tossed out of Liberation
    Square, or reporters were arrested or stabbed, not to mention their
    offices vandalized, etc?? the gov is going after reported as i type.. :-(

    keep thinking Obama is the devil he is, because he is, but you have to think
    beyond Obama to get at the truth.. Israel can defend herself, Iran will be a
    glass parking lot before any ME country successfully nukes it, whereas the
    story is quite different on this end, as Obama will immediately apologize and
    blame America for making them so angry they had no other recourse..

    oh, and lets not forget the ‘Arab Honor” thingy, HM et al were mortified
    by Israel back in the day (6 to be precise), and not only that, but he’s on
    his way out irrespective of his position (heard he’s sick/dying), i’ve also no
    doubt he too has been working with the MB (by any other name), as they
    have infiltrated themselves into in the Egyptian gov, just like they have in
    the US, so don’t kid yourself, the Freedom & Democracy protesters are our
    only hope..

    gah!! now Obama’s condemning the movement as “a pretext of a reform”..

    yeah, like his funding the movement (not) was “sincere”.. gah!!

    i sincerely hope & pray God is paying close attention, because it certainly
    appears as if no one else is, not to mention seem to give a damn.. *sigh*

    hmm, wonder who the Jews will vote for in 12??
    a Sarah Palin or an Allen West maybe?? /sarc/

    ==

  26. #27 February 4, 2011 at 4:25 pm

    Margaret commented:

    Breitbart is carrying a continuous live feed from Al Jazeera. I think he is Jewish. He doesn’t mind carrying them.

  27. #28 February 4, 2011 at 4:31 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    wanumba #18

    unfortunately, i think such simple, if it had hands it would smack
    you in the face, facts like that fly over most heads so to speak..

    ==

  28. #29 February 4, 2011 at 4:50 pm

    bg commented:

    ++

    Mubarak just had an aj bureau chief & several others arrested..

    ==

  29. #30 February 4, 2011 at 4:51 pm

    Chuck commented:

    #2 February 4, 2011 at 12:27 pm

    And they’re watching Al Jazeera as well…..bada bing.

    RIMSHOT! bada bing indeed.

  30. #32 February 4, 2011 at 6:46 pm

    Dr. Dare commented:

    Ho-hum. Conspiracy theories to the rescue.

    I too was cautious of Al Jazeera at first, but once you watch it for a minute or two you realize that there are staff from all over the globe… They’re just another news source. Difference is, in the current conflict they’re currently the best coverage you can get in Egypt right now.

    english.aljazeera.net

    I urge you to watch for even just a few moments to get an idea of what you’re looking down on. I can understand why you feel the way you do, but the best way to make a decision about something is to see it yourself, not be told what to think… Otherwise D.C. and all of it’s media outlets will always hold the power, and not the people.

  31. #33 February 4, 2011 at 7:42 pm

    Practical Jane commented:

    Of Course He Watches AlJazeera!!
    He did his first TV interview as POTUS on AlJazeera.

    Off Point:
    Is anyone actually looking forward to seeing O’Reilly softball suck-up to Obama on Sunday?

  32. #34 February 5, 2011 at 12:11 am

    John Scotus commented:

    Not sure why this is so stunning. Have any of Obama’s policies ever contradicted the basic political tilt of Al Jazeera? At the same time, it seems possible that Al Jazeera is more “fair and balanced” than CNN, not that either are really fair … or balanced.

  33. #35 February 5, 2011 at 12:39 am

    The Underground Conservative commented:

    “#2 February 4, 2011 at 12:27 pm
    StrangernFiction commented:

    #1 February 4, 2011 at 12:21 pm
    The Underground Conservative commented:
    Why am I not surprised that an anti-Semitic, anti-American President gets his info from an anti-Semitic, anti-American news source?

    And they’re watching Al Jazeera as well…..bada bing.”

    He could have chosen the other anti-Semitic, anti-American news sources, like al-CNN (aka Commie News Network), the American Bullsh*t Corp., the National Bullsh*t Corp, See BS News, Pure Bull Sh*t, PMSNBC.

  34. #36 February 5, 2011 at 1:06 am

    Harrison commented:

    You want to know your enemy you study his ways, including his information sources. That’s intel 101.

  35. #37 February 5, 2011 at 2:31 am

    BarbaraS commented:

    Why the surprise? Most muslims get their news from Al Jazeera. He doesn’t want to be swayed by a non muslim reporting service. He might then take his eye off the ball.

  36. #38 February 5, 2011 at 6:53 pm

    Grady commented:

    You do know that Fox has been running film from Al Jazeera, right? Al Jazeera happens to have the best footage of the riots in Egypt.
    Does that make Fox anti-semitic?

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