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The
Weekly Standard reports that when Al Jazeera America “goes live later this year, its flagship primetime show,
America Tonight, will be broadcast from a studio in Washington’s Newseum…”
Unlike many other news organizations that rented temporary studio space
at the Newseum, “Al Jazeera will be the only news
organization that has a more permanent contract.”
The
Newseum is a “250,000-square-foot facility that offers visitors an
experience that blends five centuries of news history with up-to-the-second
technology and hands-on exhibits.” The Newseum mission is to “educate the public about the value of a free press.”
The
Freedom Forum is the main funder of the Newseum. The heading of the
Freedomforum.org web site boasts that it “is a
non-partisan foundation that champions the First Amendment as a cornerstone
of democracy.”
The
Weekly Standard reports “What Al Jazeera most seems
to need is credibility.” Al Jazeera is clearly seeking to garner
credibility by hosting their flagship show at the Newseum where democracy and
the First Amendment are championed.
It
is incomprehensible that an organization which boasts a “mission of
championing democracy and the First Amendment” would provide credibility to
Al Jazeera. Al Jazeera is a news company that is owned by a
non-democratic, monarch styled emirate who does not afford citizens freedom
of the press, espouses Islamic Sharia law and backs the leader of Hamas.
The
Wall Street Journal reports: More due diligence might have included a
review of the close journalistic coverage over the years of the Al Jazeera
Arabic and English broadcasts, which discloses the unsurprising fact that the
network reflects the interests of the government that runs it—making it akin
to the Vladimir Putin Russia Today and the Beijing Xinhua. The emir of Qatar,
Hamid bin Khalifa Al Thani, appointed his cousin as chairman of Al Jazeera.
The emir was last in the news for donating $400 million to Hamas.
Sharia
law is the main source of Qatari legislation. It is applied to aspects
of family law, inheritance, and certain criminal acts. Sharia courts
were abolished in 2003 but Sharia principles are still applied in matters
related to personal status (such as marriage, divorce and child custody). In
some cases a woman’s testimony is worth half a man’s and in some cases a
female witness is not accepted at all. As of 2005, certain provisions
of the Qatari Criminal law permitted punishments such as flogging and
stoning to be imposed as criminal sanctions. The UN found that these
practices constituted a breach of the obligations imposed by UN Convention.
Many provisions of Sharia law are antithetical to the rights afforded
under the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Aljazeera.com
reports that Qatar supported the April 1, 2013 re-election of Hamas
leader Khaled Meshaal. Khaled Mashaal said that the “Zionists are enemies
of Allah and the prophets, and called for preparing to liberate Jerusalem and
restore the homeland once more through jihad, the rifle, and self-sacrifice”
during
a speech in Cairo on October 3, 2012. Khaled Meshaal lives in
Qatar.
Please urge Newseum officials
not to denigrate the United States Bill of Rights and American
democracy by providing space to Al Jazeera at the Newseum. Florida Family
Association has prepared an email for you to send to Newseum officials.
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Please click here to send your email to the Newseum officials. Newseum Board of Trustees
Gene Policinski, Chief Operating Officer of Newseum Institute 202/292-6290 gpolicinski@fac.org Newseum and Freedom Forum Scott Williams, vice president/marketing 202/292-6560 swilliams@newseum.org Jonathan Thompson, manager/media relations 202/292-6353 jothompson@newseum.org The Freedom Forum, based in Washington, D.C., is a nonpartisan foundation that champions the First Amendment as a cornerstone of democracy. The Freedom Forum is the main funder of the operations of the Newseum in Washington, D.C., the First Amendment Center and the Newseum Institute. The First Amendment Center and the Newseum Institute are housed in the John Seigenthaler Center at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. The First Amendment Center also has offices in Washington and the Newseum Institute has offices and programs at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion. The Freedom Forum was established in 1991 under the direction of Founder Al Neuharth as successor to a foundation started in 1935 by Frank E. Gannett. The Freedom Forum is not affiliated with Gannett Co. Its work is supported by income from an endowment of diversified assets.
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Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Democracy and First Amendment champion Newseum to permanently host Al Jazeera America flagship show. Please send your email to Newseum officials.
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