Posted by
Michael on Friday, November 24, 2006 7:05:07 AM
Right now, as I write, I'm watching the
15-minute free preview stream of
Al Jazeera International. I just watched an ad for Qatar Airways, which was interesting to say the least. There's a show called "Every Woman" which focuses on women's rights throughout the world.
Street Talk: Host is calling Iraq presence a "predicament." I'm noticing from the host of this show that this is almost just like watching the BBC, only slightly Arab-ized. The host has a slick British accent. He's talking about a survey now saying that the Americans are the worst to travellers.
Okay, this show is really bad. The host is now talking about Japanese fashion trends. And they end the show with some weird Reggae/hip hop chanting thing.
The weather lady is a British woman with a blonde bob cut. She's telling us that it'll be rather pleasant in Morocco.
Ads again!! Ugh.
I'm noticing that all the ads seem like the ones that we see in the Olympics. There was just one for Qatar Financial Center that did that whole music video "We're helping the people" thing that's really annoying. Where do they get the music for these things? Oh god, another Qatar Airways ad.
I'm seeing an ad for a documentary on
Mohammed Amin that looks interesting.
News: Now we're getting somewhere. The news is showing up. They're going to be talking about a grandmother who became a Palestinian suicide bomber, a KGB spy being killed and Baghdad is filled "cries and screams of Shiites."
Damn, right when it was getting interesting my 15 minute stream ended.
Go fig.