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fallentimes on Oct 9, 2008 | parent | context | favorite | on: Loving Hacker News to Death... What next?

Agreed. It's why I read BBC & Al Jazeera as often as I read WSJ, the Washington Post and NY Times.

But if you do it for antsy, looking-for-something-else-to-do-besides-work reading, I think you're OK.

maxklein on Oct 9, 2008 [–]

Al Jazeera is good. But some years back, I used to live in a place where I got Al Jazeera Arabic. That channel is WAY too gory. Some stuff just should not be shown on TV when I'm flicking through looking for some late night softcore.

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