When fossil fuel-phobic Al Gore sold his "Current TV" network to Al Jazeera, we noted the oil-based irony and mourned the passing of our favorite primetime lineup. After all, Current had been home to crackpots like Keith Olbermann and Dating Game contestants like Jennifer Granholm for the better part of ten years. That kind of crazy is hard to come by and we knew that we wouldn't see anything quite like Current again. MSNBC does it's best to fill the void, but it's just not the same.
Anyway, Al Jazeera America premiered a little over two years ago, and it was hailed by the left as a breath of fresh air. Finally, unbiased individuals would be doing serious news about serious international affairs. Folks like Hillary Clinton had long been suggesting that Al Jazeera's U.S. viewership was skyrocketing because unlike American media, they did "real news."