Watch Unfiltered Foreign News at The University’s Alderman Library

Posted by Thor on February 18th, 2008 23 Comments

ATTENTION! UVa just purchased 4 new television sets and DISH Network international programming to give students non American-biased news. Are you serious? They issued a press releases for this? What a waste. We can already get all these channels and more on the net. If UVa kids are interested enough in unbiased news, shouldn’t they already be reading/watching those sources… The one question I have is, do they get Playboy TV en Espanol? If UVa really does want to help homesick foreign students, what better way to comfort them?

Photo courtesy of DISH Network.

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23 Responses to “Watch Unfiltered Foreign News at The University’s Alderman Library”

  1. 18 Feb 2008 at 5:54 pm1Street said:

    I’d like to see the Swahilian version of The Daily Show, or the Maori take on Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.

  2. 18 Feb 2008 at 7:45 pm2Jim Duncan said:

    I’m struggling to ascertain how this qualifies as news. Maybe the “news” is UVA’s apparent discovery of news sources outside of the States.

  3. 18 Feb 2008 at 8:52 pm3lilith said:

    I’m going to pull my “is nothing sacred?” card. Do you guys not realize the significance of being able to watch Al-Jazeera? I feel so disappointed that this achievement could be tossed out as “whatever.” For the longest time (and this may still be the case), Al-Jazeera videos were pulled from the internet as soon as they appeared. The BBC, like the Economist, ain’t bad for some real global perspective, but I don’t see Al-Jazeera coming in your 8,000 ESPN channel cable packages. And how about any of the international students who would like to watch something familiar while they’re studying halfway around the world? Maybe you’d like to explain to them how Fox News is “fair and balanced.” I know, you can probably use this thing called the internet to watch foreign news, but I kind of like that UVA’s flaunting some global perspective.

  4. 18 Feb 2008 at 8:52 pm4more than cheese said:

    Go lilith!!!

  5. 18 Feb 2008 at 10:32 pm5Silmo Syrup said:

    Britain has regulations prohibiting the broadcast (terrestrial, cable, satellite) of news programs that are not politically biased. Fox News is prohibited. Al Jazeera in English … probably not

  6. 18 Feb 2008 at 11:04 pm6Bin Lowdown said:

    @3 said “I don’t see Al-Jazeera coming in your 8,000 ESPN channel cable packages.”

    In fact, Al Jazeera is included in three different Arabic packages available on Dish Network.

    http://www.allsat.com/international/arabic.php

    It looks like UVA is engaged in another PC stunt, and you fell for it.

  7. 19 Feb 2008 at 2:09 am7Esteban said:

    I am confused - why would foreign news be “unbiased”? Al-Jazeera is a different perspective, but almost by definition any major news organization cannot be “unbiased.”

  8. 19 Feb 2008 at 6:44 am8Jim Duncan said:

    All news is biased. Being able to recognize and discern that bias is key.

  9. 19 Feb 2008 at 7:38 am9lilith said:

    Add up the news and divide by the number of news sources.

  10. 19 Feb 2008 at 9:02 am10Silmo Syrup said:

    Dang Lil. Algebra assignments at this hour.
    I liked it better when you were ordering us to to review beer run, the box, crush, etc

  11. 19 Feb 2008 at 9:29 am11belmont yo said:

    I dont watch news to be informed, I merely wish to be reassured of my preconceived notions.

    Go ‘Murika!

  12. 19 Feb 2008 at 9:53 am12lilith said:

    I actually don’t watch news myself. I am endlessly disappointed with the sensational stories (be afraid! your neighborhood/fresh spinach/crime force/pet population/school principal isn’t safe!), and to be honest, a bit freaked out by most female anchors’ faces. I much prefer to read my news, go straight to the stories I actually care about.

  13. 19 Feb 2008 at 10:03 am13Stanley said:

    Lilith: this is America. We don’t speak spinach here. Sheesh.

  14. 19 Feb 2008 at 10:28 am14Street said:

    @12 I am with you there, lillith. Fear sells and everyone is buying. (37 people were killed by falling down stairs this year alone! Don’t breathe, there may be germs in the air! Death kills!) It’s such a rarity to hear positive, encouraging news stories. I get my news from a variety of sources on the ‘net, since it’s simple to do a little cross checking, to get the story straight.(or straighter, as the case may be)

  15. 19 Feb 2008 at 10:33 am15belmont yo said:

    Is cvillain the gateway to internet addiction? We’ll find out at eleven.

  16. 19 Feb 2008 at 10:49 am16Street said:

    I can’t wait ’til eleven! Tell me now!

    /fidgets

  17. 19 Feb 2008 at 10:53 am17belmont yo said:

    No, no… you are going to have to watch three Active-Weather-Storm-Tracker-Future-Casts first.

    /absolutely no work. will be tearing up these boards today, sorry

  18. 19 Feb 2008 at 11:05 am18Street said:

    Can I watch them simultaneously?

  19. 19 Feb 2008 at 11:09 am19belmont yo said:

    How many eyes do you have?

  20. 19 Feb 2008 at 11:19 am20Street said:

    Two in the front. (but my kids swear I have one in the back of my head. I don’t know if there’s one back there or not, since I’ve never seen it)

  21. 19 Feb 2008 at 11:38 am21belmont yo said:

    but my kids swear I have one in the back of my head. I don’t know if there’s one back there or not, since I’ve never seen it

    Eyerony?

  22. 19 Feb 2008 at 11:44 am22Street said:

    Eye, Captain, the eyes have it!

    /awful puns

  23. 19 Feb 2008 at 11:54 am23Lurker31 said:

    Excellent source for original international news broadcasting, albeit at weird hours (available on Comacast, can’t remember the channel).

    http://www.mhznetworks.org/

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