I signed the petition ... and added the following comment!

I am sick and tired of the corporate agenda in US print and electronic media. I watch AJE via Internet and avoid the mainstream ultra dumb and potentially dangerous US media.
Peter @truevaluemetric

Censoring Al Jazeera in America
Weldon Kennedy, Change.org mail@change.org to me
show details 8:24 AM (16 hours ago)

Tell Comcast to broadcast Al Jazeera English in the U.S.

Dear Peter,

Al Jazeera English (AJE) is one of the most influential news networks in the world -- it reaches over 250 million households in 120 countries on 6 continents. But, like the people of Antarctica, most Americans don't have access to AJE.

Why not? Because most American cable companies refuse to broadcast the network.

While most American news networks broadcast American points of view, AJE offers local perspectives on breaking news in North Africa and the Middle East, such as this year's revolutions in Egypt and Libya. That's information that many Americans want to see.

In fact, earlier this year, AJE delivered letters from 70,000 supporters to cable companies across the U.S. asking them to broadcast AJE. One company, Time Warner Cable in New York City, agreed to broadcast AJE to its 2 million subscribers. As a result, New York City is one of only 5 places in the U.S. where AJE is available.

Now, a small grassroots organization called Rethink Press has started a petition on Change.org asking Comcast cable company to broadcast AJE. Please sign the petition today.

Comcast claims it won't broadcast AJE because there isn't enough demand, despite the 70,000 people who have already asked them to broadcast the network.

Perhaps the real reason is that Comcast owns a rival network: MSNBC. When corporations like Comcast prevent Americans from having access to divergent points of view, it's an infringement upon our right to free press. As the folks at Rethink Press say, 'We believe democracies need information to flourish.'

Sign the petition today to tell Comcast to broadcast AJE in America:

http://www.change.org/petitions/comcast-broadcast-al-jazeera-english-now

Thanks for being a change-maker,

- Weldon and the Change.org team