WDSC Public Files (Al Jazeera)

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---------------- The Organizations -----------------

AJE - Al Jazeera English

WDSC-TV - A public TV station owned by Daytona State College

MHZ Worldview - A TV network that provides Al Jazeera English, Russia Today and other programs to TV stations

RT - Russia Today

--------------- The People -----------------

Richard Bettis - A soldier who complained to WDSC-TV

Karen Noonan - WDSC-TV Program Director

Stephanie Misar - Marketing Director for MHZ Network

Bruce Dunn - WDSC-TV General Manger

Here is the timeline ...

 (as best we can determine)

July 2008:  WDSC-TV begins to carry Worldview programing. It includes Russia Today but NOT Al Jazeera English.

April 2009:  MHZ Worldview added Al Jazeera to their national program feed. WDSC airs it nightly 7 days per week.

October 2009: WDSC recieves a complaint from a soldier living in Ocala. WDSC Program Director seems to have been unaware that they were airing Al Jazeera English.

December 2009: WDSC recieves a letter from Senator Nelson.

January 2010: WDSC stops airing Al Jazeera English. Shortly thereafter they add it back in to their programing.

It is ironic that WDSC and the proponents for Russia Today want to give Valdamir Putin free airtime on U.S. taxpayer supported public television, when Putin has all but eliminated the free press in Russia.

Disclaimer: The following files were taken from the Public File at WDSC-TV. These are my personal copies that I have made some markings on but I did not change the information that was in them. I have tried to place them in chronological order. If you want exact copies you should obtain them from the station directly.

WDSC-TV Public Files