Neil Best interviewed by Al Jazeera outside Yankee Stadium

Neil Best Watchdog, 4/17/09: "That's it for me. It's been a surprisingly limited, lackluster week of blogging, given that I attended two historic stadium openings, met Erin Andrews, saw 85-year-old Jerry Coleman on the F train at 11 p.m., (and)

• was interviewed by Al Jazeera outside Yankee Stadium"...

Al Jazeera had previously sought to build on its mainstream appeal via Mr. Best and the Yankees. Mr. Best's 4/4/09 blog entry about the new Yankee clubhouse:

• Neil Best Watchdog, 4/4/09: "The other thing was something that would have been great for blogging purposes had it actually come off.

• I was scheduled to be interviewed before the game about high ticket prices by Al Jazeera. ...

• THE Al Jazeera. But the reporter had to cancel at the last minute because of another breaking story."...

Sports by Brooks noted 1/9/09 that Al Jazeera targeted sports to increase its global influence. From Sports by Brooks on Al Jazeera's pitch:

• "AL JAZEERA is proving that it can see and expose the biggest, most important sports news
• to a homogeneous religious audience

• that disagrees with much nearly all of the culture that manifests itself
• in the sport on the screen."...

and

• "a successful bid for the English top-flight’s rights could completely change the way the (Al Jazeera) network is viewed across the world, which could have

• deep socio-political effects in countries as far and wide as the U.S."...

However, we're greatly relieved. A brand new report from the Obama administration Department of Homeland Security assures us the only terror threat the United States faces is from its own citizens. Especially returning war veterans who might be potential right wing extremists.

• Huffington Post on Dept. of Homeland Security alert for suspicious American citizens.

• CBS tv's Morning Show with Harry Smith on 4/15 details new fears we should have about American citizens. An official from the Southern Poverty Law Center joins the show, agreeing about
• the new scourge.

Top photo of Al Jazeera studio from Honest Reporting, 2/22/04. Bottom ad from front page of NY Times website, 1/09/09

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