I had seen their propaganda videos on Twitter for years, but I never bothered to look up what it was before. It was just one of many radical left-wing outlets pumping out videos of half-truths and straight up lies, nothing special or unique. When I finally did look it up, it all made sense.
I’m talking about the AJ Plus social media feed, not only on Twitter but also on TikTok, YouTube and pretty much anything else you can think of. Despite its extreme anti-American and anti-western agenda, it’s popular because the algorithms allow it to be popular — algorithms put in place by companies which either lack values or share those of AJ Plus.
I do not support a ban on leftist propaganda, but it's important to call it out for what it is, lest anyone mistake lies for truth.
The AJ Plus account is Al Jazeera, a network I have even appeared on many times. But until I saw a video about the movie "Oppenheimer" premiering in Japan, I had never made the connection between the television network, which seems to welcome diverse opinions on at least some matters, and its........