Al Gore personally pockets $100 million in al-Jazeera sale....
"Gore Went to Bat for Al Jazeera, and Himself" - NY Times
Gore used all his lobbying pressure to make sure cable companies committed to Current stayed with al-Jazeera. The payoff: a $500 million buyout, with $100 million going to Gore himself. That's the American way. But Al, maybe a 10% contribution to a 9/11 family fund?
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/03/gore-went-to-bat-for-al-jazeera-and-himself/
Gore used all his lobbying pressure to make sure cable companies committed to Current stayed with al-Jazeera. The payoff: a $500 million buyout, with $100 million going to Gore himself. That's the American way. But Al, maybe a 10% contribution to a 9/11 family fund?
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/03/gore-went-to-bat-for-al-jazeera-and-himself/