(NEWSER) – Cable companies aren't thrilled about the idea of Current TV turning into Al Jazeera America, and might have dropped the network the moment the deal was announced—if Al Gore hadn't strong-armed them into keeping it, the New York Times reports. Gore personally lobbied distributors, reminding them that their contract with Current calls it a news channel, and that since Al Jazeera is certainly a news channel, booting it would raise issues of prejudice. "The lawyers for the carriers couldn't find their way around it," one source said.
