$500 million less to donate to Hamas

Future of Capitalism makes a good point about the sale of Future TV to al-Jazeera in the US.

The one point Mr. Crovitz did not make but could have is this one —
whatever the flaws of the Al Jazeera - Current deal, at least Al Jazeera
had to pay $500 million to gain access to the American market. That's
$500 million less that the emir of Qatar will now have available to
donate to Hamas, or