that landed him a huge payday we are hearing from former vice president al gore on why he decided to sell his media company current tv to al-jazeera a network that expressed extremely anti-american views in the not too distant past in particular the arab wing he sold to al-jazeera english but they, too, have come under heavy criticism for anti-american alleged bias sees. take a listen to mr. gore's response when he was questioned by matt lauer about the sale of his network to al-jazeera on "the today show". >> even as you sold to al-jazeera you in the book blast other television news programs saying this, virtually every news and political commentary program on television is sponsored in part by oil, coal and gas companies not just in campaign seasons but all of the time year in and year out with messages designed to soothe and reassure the audience that everything is fine, the global