Are we funding terrorist sympathizers?

It wouldn't be the first time, of course. Still, this story just irritates the hell out of me. Here we are, setting up a network which is supposed to provide an alternative to the terrorist-enabling al-Jazeera, and instead it sounds just like it: http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110010178. I guess that it's really true that we never seem to learn our lessons here.....