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Stlrs4Life
08-20-2010, 10:09 AM
http://www.steeleraddicts.com/forum/images/smilies/greengrin.gif LOL, how ironic:


http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/...by-sharia-law/ (http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/08/17/hey-fox-fans-your-favorite-network-is-part-owned-by-a-saudi-prince-whose-family-rules-by-sharia-law/)


Posted by digby (http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/author/digby/) at 10:56 am
August 17, 2010
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Hey Fox Fans, Your Favorite Network Is Part-Owned By a Saudi Prince Whose Family Rules By Sharia Law


Posted by digby (http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/author/digby/) on @ 10:56 am
Article printed from speakeasy: http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy
URL to article: http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/08/17/hey-fox-fans-your-favorite-network-is-part-owned-by-a-saudi-prince-whose-family-rules-by-sharia-law/



This post first appeared on Hullabaloo. (http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/)
Maybe Newtie could persuade Rupert Murdoch to have his partners build some synagogues and churches and end all this unpleasantness (http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/investing/news-corp-the-saudi-prince-and-the-ground-zero-mosque/19593554/).

The stridency with which Fox News personalities attack the downtown Islamic center — red meat for the millions who tune in each night — is an example of the often uneasy relationship and occasionally diverging interests between many of News Corp.’s properties, in this case Fox News and its parent corporation.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9ks36c549BI/TGquJqFJCQI/AAAAAAAABjc/N1gfOWft-Pg/s400/sheik.jpg (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9ks36c549BI/TGquJqFJCQI/AAAAAAAABjc/N1gfOWft-Pg/s1600/sheik.jpg)
For example, News Corp.’s second-largest shareholder (http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_05/b4165010350026.htm), after the Murdoch family, is Prince Alwaleed bin Talal (http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_05/b4165010350026.htm) (pictured above ), the nephew of Saudi Arabian King Abdullah, and one of the world’s richest men.
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Saudi Arabia, which is ruled by Alwaleed’s uncle King Abdullah, is, of course, an authoritarian petro-monarchy that actually is governed by Sharia law and is known as one of the top global sponsors of terrorism. A spokesperson for the Saudi embassy in Washington says that while Alwaleed is part of the royal family, he isn’t a member of the government, but rather a private citizen.
I doubt all those Fox news patriots know that the same News Corp that’s owned by a Wahhabist Saudi prince just donated a million dollars (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/17/news-corp-donates-1-milli_n_684462.html) to the Republican party. Of course they’ll never find out because the only network they watch is the same terrorist funded network that’s doing it.
But if they were to hear about it, considering that they all seem to be so worried about the terrorists coming to kill them in their beds, I would imagine they’d be uncomfortable about getting all their news from a network that’s partially owned by one of “them.” And I’d be very surprised if they were sanguine about a scary Muslim donating to their patriotic political party. Why next thing you know they’ll be trying to build community centers near Ground Zero.
At the very least, this whole thing is very insensitive, don’t you think? After all, some people really hate Muslims and it’s very unpleasant for them to have to watch news networks that are owned by them and be asked vote for a Party that’s funded by them. I’m not saying that Murdoch should be forced to stop donating millions to Republicans or partnering with Saudi princes who believe in Sharia law. I just think it’s common sense that he wouldn’t do it in the first place.
h/t to @markos.

SteelCityMom
08-20-2010, 10:12 AM
:rofl2: That tickles me.

NJarhead
08-20-2010, 10:14 AM
"Terrorist funded???" And they make fun of the community center debate too????

Garbage article. :coffee:

Wallace108
08-20-2010, 10:29 AM
He also owns a large stake in Disney. I say we put Mickey Mouse on the terrorist watch list. For what it's worth, he also owns stake in Time Warner (CNN). :coffee:

LLT
08-20-2010, 10:37 AM
OH boy...

News Corp is an umbrella company that governs hundreds of business in TV/Film Entertainment...Cable network programming...Direct Broadcast Satellite Television...Integrated Marketing Services...Newspapers and Information Services...Book Publishing & Printing...and numerous other ventures.

They sell stock like EVERY other large corporation in the world...and yes.....a saudi prince bought stock.

Seriously...Do you REALLY think that those of us who follow politics are going to wring our hands about this kind of "Red Herring" story, when its well known and documented that Rubert Murdoch himself endorsed Obama??? :wtf:

The writer of the story apparantly missed the forest for the trees. :der:

Wallace108
08-20-2010, 10:43 AM
Also, you don't think Murdoch has a vested interest in bin Talal?


Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch has partnered with Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal to launch a new 24-hour news network for the Arab world, a move that has drawn mockery from Murdoch's critics and questions from media experts.
http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0709/murdochs-news-corp-launch-arabic-fox-news/

Stay tuned for The Achmed Factor.

venom
08-20-2010, 11:45 AM
Let the millions get their news from FoxNews and the others get their news from Comedy Central's Jon Leibowitz .

http://www.berezobama.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/obama-confused.jpg

SteelerEmpire
08-20-2010, 12:53 PM
Just goes to show that Red, White and Blue are America's 2nd colors... Green is its first and its moral guide...
Isen't that the same guy that offered to donate $30 million after 911 and Rudy Guliani refused to accept it because the guy said he was sympathetic to terrorists ? I'm pretty sure its him...

Vincent
08-20-2010, 01:08 PM
Just goes to show that Red, White and Blue are America's 2nd colors... Green is its first and its moral guide...

Stunning clarity.

Arrest that man!!