Wednesday, December 14, 2005

FrontPage magazine.com: Buying Fox News

FrontPage magazine.com :: Buying Fox News by Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld and Alyssa A. Lappen

A fascinating quote:

After bin Talal purchased his voting shares in News Corp., on September 23, 2005, he stated in an advertising supplement to the New York Times, “When I invest in a group like CITICROUP, the Four Seasons, the News Corp. or Time Warner, my objective is not to manage those companies.” But this is not quite accurate, considering the Prince’s December 5, 2005 statement given to Middle East Online regarding his ability to change what viewers see on Fox News. Covering the riots in Paris last November, Fox ran a banner saying: "Muslim riots." Bin Talal was not happy. "I picked up the phone and called Murdoch... (and told him) these are not Muslim riots, these are riots out of poverty," he said. "Within 30 minutes, the title was changed from Muslim riots to civil riots."

The Gospel according to Fox News: poor Muslim immigrants = terrorists; wealthy Muslim financier = Rupert Murdoch's sugar daddy.

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