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Ian David

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January 14, 2013

.... aaaaand SATAN!



January 3, 2013

When Right-Wingers whinge about this, remind them Fox "News" is owned by Murdoch and a Saudi prince.

... And not just ANY Saudi prince. The Saudi Prince behind the so-called "Ground Zero Mosque."



Rupert Murdoch, controlling owner of News Corp., with Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal at the Abu Dhabi Media Summit in March. Waleed holds 7 percent of the voting stock of the media company.

The proposed construction of an Islamic center and mosque close to ground zero in New York City has inspired intense scrutiny from news outlets this month — and few have outstripped the Fox News Channel in their interest.

That's especially true on Fox's opinion-driven shows in the morning and evening hours. Familiar figures including Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham have repeatedly asked where the money for the center will come from.

Yet the parent company of Fox News shares a financial backer with the imam who is at the center of the firestorm. The second-largest holder of voting stock in News Corp. is Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, a nephew of the Saudi king. And through his philanthropies, Waleed has given generously to initiatives pursued by the imam, Feisal Abdul Rauf.

But that connection has not been spelled out by Fox to viewers. Fox's intense coverage of the Islamic center, combined with its lack of disclosure about the corporate connection to Waleed, has sparked scorn from some media critics and from liberals — including, repeatedly, from satirist Jon Stewart.

More:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129584557

January 1, 2013

I didn't fuck it up



See also:

G.O.P. Anger Over Tax Deal Endangers Final Passage
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014353292

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