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"It is better to take refuge in Adonai than to trust in human beings; better to take refuge in Adonai than to put one's trust in princes." -Tehilah 118:8-9



Mighty Fools

I haven't enjoyed FOX NEWS since the day after the 2004 election. It was almost as if a switch had flipped and they went from brilliant to boring overnight. A couple weeks later, I found out why: Saudi Arabia, excuse me, the House of Saud bought 5% of News Corp, the parent company of FOX NEWS. It's taken the rest of the pro-Israel world nearly 4 years to catch up, but finally they, too, have taken notice of FOX's subsequential change of heart:

Fox Guarding the Wolf House [FrontPageMag.com]
In September of 2005, Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal purchased 5.46 per cent of Class B voting shares in News Corp, the company that owns Fox News and a number of other media and entertainment entities. This had replaced the three per cent stake in Class A non-voting shares bin Talal had previously held through his investment corporation, Kingdom Holding Company (KHC).

With his newfound voting rights, bin Talal stated his intention of supporting Rupert Murdoch, the principal owner of News Corp, helping Murdoch to stay in power and avoid hostile takeover by other interested investors. Some have said that this was like making a deal with the devil, as Murdoch has been left vulnerable to the whims of an individual that has been involved in despicable causes.

...Utilizing his position of power within Fox News (today, he is the second largest shareholder), bin Talal has worked to influence programming at the station. An infamous example of this was reported in a December 2005 article found in WorldNetDaily, stating:

During the violent street protests in France one month ago, the prince said, Fox News ran a banner at the bottom of the screen that said "Muslim riots."

"I picked up the phone and called Murdoch ... [and told him] these are not Muslim riots, these are riots out of poverty," al-Walid said.

"Within 30 minutes, the title was changed from Muslim riots to civil riots."

This incident was precisely the type of scenario that then-Mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani tried to avoid, when after the 9/11 attacks, he rejected a $10 million check from bin Talal for the renovation of New York, that was attached to statements made by the Prince critical of the United States’ relationship to Israel. The question now is how many more incidents, such as the one concerning the French Muslim riots, have occured without the notice of the American public? And how far has bin Talal’s influence been able to reach?
The number one question any good Jewish business person asks is, "How am I getting paid?" Now, we not only know how FOX NEWS is getting paid, we know what they're doing to earn their money.

And don't think they're the only ones. "Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's"; more often than not, what belongs to Caesar isn't just someone's money, it is their soul. Independent media sources are the only way to go. Unfortunately, as more and more "independent" blogs grow in size and popularity, they become dependent on outside sources of funding-- donations, ad sponsorship, or otherwise-- to keep going. Never cease to seek out the small sources, the individual bloggers, the every day writers. They are the simple who will- and do- make fools of the wise.

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