Billionaire Saudi Prince al-Walid bin Talal, whose offer of $10 million after the 9/11 atrocities was rejected by Rudy Giuliani, has a very revealing and very troubling statement reported by Middle East Online. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)

Al-Walid also criticised US media which he described as “in general … pro-Israel.” But he also accused Arabs of not being pro-active in fighting the allegedly slanted media.

He said that during last month’s street protests in France, the US television network Fox — owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation in which Al-Walid himself has shares — ran a banner saying: “Muslim riots.”

“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.”