Fox Fails to Report on Saudi Journalist Kashgari Facing Death for ‘Blasphemy’
Say — you don’t suppose the fact that Prince Talal bin Alwaleed owns the second-largest block of stock (7 percent) in Newscorp, Fox News’ parent company, not to mention a new $300 million stake in Twitter (almost 4 percent), has anything to do with Fox silence on this Saudi black eye of a story?
After all, it was Saudi dictator King Abdullah — Alwaleed’s uncle — whom press accounts credit with ordering the tweeting journalist’s hot pursuit and imprisonment. And it is Saudi Arabia’s adherence to Islamic limits on free speech that is driving Kashgari’s ordeal.
I didn’t really need another reason to ignore Fox News, but I will put this in the rotation.