Buried at the end of
this article is this little Ishtar egg...
Saudi prince [al-Walid bin Talal] gives Sharon 'benefit of the doubt' for peace
First Published 2005-12-05, Last Updated 2005-12-05 12:32:48...
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."
So who's bin Talil? Here's a fun fact:
I like
this great "asnide" from the comments accompanying the Think Progress blog entry:
In a swipe at FOX News’s chairman and propaganda minister, my pal Gene Gaudette (who was talking about this nasty little story earlier today) quipped that “FOX News should change its name to ‘Ailes Jazeera!’”