FOX SELLOUT UPDATE: THE FOX BECOMES A HEN?
By Paul L. Williams, Ph.D. - thelastcrusade.org
Former prominent guests on Fox News, including Walid Shoebat, contend that Fox News Corporation has surrendered its “fair and balanced” coverage of Islam and events in the Middle East for a fistful of Saudi cash.
Their contention is based on a series of recent developments within the media giant.
The first development was the news that Rupert Murdoch, CEO of News Corporation, invested $70 million in the Rotana Group, an enterprise owned by Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, a nephew of Saudi King Abdullah. The Rotana Group operates a host of TV channels throughout the Middle East and is a leading producer of Arabic movies.
Next came Mr. Murdoch’s decision to make Abu Dhabi, the headquarters of the News Corporation’s global media operations in the Middle East.
On Monday, the Fox Business Network announced that it will dispatch a full-time correspondent to the Middle East in order to inform Americans of the unique business opportunities in such places as Syria, a country that provides shelter for Hamas, the Islamic Jihad, and Hezbollah and support the insurgents in Iraq.
In the wake of this announcement, Fox news commentators – – including Glenn Beck, Charles Krauthammer, A.B. Stoddard and Bill Kristol condemned Geert Wilders, a well-respected Dutch dignitary and critic of radical Islam, as a “fascist” and a “demagogue.”
Mr. Krauthammer said that Mr. Wilders, who is the leading candidate for Prime Minister in The Netherlands, doesn’t know the difference between Islam and Islamism, a distinction known only to Mr. Krauthammer.
While Mr. Beck labeled Mr. Wilders as a “fascist,” Ms. Stoddard expressed her agreement with Krauthammer and added that “if people like this (Mr. Wilders) are elected to lead Holland it will suffer the consequences.
What caused this denunciation?
Mr. Wilders produced a short documentary on Islam in Holland called “Fitna” in which he argued that “there is no such thing as ‘moderate Islam’” and that the Prophet Muhammad would “. . . in these days be hunted down as a terrorist.”
Only last year, Mr. Wilders was a popular guest on Fox News. Bill O’Reilly formally welcomed him to America and criticized Britain for banning him entry to the “hallowed isle.” In the past, the former member of the Dutch National Parliament was a frequent guest on Fox News. Last February, Bill O’Reilly welcomed Mr. Wilders to America, while condemning a scared Britain for banning him entrance to the country.
Other news about the parent company of Fox News began to surface, including reports that Kingdom Holding owns at least 7% of the News Corporation and has become the second largest shareholder in the Murdoch conglomerate. Some speculate that the actual shares controlled by Kingdom Holding through a hedge fund may exceed 25%.
Kingdom Holding is owned by Prince Talal, who is called “the Arabian Warren Buffet.” Listed by Forbes as the world’s 22nd richest person, Prince Talal also owns substantial shares of Time Warner, Apple, eBay, Disney, and Citibank. For charities, he gives millions to Hamas and other pro-Palestinian organizations.
Critics say that Prince Talal’s sizeable investment in the News Corporation accounts for Fox News programs critical of Israel, including a series of special reports in which Carl Cameron and Brit Hume alleged that Israel gathered information about the attacks of 9/11 and failed to warn the American people.
Walid Shoebat, a former member of the Palestine Liberation Organization, who converted to Christianity, charges that Fox New now prohibits critics of Islam and Islamic terror from appearing on its broadcasts.
“He himself (Prince bin Talal) said, ‘I just had to make a phone call to [tell them to] stop using the word Muslim’ regarding the rioting in France,” Mr. Shoebad notes. “Bill O’Reilly says to Ibrahim Hooper, the head of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), that he is an upstanding citizen. Since when was the head of CAIR an upstanding citizen?”
Mr. Shoebat adds that viewers will no longer be seeing any so-called “Islamophobes” on Fox. “Today, I’m not invited at Fox News. Neither is Robert Spencer or Brigitte Gabriel,” he laments. “But Ibrahim Hooper is invited to speak at Fox News. It used to be that experts on terrorism who are critical of the Islamic views [were] able to get a voice on Fox News. Those days are gone.” Mr. Shoebat says that instead of airing those critical views of Islam, Fox News now legitimizes Hooper, the spokesman for CAIR, a group which he maintains is a front for Islamic terrorists.
OK………..If Fox go’s ,PC….Then it’s up to us. We are anything but PC….I can not…..no maybe I can believe Beck called him a Fascist…….Beck seems to love preaching about his 9 values and stays so far from the line on taking back the Gov by what ever means . Kinda like what Chamberlain was probably saying right before Hitler started Bombing. I’ve said it before and will say it again.
Every damn Muslim in this Country is suspect to me………Until they stand up and proclaim I am an American and Denounce this Violence….If you bitch about harassment…..know what……it will stop when you start turning in your Local Imams who are preaching Death to America. When you stop dancing in the street at every attack. You should be shot on site for doing that. Some day some politician here will have the stones like Mr. Wilder’s and start putting the Hammer down and you watch the back lash. Did you also Notice Mr. Wilder’s Party are gobbling up seat.. And I love Ms. Stoddard’s comment that if Mr. Wilder’s party is elected that they will suffer the consequences……….what, like they won’t have to live under Sharia law………..I’m all in favor of Giving Stoddard a Burqa…….head to toe……..not even eye slits……..bitch.
I am so fed up. Muslims………..as G. W. said, EITHER YOUR WITH US, OR AGAINST US………NOW PROVE IT, QUIT YOUR BITCHIN< OR EXPECT THE CONSEQUENCES!!!!
Agreed Steve, if push come to shove we have none but ourselves. IF fox goes that route so be it we have other venues. Fox is not or has ever been the Alpha or Omega of conservative outlets. Yes they have been useful but I wont lose any sleep if they happen to go the way of political correctness.
Only time will tell before we find out if Fox news pendulum starts to swing the other way.
If this is true about Fox news it’s definitely a disappointing & disturbing trend. Thank goodness for the internet! We still have this means of spreading our message. Who knows for how long?
BTW Steve;
“I’m all in favor of Giving Stoddard a Burqa…….head to toe”
Great plan!
Actually, I’ve always felt that Muslims, who consider women unfit to be seen, should be blindfolded so the women may walk around dressed as they please.
Love your idea, CC! Makes perfect sense to me.
I’ve always thought that Muslim men’s insistence that their women cover themselves from head to toe when they’re out in public really speaks to the men’s weakness of character. They have such little confidence in their own self-control that they are of the mind that if a woman exposes her hair or an elbow to public view, the men will become WILD with lust. Pretty pathetic statement about themselves!
Will……..when push comes to shove……I think they will be surprised how hard we push back. I just hope I am not putting to much faith in my fellow Americans to not just roll over and play sheep. You know the old story of the Rabbi and when they came for the Gypsies he said nothing. Then they came for the Homosexuals and again he said nothing………blah blah, then they came for him and he wondered why no one called out to save him…..there was no one left. We have to learn from that and not allow them to pick off 1 group at a time. The first group to go is, to me, the signal that the game is on. I hope everyone else sees it like me, or we’re goners.
CC I love your plan, except how bout we just take a hot poker and stick them in their eyes if they are so offended and tempted…………these pigs, they treat women with less respect than their goats whom I’ve been told that they…..Oh never mind, I forgot it’s a family Blog………LOL
Burqa my ass………at least the surrender monkey French have taken a stand and forbidden it in public…..We need to find a leader with stones to kill PC before PC gets us killed.
CC, Eowyn and Steve,
I am with you all the way!!! The men of Islam are lowlifes, I have never had respect for their beliefs, and Eo put it correctly, Weak cowards. Steve, I am arming myself primarily for the day it is our turn to retaliate against the murdering muslims, my finger twitches every time I read about Islam.
As for FOX News, I have been getting a sense of their wavering conservative reporting so have been wholly dependant on the internet for news.
BobA,
I am sad that you’re confirming the rumors about FoxNews. (I don’t have cable!)
Hopefully, some Mr. or Ms. Big Bucks will seize the opportunity and fill the vacuum of FoxNews’ retreat with a new conservative TV news. In the meantime, we’ll rely on the Internet for our unvarnished conservative news and opinion — at least while we still have freedom of the Internet.
Bob, I notice my finger sorta does an involuntary twitch also………..LOL
Fox News has been shifting leftward for a long time, which is why I hardly watch it anymore.
I get most of my news from the Internet and radio.
-Dave