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By Raw Story
Saturday, August 21st, 2010 -- 7:02 pm
The second largest shareholder in News Corp. -- the parent company of Fox News -- has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to causes linked to the imam planning to build a Muslim community center and mosque near Ground Zero in Manhattan, says a report from Yahoo!News.
According to the report from Yahoo!'s John Cook, Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, who owns seven percent of News Corp., "has directly funded [Imam Feisal Abdul] Rauf's projects to the tune of more than $300,000."
Cook reports that Prince Al-Waleed's personal charity, the Kingdom Foundation, donated $305,000 to Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow, a project sponsored by two of Rauf's initiatives, the American Society for Muslim Advancement and the Cordoba Initiative, which is building the Manhattan mosque.
That Fox News' second-largest shareholder, after Rupert Murdoch, has financial links to the "Ground Zero mosque" will be seen as ironic by critics of the news network, who have watched with chagrin as the network's talking heads attempt to link the mosque to radical Islamism.
Last week, Daily Show host Jon Stewart lambasted Fox panelist Eric Bolling's attempt to link the Cordoba Initiative to Hamas and Iran. Stewart used News Corp.'s connections to Prince Al-Waleed, and the prince's connections to the Carlyle Group and Osama bin Laden to make a tongue-in-cheek argument that Fox News may be a "terrorist command center."
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"Stewart didn't need to take all those steps to make the connection," Cook writes.
Cook also reports that Prince Al-Waleed has in the past funded a number of Islamic organizations that have been maligned by Fox News commentators:
Al-Waleed donated $500,000 to the Council on American-Islamic Relations — which has been repeatedly denounced on Fox News's air by Geller and others as a terror group — in 2002. Indeed, Rauf's "numerous ties to CAIR" alone have been cited by the mosque's opponents as a justification for imputing terrorist sympathies to him, yet few people seem to be asking whether Murdoch's extensive multi-billion business collaboration with the man who funds both Rauf and CAIR merits investigation or concern.
Other beneficiaries of Al-Waleed's largess include the Islamic Development Bank, a project designed to "foster the economic development and social progress of [Muslims] in accordance with the principles of Shari'ah." The IDB funds the construction of mosques around the world, and has been implicated by frequent Fox News guest Stephen Schwartz in an attempt to spread radical Wahhabism (a fundamentalist branch of Islam) throughout the United States.
Cook notes that it was none other than News Corp.'s New York Post that reported on Prince Al-Waleed's donation to Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow. He reports that Fox News had no comment for his article, and emails to the prince's Kingdom Foundation were not returned.
Prince Al-Waleed owns an estimated $2.5-billion-worth of News Corp. Majority shareholder Rupert Murdoch recently took a stake in the prince's Middle East-based media conglomerate, Rotana Group. Murdoch and Prince Al-Waleed are reportedly working on launching an Arabic news network that will compete with existing pan-Arabic networks Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya.
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come on you use guilt by association all the time.i don't blame you for staying silent,when your wrong your wrong :D :D :D
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come on you use guilt by association all the time.i don't blame you for staying silent,when your wrong your wrong :D :D :D
Most people don't care about Fox News, myself included. Its a Straw Man argument you on the left keep trying to make which goes nowhere everytime.
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fancy way of saying your wrong. ;D everyone on this site says they have the best ratings,but now nobody watches them, how convenient
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fancy way of saying your wrong. ;D everyone on this site says they have the best ratings,but now nobody watches them, how convenient
I can't speak for others, but I dont watch TV other than the Yankees games and some Discovery/History stuff.
The ratings issue is verified fact.
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Most people don't care about Fox News, myself included. Its a Straw Man argument you on the left keep trying to make which goes nowhere everytime.
so you don't care that Fox News (which gives funds to the Republican party and is clearly biased toward Republicans) accepts money from Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal and tailors news content to satisfy Saudi political interests ....but then you do clearly object about other Saudis (or perhaps even the same person) giving money to the "ten blocks away from ground zero Muslim cultural center"
I don't see the distinction
Are you doing drugs?
This is disgraceful on so many levels. And think about it, useful idiots and dupes are still supporting it under misguided notions of religious freedom when now they are telling us a mosque is not even going there.
I hope these disgusting imams and muslims, spawn 15 McVeighs to bring it down the day after its opened. The next day I hope its brought down.
2 years after, i hope a Jewish Group plans a massive a temple, or better yet, a meat factory processing pigs goes in there.
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the silence is deafening from the fox watchers :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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so you don't care that Fox News (which gives funds to the Republican party and is clearly biased toward Republicans) accepts money from Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal and tailors news content to satisfy Saudi political interests ....but then you do clearly object about other Saudis (or perhaps even the same person) giving money to the "ten blocks away from ground zero Muslim cultural center"
I don't see the distinction
I already said in the thread by 240 that the donations should have been returned and looked awful. Didnt you see that?
Fox News is mostly nonsense. I like the round tables with Bret Bair and the crew, but thats about it. FnF in the morning is beyond terrible.
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the silence is deafening from the fox watchers :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Maybe not as many people watch Fox News as you think or claim.
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no, i think their more ashamed that they been had by fox news :D :D :D :D
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no, i think their more ashamed that they been had by fox news :D :D :D :D
I wonder if they're as ashamed as I am when I read the abominations that are your posts.
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LMFAO what a moron you are blacken...
so b/c a share holder in fox donates to a certain group, fox then is donating to that group?
LOL ::) ::) ::) what an idiot
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you fucking clowns use guilt by association all the time :D :D
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who cares about the spelling nerdy boy just stick to the topic :D :D :D :D :D
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you fucking clowns use guilt by association all the time :D :D
Who uses Fox News exclusively as their source of news and justification for their beliefs?
Please, name one poster here who does that.
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you fucking clowns use guilt by association all the time :D :D
LMFAO do you understand how buying stock in a publicly traded company works you dip shit?
unless FOX issued that stock to that person then FOX had nothing to do with associating...he associated himself with them not the other way around brain child...
If a stock is bought on the market FOX has no say in who buys or doesnt buy their stock...
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you fucking clowns use guilt by association all the time :D :D
You're embarrassing yourself again, retard. :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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You're embarrassing yourself again, retard. :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
great comeback nerdy boy
Majority shareholder Rupert Murdoch recently took a stake in the prince's Middle East-based media conglomerate, Rotana Group. Murdoch and Prince Al-Waleed are reportedly working on launching an Arabic news network that will compete with existing pan-Arabic networks Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya.
they seem pretty buddy buddy to me
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Who gives a fuck? Fox News, MSNBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, etc, etc are all trash.
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Who gives a fuck? Fox News, MSNBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, etc, etc are all trash.
wow meltdown :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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wow meltdown :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Meltdown? Acknowledging that all these news organizations are trash is a meltdown?
Let me guess, you think you're special because you copy/paste MSNBC youtube clips. You're "special", alright. :-X
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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now let me guess,you think putting a naked woman dancing by your name will make everyone think your some cool guy and hide the fact that your just nerdy boy :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D its not working :D :D
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LMFAO do you understand how buying stock in a publicly traded company works you dip shit?
unless FOX issued that stock to that person then FOX had nothing to do with associating...he associated himself with them not the other way around brain child...
If a stock is bought on the market FOX has no say in who buys or doesnt buy their stock...
hey blackass did you miss this or just ignore it?
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now let me guess,you think putting a naked woman dancing by your name will make everyone think your some cool guy and hide the fact that your just nerdy boy :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D its not working :D :D
::) How about just arguing the issue instead of your romper room nonsense.
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thats what i was doing
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now let me guess,you think putting a naked woman dancing by your name will make everyone think your some cool guy and hide the fact that your just nerdy boy :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D its not working :D :D
Look, I'm sorry that you come off as a retard in your posts. Don't get mad at me, get mad at your lack of education.
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hey blackass did you miss this or just ignore it?
thats why i put this up Majority shareholder Rupert Murdoch recently took a stake in the prince's Middle East-based media conglomerate, Rotana Group. Murdoch and Prince Al-Waleed are reportedly working on launching an Arabic news network that will compete with existing pan-Arabic networks Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya.
they seem pretty buddy buddy to me, more than just some guy buying stocks
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hey blackass did you miss this or just ignore it?
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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thats why i put this up Majority shareholder Rupert Murdoch recently took a stake in the prince's Middle East-based media conglomerate, Rotana Group. Murdoch and Prince Al-Waleed are reportedly working on launching an Arabic news network that will compete with existing pan-Arabic networks Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya.
they seem pretty buddy buddy to me, more than just some guy buying stocks
LOL but ayers and obama werent buddy buddy right? :D :D :D
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thats my point, the rights been saying that for months, than when i bring this up they say its not the same, can't have it both ways
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thats my point, the rights been saying that for months, than when i bring this up they say its not the same, can't have it both ways
LOL either can you dip shit....
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Most people don't care about Fox News, myself included. Its a Straw Man argument you on the left keep trying to make which goes nowhere everytime.
Yet you bitches claim every single time when this subject comes up that Fox News has 70 gazilillion vagilion more viewers than all the other networks combined, and very often some people here are using their ratings numbers ( questionable to say the least) as a reason to validate how awesome and credible that network is as main source of information. Common sense would tell me that contrary to your opinion a lot of people have Fox News as their ONLY source of information and literally take what's being fed to them as absolute truth :-\ But then I'm a liberal, what to me might look like common sense in your eyes could be viewed as fascism, socialist communist thinking. ;)
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Yet you bitches claim every single time when this subject comes up that Fox News has 70 gazilillion vagilion more viewers than all the other networks combined, and very often some people here are using their ratings numbers ( questionable to say the least) as a reason to validate how awesome and credible that network is as main source of information. Common sense would tell me that contrary to your opinion a lot of people have Fox News as their ONLY source of information and literally take what's being fed to them as absolute truth :-\ But then I'm a liberal, what to me might look like common sense in your eyes could be viewed as fascism, socialist communist thinking. ;)
Show me one post of mine arguing in favor of fox news.
The fact that they get more ratings is a fact. The other fact is that most of foxs' viewers are more into politics and news than liberals usually are. Same reason wehy liberal talk radio always fails.
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Show me one post of mine arguing in favor of fox news.
The fact that they get more ratings is a fact. The other fact is that most of foxs' viewers are more into politics and news than liberals usually are. Same reason wehy liberal talk radio always fails.
the other fact is that most of fox viewers are easily mislead and only use fox as their only source of news, thats why they have the high ratings
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the other fact is that most of fox viewers are easily mislead and only use fox as their only source of news, thats why they have the high ratings
LMFAO :o ::) :D
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the other fact is that most of fox viewers are easily mislead and only use fox as their only source of news, thats why they have the high ratings
Funny considering your only source of news seems to be whatever MSNBC clips DU posts for the day.
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the other fact is that most of fox viewers are easily mislead and only use fox as their only source of news, thats why they have the high ratings
misinformation can easily be spread left or right. When you don't question whatever information is put in front of you there is a good chance you might just regurgitate the biased point of view being pushed by the network or radio.
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According to the report from Yahoo!'s John Cook, Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, who owns seven percent of News Corp., "has directly funded [Imam Feisal Abdul] Rauf's projects to the tune of more than $300,000."
A minority shareholder of the parent corporation of Fox News donated money to unnamed "projects" of the idiot who wants to build the GZ mosque. Who the heck cares?
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Lot's of whiny pissed off liberals on the board nowadays that can't bare to wake up in the morning and come to grips with the fact that the party is over and America has finally wised up a little bit. Instead of conceding that most American's don't want the Mosque built at Ground Zero, these pussies just bitch and whine and try to come up with the most tenous connections possible to discredit the winning argument.
Refusing to admit you're wrong is one of the biggest tell tale signs of stupidity.
My great, great, grandfather chopped down a tree once. The wood from that tree was used on a ship. That ship was used to send goods across the Atlantic ocean. One journey across the globe included a shipment of firearms. One of the firearms on the ship was used in Lincoln assasination. Therefore, my family directly contributed to the Lincoln assasination. = Better and more cohesive argument than the horseshit in this thread.
PS- I love how obviously closeted homosexual straw knocks Newsmax, but thinks that the outfit that this story originated from is somehow a reputable news source. ::)
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My great, great, grandfather chopped down a tree once. The wood from that tree was used on a ship. That ship was used to send goods across the Atlantic ocean. One journey across the globe included a shipment of firearms. One of the firearms on the ship was used in Lincoln assasination. Therefore, my family directly contributed to the Lincoln assasination. = Better and more cohesive argument than the horseshit in this thread
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Refusing to admit you're wrong is one of the biggest tell tale signs of stupidity.
Truth.
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the silence is deafening from the fox watchers :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
You mean just like your silence, regarding all of GE's dealings with Iran, especially given the CEO of that company ran MSNBC FOR YEARS!!!!
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lets not forget Halliburton,the company your man Cheney ran ;D
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lets not forget Halliburton,the company your man Cheney ran ;D
You mean the one both Clinton and Obama gave and still give no -bid contracts to?
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You mean the one both Clinton and Obama gave and still give no -bid contracts to?
OOPS!!!
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Halliburton got the contract because they are in place already. it is just an extention of the logcap 3 contract. keep in mind there are numerous AMERICANS that go outside the wire on convoys and recovery ops, that work for Halliburton. like the general said you dont change horses in the middle of the stream. all you political minded idiots need to get real. changing this now will not only cost money but also lives.
some of you are so ignorant of what actually goes on. clinton gave Halliburton their first no bid contract in the balkans. when iraq came along, there was no one else that could compete because all kbr had to do was drive across turkey and they were there!
besides only one part of the contract was no bid. the contract that is current was a bid contract concerning oil infrastructure. the transportation and logistics contract was a no brainer, unless you have your head up your political rectum.
By jayhawk
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Halliburton got the contract because they are in place already. it is just an extention of the logcap 3 contract. keep in mind there are numerous AMERICANS that go outside the wire on convoys and recovery ops, that work for Halliburton. like the general said you dont change horses in the middle of the stream. all you political minded idiots need to get real. changing this now will not only cost money but also lives.
some of you are so ignorant of what actually goes on. clinton gave Halliburton their first no bid contract in the balkans. when iraq came along, there was no one else that could compete because all kbr had to do was drive across turkey and they were there!
besides only one part of the contract was no bid. the contract that is current was a bid contract concerning oil infrastructure. the transportation and logistics contract was a no brainer, unless you have your head up your political rectum.
By jayhawk
If you are going to steal others' posts as your own, at least erase the name of the author you moron.
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copy and paste, just like you do. and nice job trying to change the subject :D :D :D :D