What Does News Corp's Second Largest Shareholder Think About The Hacking Scandal?

[democracy1st]

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Prince Alwaleed bin Talal

Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed bin Talal urged Rebekah Brooks to quit

Prince Alwaleed, Arab world's richest man and News Corp's second largest shareholder, delivered the coup de grace to Rebekah Brooks's newspaper career

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/15/prince-alwaleed-bin-talal-urged-rebekah-brooks-to-quit


Special Report: Inside Rebekah Brooks' News of the World

http://news.yahoo.com/special-report-inside-rebekah-brooks-news-world-110052474.html

[JHB]

1. A nephew of the king of Saudi Arabia is not "self-made"

Even if most of his wealth came through his own investments:

1) The money he inherited/was given as a prince made him rich right from the get-go. That gave him a big stake to start investing with.

2) Just due to his birth, he started off with a golden, diamond encrusted Rolodex. He can call anyone, and they will take his calls. And presidents named Bush smooch with him in front of the cameras.

3) The flipside of (2): people trying to curry favor or gain influence in the Gulf (or enlist him to help with ventures elsewhere, right Rupert?) come to him with opportunities.


"Shrewd investor", maybe, though with advantages like that you don't have to be all that shrewd, just not activly stupid.
"Self made"? In a pig's ass!

[leeroysphitz]

3. Presidents named Bush smooch his big ole white butt. n/t

[SemperEadem]

2. what would be really interesting

is for the prince to become the major stake holder in News Corp after the fall of the murdochs.

this just occurred to me: what religion is this prince? And what kind of trash do they talk about his religion on their air? Uh huh... it'll be funny to watch hannity, oreilly and "meghan high-dudgeon" start to go easy on Islam and Muslims when fux has spent decades vilifying it--- and they'll have to answer to their viewers for their about face. Talk about the snake eating its own tail.

[JHB]

4. He's a cousin to the King of Saudi Arabia...

...what religion do you think he is?

He's also a major investor in the group backing Park 21 (the "Ground Zero mosque"), at least until Fox and friends stared making hay over it.