Wednesday, December 08, 2010
This is hilarious analysis
"When this rather more dynamic editorial environment at “Al-Hayat†was noted to XXXXXXXXXXXX he told us that Khaled bin-Sultan actually does not involve himself in the workings of the paper, provided it never criticizes the royal family or SAG policy. Al-Hayat, he explained, has more credibility in the Arab world than rival Al-Sharq al-Awsat, and had to be more daring than other Saudi print media. “Besides,†said XXXXXXXXXXXX, “information is power for the al-Saud, and owning Al-Hayat gives Khaled bin Sultan more influence in the family.â€". Let me get this dumb point straight: so Al-Hayat has more credibility because Khalid Bin Sultan has more credibility than Prince Salman? This is like saying as a revolutionary, Muhammad Dahlan has more credibility than Salam Fayyad.