Arabic SkyNews

""The deck is stacked against Sky News," said As'ad AbuKhalil, professor of political science at California State University and author of a blog that frequently dissects the impact of Gulf politics on Arab media coverage.  "The competition is now more intense because of the dramatic decline of Al Jazeera." He also said Sky News Arabia could suffer from BSkyB's ties to Rupert Murdoch, whose News Corp - now embroiled in the British phone hacking scandal - holds a 39 percent stake in BSkyB.  The broadcast magnate has a history of public pronouncements of support for Israel, at times characterizing its conflict with Palestinians as a struggle against "terrorism".  "Murdoch is a very dirty word in the Arab world," AbuKhalil said." (thanks Rupert)