You knew when the Fox caption under Sean Hannity's face said "Dirty Money"- there had to be some evil, liberal agenda attached. Saudi Prince Al-walee
December 15, 2005

You knew when the Fox caption under Sean Hannity's face said "Dirty Money"- there had to be some evil, liberal agenda attached. Saudi Prince Al-waleed bin Talal, made large donations to Harvard and Georgetown universities which seemed to give Sean and author Richard Miniter, the perfect evidence of anti-Americanism on campuses across the country. Unfortunately for Hannity, he should have talked to Rupert Murdoch first.
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Hannity: This is a bad guy. Rudy was right to decline the money...(Sean ratchets up the drama by banging on his desk for emphasis.)

Hannity: Why would these-universities take money from him?

Hannity should ask his boss the same question. NewsHounds discovered that in a 1999 press release by News Corporation, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal owned more than 5% of FOX News Channel's parent company.

"AIM on Dec. 7th, urged a full inquiry into a report that a Saudi billionaire caused the Fox News Channel (FNC) to dramatically alter its coverage of the Muslim riots in France after he called the network to complain. The Saudi billionaire, Al-waleed bin Talal, is a friend of News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch and controls an influential number of voting shares in the company."

Nice work Sean. Newshounds has more...

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