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To: ThreeOfSeven
Neither UPI nor AP are Saudi owned... UPI now owned by Moonies.

Even if they were owned by the Saudis, this would not in any sense imply that they have a pro-Saudi bias. Anymore than these facts imply that UPI has a pro-Moonie bias.

The rest of JMJ333's delirium is equally hallucinatory. Lemmee see if I can follow it. The government of the Sudanese has murdered hundreds of thousands of Christians and animists. JMJ thinks that this is underreported by the press. Perhaps it is, although I have certainly seen plenty of coverage. Even so, what on earth does this have to do with Jews? Is the connection that the Sudan, like Israel, is a theocracy?

169 posted on 11/16/2001 1:06:26 PM PST by Architect
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To: Architect
Even if they were owned by the Saudis, this would not in any sense imply that they have a pro-Saudi bias. Anymore than these facts imply that UPI has a pro-Moonie bias.

I just wanted to set the record straight. AP was never owned by Saudis. UPI is not owned by Saudis.

However, I wouldn't be very surprised if some owners of news companies do influence the editorial line and the way the news is slanted. Owners can, after all, hire and fire employees and make their preferences known.

172 posted on 11/16/2001 1:06:50 PM PST by ThreeOfSeven
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