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May 07 2011
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From the page: Beck Blames One Of Fox News' Largest Shareholders, Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, For 9/11
Glenn Beck and his employer On his television program this afternoon, Glenn Beck declared that Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the largest stockholder of Fox News outside of the Rupert Murdoch family, "flew ΓΆβ,¬Β¦ the plane into the trade centers." Beck started his rant as a defense of Israel's actions against the aid flotilla to Gaza, but eventually began hypothesizing about if a similar flotilla was sent to Manhattan by Saudi Arabia. Beck said this had already happened essentially, when Prince Alwaleed offered $10 million dollars to then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R-NY) in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.
Beck repeatedly burst into moral outrage, demanding why people are held "to a different standard" and why the media refused to be "consistent" with its reporting. Of course, during his monologue, Beck never mentioned that the very Saudi Prince Beck accused of being behind the 9/11 attacks is a close friend of his own boss, Rupert Murdoch, or that Beck's employment at Fox News is financed by that same Prince. Without a tinge of irony in his voice, Beck implored his listeners not to trust any offering of money from Prince Alwaleed, despite the fact his own salary depends on him:
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