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Must-See Saudi TV - (MEMRI hosts event on Capitol Hill; shows aggressive Saudi-funded programming)
NEW YORK SUN.COM ^ | JULY 20, 2005 | STEVEN STALINSKY

Posted on 07/20/2005 7:46:26 AM PDT by CHARLITE

MEMRI hosted an event on Capitol Hill last June titled "Must-See Saudi TV." The event was sponsored by Senators Santorum, Schumer, and Collins and analyzed television programs broadcast by stations funded and controlled by the Saudi Arabian government, such as TV1, TV2, and satellite channels such as Al-Majd and Iqra TV.

Shows featured leading Saudi religious figures, professors, members of the royal family, government leaders, and intellectuals. Certain messages and themes surfaced again and again: calls for the annihilation of Christian and Jews; anti-American and anti-Semitic declarations; rallying cries for jihad and terrorism, and incitement against American troops in Iraq.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: aggressive; antiamerican; arab; memri; programming; propaganda; saudi; tv
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1 posted on 07/20/2005 7:46:28 AM PDT by CHARLITE
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To: CHARLITE

Saudi Arabian = Elephant in the living room.


2 posted on 07/20/2005 7:49:56 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: CHARLITE

The MEMRI site though is free:

http://www.memri.org/


3 posted on 07/20/2005 7:54:46 AM PDT by Gefreiter ("Are you drinking 1% because you think you're fat?")
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