Four words, ‘foreign aid and oil’
A more important question might be where various media figures get their money.
At first glance, it might seem that puritanical Islam is the last thing in the world the dissolute, metrosexual denizens of the western media would be likely to support.
However, we have seen that super-flush oil ticks are not shy about presenting American academics with huge grants, gifts, honoraria and other bribes. There is no reason in the world that speaking and consulting fees, investment capital, and similar supplemental income could not serve the same purpose for the media.
The average media beast would sell his grandmother for a two percent improvement in ratings or a higher profile time slot or byline. What might they do for a few million in a Swiss bank account?