DIANA WEST: Go back to beginning of mass Muslim riots in France (2005) and see what happened. Saudi potentate Alwaleed bin Talal ordered Murdoch to change Fox News coverage of "Muslim riots in France" to "riots in France" and Murdoch/Fox complied.

It's a matter of degree. Go back to beginning of mass Muslim riots in France (2005) and see what happened. Saudi potentate Alwaleed bin Talal ordered Murdoch to change Fox News coverage of "Muslim riots in France" to "riots in France" and Murdoch/Fox complied. Any questions? https://t.co/jS3CRuAjbo

— @realDianaWest (@realDianaWest) October 3, 2026

Potentate, Alwaleed bin Talal. 

Rupert Murdoch. 

from Student News Daily,

…Al-waleed, who is a member of the Saudi Royal Family and investor in the Fox News parent company News Corporation, gave an interview boasting that he had called Fox to complain about coverage of the “Muslim riots” in France. He said he “called as a viewer” and “convinced them to change” the coverage because “they were not Muslim riots but riots against poverty and inequality.” And “they changed” the coverage, the Saudi reportedly said. 

And this report from Think Progress,

During last month’s street riots in France, Fox News ran a banner during a news segment, reading: “Muslim riots.” Billionaire Saudi Prince al-Walid bin Talal, who owns 5.5% of Fox News, was unhappy with the tagline:

I picked up the phone and called Murdoch… (and told him) these are not Muslim riots, these are riots out of poverty. Within 30 minutes, the title was changed from Muslim riots to civil riots.

Talal gained notoriety after 9/11 when he blamed U.S. policies for the terrorist attacks.

Fox News spokeswoman Irena Briganti refused to confirm or deny that the call took place but “acknowledged the network changed the banner after receiving complaints.”