WESTERN MEDIA: MUZZLED AND SILENCED BY MIDDLE EAST SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS?

ICHEOKU says truth be told, when a person purchases an asset, they dictate how it is applied; and in the case of media houses, how they are run and what are permitted of them to publish and/or air, including news, editorials and reportages. The same principle of purchased-silence applies when an investor puts a lot money into a country's economy, such that they literary own the country and without which investments, the country's economy will be belly-up. As a result, they dictate to such countries their foreign policy expectations of them, a pre-condition for their investments, in addition to such other interests as they may have. So, in order for these countries to continue enjoying such investment largess and also maintain other further, future inflows of investments, such beneficiary countries must remain of a good behavior and not do anything considered by the investors as inimical to them or their interest. 

This is the bane of the Western world, which has literary mortgaged itself to the dictates of the mullahs in the Middle East, who through skillful massive investments of their oil wealth, now literary owns and controls practically everything in the West. These includes economies, companies, legislatures, productions and manufacturing, products advertisements placements houses, media, both print and television, research and development, hi-tech, agriculture, ports, start-ups and such other fundamental national assets, that these countries become inextricably tied to the apron string of the investors. As a result, they become enslaved to the dictates of these investors and therefore cannot boldly override such investors, when they desire a particular outcome narrative or action; because they strive to retain their investments, as well as attract their other future investments. 

These countries governments and company executives devolve into minions who must make their investor-masters happy and keep them satisfied; and will not do or say or write or publish or air anything that will make them mad or angry, by only doing only those things which they first sought and obtained their approval before carrying out. Short of obtaining this consent, they peremptorily anticipate what works and what will not work for them and then tailor their actions around only the positives. It is the same with any company controlled by an interest as those directors and executives love their job and will not want to be fired, whether or not for cause and they will do whatever bending of the back that is required to keep their paymasters happy and satisfied.

When you review the ownership of most Western Press/Media, majority of them are from the Middle East's Saudi Arabia and Qatar axis; a testament of their oil wealth being put to effective use. Recall that there was a time during the George W. Bush presidency when American seaports were nearly handed over to the Middle East's Qatari government's owned and backed shipping management company. Sometimes, these ponied up companies are on outright sale and purchase basis and sometimes, on majority shares holding basis or the ownership of their parent companies. So, they acquire the superior voting right in such companies, including the power to hire and fire its executives. Therefore, where not expressly spelt out, these employees know what the unspoken and unwritten rule of their job entail, and in order for them to continue enjoying the perks of their perch, they must abide by them or have their butts kicked out. 

As with the media for example, these executives know better not to publish or air any unfavorable news article or carry out any reportage that will put their paymasters in any unfavorable lights. So, such inclement news are either not reported, ignored or passively mentioned, with all manners of caveats; but without any insightful commentaries as would enable the people understand all the details surrounding it; especially if it will point to some persons or interests involving the Middle East or their Muslim religion. Any news or reportage that will put their owners in the Middle East or their Islam in a bulls eyes is cautiously threaded around. They are mortally afraid of provoking the ire of those governments, sheikhs and oil barons of the Middle East, who sustain their existence by bankrolling them; including many of them which are not profitable and which would have since gone into receivership and would readily go under, without such handouts and infusion of capital. 

The same rule of purchased-silence applies to many Western governments as well, which economies are sustained by the same Middle East money pots, which invest heavily in Western economies and also buy a lot of products from them, especially military hardware, tanks and fighter jets. It is also not only Western governments that so benefits as shown with Pakistan, which recently received from Saudi Arabia a $25 billion investment in its economy, with the tacit understanding to checkmate Iran and jeep it off their threatening posture against the Kingdom, particularly from nuclear attack. So, when the same Kingdom of Saud invests $100 billion in European economies, it expects as a bargain, that Europeans will not become overly intrusive in its internal affairs and will not criticize it too much, when they commit one of their many egregious acts, such as the murder and dismemberment of the Washington Post correspondent Jamal Khassoggi. 

The same Kingdom also handed to the United States of America a $350 billion contract and in return, expects protection from the almighty American armed forces, including of course politically from the United Nations. Many of these quid pro quo are not usually spelt out, but they are implicit in such huge contracts, a necessary understanding for securing them from other bidders. The story is replete throughout the world, from Europe to America to Australia to New Zealand to Russia to Egypt etc, giving credence to Murphy's law that he who has the gold makes the rules. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has earned their major player status in the world by effectively deploying their limitless cash reserve  to do their bidding for them and it always worked its magic. This explains the possessed reverence which Western Media shows when Muslim interest is effected anywhere in the world, but tends to be coy when Christian interest in also impacted, begging the question are these media hordes still impartial reporters of world events or have completely sold out to milk and honey. 

Many people have been criticizing the Western Media lack of interest and non reporting of the carnage which has been going on in Nigeria, especially those that took place in the days preceding the New Zealand massacre, where the maniacal Fulani Muslim terrorists masquerading as Fulani herdsmen, are systematically engaged in ethnic cleansing of indigenous people in some parts of Nigeria, which are predominately Christians. A country which has seen over 1000 Christians slaughtered by these marauders this year 2019 alone, in addition to razing down their villages and displacing them. But the same Western Media went on overdrive with their coverage when 50 Muslims were killed in Christchurch, New Zealand; once again begging the question, why the partiality. 

Many askance Nigerians have wondered why the "Foreign Press" were not covering the daily tragedy of massacres being perpetrated by the Fulani Muslims in Nigeria, but devoted such a hugely disproportional amount of time when they covered the New Zealand massacre. To these fellows, ICHEOKU says now you know why; as he who pays the piper determines the tunes. They are owned by Muslim Middle East government, oil sheiks and baron and are beholden to them. Saudi Arabia and Qatari governments and their Sovereign Wealth Funds have also invested heavily in these Media Houses and the fear of losing the millions of dollars in subsidies and/or advertisement dollars from companies in which these their mentors own interests, informs their skewed coverage.  Instead of informing their audience of the religious underlying factors fueling such massacres, they often passively pass them off as communal clashes over resources. 

ICHEOKU says if it is "communal clashes", why is it then that  it is only one community that is taking casualties, while the other is not? If it is "community clashes" fueled by competition for scarce resources, why then is it that it is only within certain geographical belt in Nigeria that these crisis continuously take place? If indeed these Fulani herdsmen truly want to feed their livestock, why then did they not accept the offer by Kano State government, which invited them to Kano State National forest reserve, with limitless foliage for their cattle? Why did these Fulani Muslims bypass Sokoto, Kebbi, Kano, Katsina States, to go to where they are currently carrying out their genocidal ethnic cleansing, if indeed feeding their cows is their primary objective. If it is "communal clashes", why does security agencies, including the military, look the other way when these Fulani Muslims are slaughtering indigenous ethnic natives, but come full force to intervene when the surviving relatives of the victims, musters the courage to fight back in retaliation or at least defend their honor and their inherent right to inhabit their ancestral lands.

These and a lot of other underlying factors are what an impartial Foreign Media could easily uncover and inform the world about; but their hands are tied by the source of funds which sustains them and they do not want to bite the finger that feeds them. ICHEOKU says this remains the underlying truth, the only truth and nothing but the truth in the unreported and uncovered unending Muslim Fulani massacres going on in Nigeria. The situation is so because the Foreign Media have since lost their independence and with it, their objectivity. Even the church in Rome is scared to call a spade a spade; and have also fallen a hypnotized victim of these influences. The Holy Sea hardly raises its voice and would readily look the other way or pretend ignorance, while their followers are being killed every day, completely decimated and in some cases, their whole towns and villages completely wiped off the face of the earth by these rampaging Muslim Fulanis. 

It is going on in Egypt, it is going on in Nigeria and it is going on in such other religious hellholes in this world, while the Western governments and Western Media, who should be champions of protecting these Christians, play the possum, pretending that it is not happening simply because they are afraid of losing multi billion dollar contracts and patronages from these Middle Eastern Sovereign Wealth Funds, as well as their oil sheiks and barons. What will it take to convince these supposed defenders of freedoms, including religious freedom, that people who accepted their Western Christian religion are being slaughtered on a daily basis, simply because they are Christians and nothing more. When will the Western Media get off their butts and travel to these extinction threatened communities, for a first hand assessment of the real situation which is driving these slaughters; instead of sitting in the comfort of their air-conditioned offices, speculating as to what the root cause of these unending madness is.  

ICHEOKU says the only solution is for these victims to defend themselves, however they see fit, possible and that is feasible. Anyone waiting for the Western government and their Western Media to step up their game and really take a hard unbiased look at what is going on, might wait until their ethnic natives are completely wiped out and off the face of Nigeria. These indigenous natives should understand that anything worth owning, is worth fighting for; and that you cannot truly own a thing which you cannot defend. 

Enough of the cry baby approach Nigerians, because your plight will not be covered by the Western Media nor heard by the wider world, unless you give them a serious reason to pay attention. They have been compromised, censored, bounded by lucre with their hands tied and they cannot afford to antagonize their meal tickets provider. You guys have to simply man up and defend your honor or at least die, trying. Stop waiting to be slaughtered or for any foreign intervention. Also, if you are waiting for the day the slaughter by Muslim Fulani will become the center piece of global attention as a result of a meritorious coverage by the Western Media, you might as well write your obituaries now and wait to be deep six(ed). Enough of the cowardice; defend your castle and do it NOW!