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>>> POOR KAREN HUGHES.
ONE WIKILEAKS CABLE SAYS THE
WHOLE WIN THE HEARTS AND MINDS
OF THE MIDDLE EAST WAS NOT SO
MUCH UNWISE AS UNNECESSARY.
WE ALREADY HAD HAD THE GREATEST
WEAPONS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST
JIHAD RECRUITMENT.
DAVID LETTERMAN, AL FRANKEN AND
THE CAST OF "DESPERATE
HOUSEWIVES."
A MAY 2009 CABLE DESCRIBES SAUDI
CITIZENS EAGER TO LEARN ABOUT
AMERICAN CULTURE.
TELLING A U.S. DIPLOMAT OVER
COFFEE THAT AMERICAN PROGRAMMING
UNCENSORED WITH ARABIC SUBTITLES
IS WINNING OVER ORDINARY
CITIZENS IN A WAY THAT AL-HARA
NEVER COULD.
IT'S A TV NETWORK SIMILAR TO AL
JAZEERA.
THE TWO MOST POPULAR CHANNELS,
ONE OWNED BY RUPERT MURDOCH PLAY
AMERICAN SHOWS COMPLETE WITH A
24-BLOCK OF CBS AND ABC EVENING
NEWS, DAVID LETTERMAN AND
"FRIENDS."
ONE EXEC ARGUED IT'S ALL ABOUT
THE WAR OF IDEAS.
THE CABLE REVEALS THAT AMERICAN
MOVIES RESONATE WITH SAUDI
AUDIENCES.
"RESPECT FOR THE LAW" IN THE AL
PACINO MOVIE AND A HUSBAND
DEALING WITH HIS ALCOHOLIC WIFE
WHO SMASHES TABLE WARE.
THAT WAS A REFERENCE TO THE MEG
RYAN PIC THAT WAS CO-WRITTEN BY
THEN NOT-SENATOR AL FRANKEN.
AND DAVID LETTERMAN'S OUTREACH
TO THE ARAB-AMERICAN WORLD.
>> NUMBER 10.
I TOO WAS A SAUDI YOUTH.
NUMBER NINE.
WE WERE ON RIGHT AFTER THE
NUMBER ONE CHILDREN'S SHOW.
SAUDI DOODY.
WHO DOESN'T LOVE A SNEEZING
MONKEY?
ROLL THE TAME.
MAKE THE MONKEY SNEEZE.
THERE YOU GO.
NUMBER THREE, MY MEMORABLE
PERFORMANCE IN "LAWRENCE OF
ARABIA" MY CHAIN OF BATH STORES,
BEDOUIN BATH AND BAD.
THE JOKES ARE A LOT FUNNIER IF
YOU DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH.
>> COMEDIENNE AND SCREEN WRITER
ZAUNE SAEED.
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT.
I'M GUESSING THEY HAVEN'T SEEN
SARAH PALIN'S "ALASKA" SHOW YET?
>> I DON'T THINK THE SAUDIS ARE
PREPARED FOR IT.
EVEN FOR THE SAUDIS, IT'S WA TOO
VIOLENT.
SHE SOMETHING LIKE A GUMMY BEER,
A CARIBOU.
IT WAS CLOSE TO BAMBI.
>> TO THE SHOWS SINGLED OUT IN
THE CABLE, FRIENDS, DESPERATE
HOUSEWIVES.
THAT'S NOT THE BEST WE WOULD
OFFER AS A NATION IF WE KNEW WE
WERE AN INFLUENCE.
IS DAVID SWIMMER LIKE DAVID
HASSLE HOFF?
>> I FEEL DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
IS THE PERFECT SHOW FOR SAUDI
WOMEN TO RELATE TO.
O'S MORE DESPERATE THAN A
SAUDI HOUSE WIFE?
THEY CAN'T EVEN DRIVE THEIR OWN
CAR.
THEN AGAIN, I WOULDN'T MIND
HAVING A CHAUFFEUR.
>> IS THERE AN ULTIMATE
PROGRAMMING CHOICE TO SHOWCASE
IN SAUDI ARABIA?
>> OPRAH, DEFINITELY OPRAH.
>> WHY?
>> I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE
MIDDLE EAST.
OPRAH IS SHOWN ON A LOT OF
STATIONS.
SHE'S HAD A GREAT, GREAT EFFECT
ON THE WOMEN THERE.
IT'S ABOUT TEN YEARS BEHIND.
THEY'RE WATCHING RERUNS.
IT'S AT THE PERFECT PACE.
I FEEL LIKE SAUDI WOMEN NEED
OPRAH TO EMPOWER THEM AND
LIBERATE THEM.
>> THIS CHANNEL REBROADCAST SOME
OF THE FOX NEWS SHOWS.
IS THERE A WAY TO EXPLAIN GLENN
BECK TO THE ARAB WORLD, OR DOES
HE MAKE MORE SENSE THERE THAN
HERE?
>> I WOULD BE HAPPY TO EXPLAIN
GLENN BECK TO THE ARAB WORLD
WHEN SOMEONE EXPLAINS HIM TO ME.
HOW HE'S MAKING MILLIONS WHEN I
CAN'T GET A JOB AS A DEAD BODY
ON "SVU" UNEXPLICABLE TO ME.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE ALLEGATION
THAT DAVID LETTERMAN AND GEORGE
CLOONEY HAVE DONE MORE TO HELP
RECRUIT JIHAD THAN THE BUSH
ADMINISTRATION?
>> MY PARENTS ARE PALESTINIANS.
I REMEMBER BEING YOUNG AND
WATCHING "DALLAS."
AND, LIKE, THAT HAS ALWAYS HAD
AN EFFECT ON ME.
THE FACT THAT PEOPLE COULD
ASSOCIATE WITH EVERYTHING THAT
WE WERE LIVING HERE AT THAT
TIME.
BUT NOW THE FACT THAT THEY'RE
ALLOWING IT IN SAUDI IS AMAZING.
I THINK WHAT HAS HAD THE
GREATEST INFLUENCE IS THE
INTERNET.
THE ABILITY FOR THE PEOPLE OVER
THERE TO NOT JUST SEE EVERYTHING
OVER HERE BUT CORRESPOND WITH
PEOPLE, I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S
REALLY MADE AMERICAN PRO
SENTIMENT GROW.
PEOPLE ARE LIKE, THESE PEOPLE
ARE JUST LIKE US.
WE DO STAND-UP COMEDY AND LEAVE
IN QATAR AND EGYPT AND JORDAN
AND GO WITH GABRIEL EGLACIUS.
THE FEMALE COMICS DO GREAT TOO.
TELEVISION WAS THE WAY TO GO.
THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE RELATE TO.
WE LAUGH ABOUT IT.
BUT "DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES" IT
LET'S THEM LOOK AT THE IT AND
SAY WE ARE ALL EQUAL.
NO ONE HATED ANYONE FOR BRITNEY
SPEARS.
THEY LOVE BRITNEY SPEARS.
THEY'RE DOWN WITH HER.
>> WAY TO BRIDGE THE CULTURAL
DIVIDE.
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SEE
THE TREE.
>> YOU HAD A GOOD VIEW YOU FROM
THERE.
>> IT'S DECEMBER 9th.
MR. BOEHNER, WHERE ARE THE JOBS?
I'M KEITH OLBERMANN.
GOODNIGHT AND GOOD LUCK.
>>> WITH MORE ON THE WHITE
HOUSE'S TAKE ON THE REACTION TO
THE COMPROMISE, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, HERE IS A DOOR
BELL -- I'M SORRY, THAT WAS JUST
A TYPO.
HERE IS RACHEL MADDOW.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
FOLLOW EVERYBODY ABOUT THE
PRIVATE JOKE.