Broadcast uncensored and with Arabic subtitles alongside sitcoms such as Friends on Saudi Arabia’s MBC 4 channel, the shows are being allowed as part of the kingdom’s “war of ideas” against extremist elements. According to a secret cable titled “David Letterman: Agent of Influence”, they have been proving more effective than Washington’s main propaganda tool, the US-funded al-Hurra TV news channel.
This is, of course what I’ve said all along, the most efective weapon against extremism is western culture, free and uneditted