Video game news sites suddenly concerned about Saudi prince bin Salman, yet refuse to acknowledge anything positive he's done in recent years

I'd once spoken about how the Saudi Arabian prince Mohammed bin Salman bought huge shares in video game companies, and press sources were actually troubled by this, because he supposedly had Jamal Kashoggi rubbed out for the wrong reasons. Now, bin Salman's bought into 96 percent of SNK stock, and PC Gamer, for example, supposedly complains, yet avoids all mention of Islamofascism:

Mohammad bin Salman is the crown prince of Saudi Arabia: the leader of a country that represses human rights, a man linked to the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and a fan of China's Xinjiang re-education camps. He is also now, via the Electronic Gaming Development Company (EGDC), the ultimate owner of the iconic gaming developer and publisher SNK.

[...] So it's quite sad to see it all end up in the hands of Mohammed bin Salman(opens in new tab). The EGDC bought shares worth approximately $430 million for this majority stake, and SNK is not alone in being wooed by Saudi cash: the regime has huge investments in the likes of Activision Blizzard (roughly $3 billion worth of shares), EA ($1.9 billion), Take-Two ($1 billion). One bright spot is Riot Games, which ended a partnership with the planned Saudi Arabian cross-border city of Neom after fans pointed out Saudi Arabia's human rights abuses.

Depending on one's viewpoint, it's pretty surprising to boot they'd bring up China's enforcement against Uigher Muslims, considering how the left's seemingly ignored it to date, yet likely not because of their pro-Islam stance. All that aside, chances are that the real reason they're taking issue here is because of refusal to appreciate positive steps bin Salman took for women's rights. Which is pretty typical of them. Also note the irony of Riot Games being owned by China, despite their own bad conduct and support for the Taliban, yet PC Gamer, in example, suddenly has a problem with a Saudi investor buying stock in the same? Weird.

Which still isn't saying I think bin Salman should be allowed to own stock or any kind of ownership in these game publishers, so long as he remains an adherent to the Religion of Peace. Nor should China have ownership in any of them, so long as they're communist. But it's clear these mainstream publishers sure aren't acting altruistically, when you consider they leave Islamofascism out of the debate.

Some of the commentors to the article seemed aware how dishonest this reporting is, and one said:

He's also the person that gave back Saudi women their full rights; He's also the person that fought corruption in the country like no other before him; He's also the person that basically eradicated ISIS, Alqaeda and Hezbollah presence in the country; He's also the person fighting back Iran's terrorism in the region. He's also the person fighting alongside Yemen in their struggle against Iran-backed Houthi's.

So stop pushing your agenda in a video gaming news piece.

And what a bizarre agenda it is alright. Something tells me that, if Iran, Libya, Brunei and Indonesia had a stake in these publishers, you wouldn't hear a word about it. Another said:

The last sentence is highly perplexing. Isn't Riot Games owned by China, another country famous for human rights abuses?

A valid argument provided again. It contradicts whatever they said regarding China in the first place. Some "bright spot" alright. And do they ever talk about the PLO's abuses? Nope. And then:

USA has higher rape rate, murder rate than Saudi. We've had presidents stick cigars in a woman's vagina in the oval office. Biden is barely able to form a sentence. We had another president grab a woman by the "p". We have corrupt media covering up for Biden and Clinton. We have another corrupt media covering up for Trump.

But, yeah. It is the end of the world that the Saudi Crown prince's business bought a video game company.

This site is becoming a clown show.

Stick to video games, it is why I come here. I don't need to read a 3rd rate journalists opinion on world events. I don't need a hot take from a gamer on politics.

Yet that's exactly the problem with much of the entertainment world as a whole. As a result, you have only so many dumbed down news sites serving more for political activism than actual news and opinions. And who ignore exact details in topics like this one. I don't like the idea of somebody who sticks with a bad ideology buying into these publishers, but if that's not their reason for objecting, what's the point of such garbage reporting?

What really angers me though, is that no Israeli entrepreneurs who appreciate anything about these creations want to invest in the publishers. Or, nobody like the late Sheldon Adelson does. Yet who on the left would actually praise that? It's a foregone conclusion they'd never congratulate Adelson if he did. Either way, is it any wonder this disinterest results in people with questionable backgrounds like bin Salman buying in more than Israelis do?