Mohammed bin Salman is a bad guy (see here, here and here), but you wouldn’t know it from media reporting. Two factors are at work. One is the frequent bias of the upper echelon of our society’s leaders to accept one of their own. The rich and famous often accept each other in public, even if they could care less or even hate each other’s guts. They often want the publicity and the connections. They want the influence. To maintain their position, it helps to be seen with others who are currently ascendant. This tendency is reversed when they can … Continue reading Media Bias Explained