"CNN is not owned by the Obama family or by any ruling family or dynasty ..."

"...Mr. Abbas then said:  "First, we are as ‘Saudi-owned’ as CNN is ‘American-owned’;"  This sentence would really compel me to strongly recommend that you take an introductory class in logic.  First the analogy does not hold for these reasons: 1) The US is not run and owned by a ruling family.  2) CNN is not owned by the Obama family or by any ruling family or dynasty.  3) In the US, you can legally operate a news station (like Fox News) that are opposed to CNN.  In Saudi Arabia, you can't legally run or operate a news station opposed to Al-Arabiyya or to ANY news station owned by any member of the ruling family.  4) In the US, you don't need to get a permission from one family to start a new station.  5) I am no defender of the US political system, but to compare to the medieval archaic non-system of Saudi Arabia to the American political system is an insult to the Saudi people who suffer under the rule of the House of Saud..."