The crown prince was full of statistics in his Fox News interview – though scepticism of Saudi Arabia’s vision will surely remain
rown prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia gave the impression of having swallowed a spreadsheet duringwith Fox News. Every answer he gave seemed to have a statistic attached. He reeled off figures comparing the economic growth of his country and South Korea. He estimated the level of annual profits in the global esports sector. He said he had a target to grow Saudi’s sports industry to 1.5% of national GDP. If that meant being accused of sportswashing, he added, then so be it.
It may be that the possibility of an unchallenging encounter proved persuasive when Bin Salman was deciding whether to undertake his first full interview in English since becoming Saudi’s de facto ruler in 2017. It is certainly the case that the rightwing American broadcaster was the place to make off-the-cuff jokes about sportswashing.
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