Local press reports confirmed that a decision was issued that sports journalist Adel Al-Tuwaijri did not appear on satellite channels, the same fate expected for the journalist Walid Al-Farraj, causing them to ignite a wave of anger after likening the Saudi Football League to the "Umm Ahmed Championship".
According to its sources, the Saudi newspaper "Okaz" stated that a decision was issued to prevent Al-Tuwaijri from appearing in the media and to summon him to investigate his mockery of the league called the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
And since the introduction of the "League with Walid" program on one of the official Saudi satellite channels, the crisis started since Al-Farrag mocked Al-Hilal’s defeat against Brazil's Flamingo 1-3 last Tuesday in the semi-finals of the Club World Cup currently held in Qatar, saying that the team “plays in the World Cup He is not starring in Umm Ahmed, "then his guest, Al-Tuwaijri, repeated the same words.
# Douri_am_Ahmad Al-Farraj The first person who said it عا Punish Al-Tuwaijri 🤣🤣 Does this broadcaster have a favor or a friend of a minister or a medium? Hatem Extraordinary World Leader 💛🏆 (@ _hatm1) December 18, 2019 |
The mockery of Al-Hilal team ignited the anger of the Saudi football fans, and the social networking sites, especially Twitter, were denounced, denouncing the description of the Crown Prince League as Umm Ahmed and demanding punishment for Al-Faraj and Al-Tuwaijri by tagging # League_M_Ahmed and other tags.
The public pressure prompted the Saudi Radio and Television Corporation to announce the opening of an official investigation into the incident and to investigate those accused of insulting the local championship.
# The Radio and Television Authority would like to clarify that, upon the direction of His Excellency the Minister of Information, Turki bin Abdullah Al-Shabana, an internal investigation has been opened into the circumstances of what happened in one of the sports programs immediately after the end of yesterday’s episode, and those who prove any violation of the regulations will be held accountable. - Radio and Television Corporation (@SBAgovSA) December 18, 2019 |
Al-Farraj's attempts through his program and his Twitter account did not succeed in evading the accusation of insulting the Saudi League, indicating that he did not mean the words of the Crown Prince League at all, but set an example in the lowest championship in the world.
I understand the sensitivity of some audiences to Saudi participation in the Club World Cup, and I understand the annoyance of some with the way the League # is presented with Walid, but linking between the third world and linking it to a specific league is immoral and an impartial way to incite against the program. |
Part, second and last part of the introduction tonight from the program "Al-Douri_with_walid, thanks to all loved ones for their understanding 🙏❤️ # we all_wall_faraj #walid_faraj pic.twitter.com/IXJyynw1PO - # Walid_Farraj (@waleedalfarraj) December 18, 2019 |
After a billion and a half, the league became called Umm Ahmed. |
@SBC_Channel Why don't you delete your idle # #_M_Ahmad pic.twitter.com/ZnNhCvOMQX - Khaled Al-Malaki💚💚 (@p_gwg) December 17, 2019 |
From here the spark of offense was launched |
#Mom_Ahmad |