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Saudi prince: Forbes has defamed my country

CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo interviewed Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, who recently sued Forbes magazine for what he claims is an underestimation of his net worth.

“Forbes has defamed my country and the stock market over there,” he told Bartiromo. Forbes has said that it stands by its story.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.