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Five years after killing a journalist in cold blood, Saudi Arabia is stronger than ever (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] h3doublehockeysticks@hexbear.net 57 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (12 children)

I always find it funny how hung up the media class has been on Keshoggi. Its a fairly intense bit of class solidarity I suppose. Like in terms of pointless and evil acts of the Saudi Arabia state it doesn't even rank but its seemingly the only thing journalists remember

[–] ProxyTheAwesome@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

it's just very memorable and visceral how it was carried out

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