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How Bezos' WaPo Forgot its Martyr--as Trump Embraced his Killer
How Bezos’ WaPo Forgot its Martyr—as Trump Embraced his Killer
Trump paid homage to the man who ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s murder. But the columnist’s own paper barely noticed.
Paul Farhi
Updated May 14 2025 7:54PM EDT
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-bezos-washington-post-forgot-its-martyr-jamal-khashoggias-trump-embraced-his-killer-mbs/
In October 2018, Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi Arabian journalist and dissident who contributed to The Post‘s opinion pages, went to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to obtain documents for his forthcoming marriage to a Turkish woman. He was never seen again.
Agents of the Saudi government assaulted and killed him inside the compound. His body, never recovered, was reportedly dismembered by a medical specialist using a bonesaw.
The grisly crime precipitated an international crisis. The Senate passed a resolution condemning the Saudis, pinning the blame on the nation’s ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, known as MBS, who apparently acted in retaliation for Khashoggi’s columns critical of the prince and royal family. Time magazine later named Khashoggi its “Person of the Year,” the embodiment of government persecution of journalists around the globe.
On Tuesday, as Trump met with MBS in Riyadh, showering praise on the prince, The Post broke its silence, but only barely.
Trump paid homage to the man who ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s murder. But the columnist’s own paper barely noticed.
Paul Farhi
Updated May 14 2025 7:54PM EDT
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-bezos-washington-post-forgot-its-martyr-jamal-khashoggias-trump-embraced-his-killer-mbs/
In October 2018, Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi Arabian journalist and dissident who contributed to The Post‘s opinion pages, went to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to obtain documents for his forthcoming marriage to a Turkish woman. He was never seen again.
Agents of the Saudi government assaulted and killed him inside the compound. His body, never recovered, was reportedly dismembered by a medical specialist using a bonesaw.
The grisly crime precipitated an international crisis. The Senate passed a resolution condemning the Saudis, pinning the blame on the nation’s ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, known as MBS, who apparently acted in retaliation for Khashoggi’s columns critical of the prince and royal family. Time magazine later named Khashoggi its “Person of the Year,” the embodiment of government persecution of journalists around the globe.
On Tuesday, as Trump met with MBS in Riyadh, showering praise on the prince, The Post broke its silence, but only barely.
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Difficult decisions at the Post. 
