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It's striking how in the span of a week the media is in a full court press against Saudi Arabia, based upon (as far as I know) unconfirmed alligations around th

by gfodor 8y ago

It's striking how in the span of a week the media is in a full court press against Saudi Arabia, based upon (as far as I know) unconfirmed alligations around the disappearance of a journalist. There is truth to the narrative that SA is an ethically compromised country, it has been for decades, but the sudden coordinated messaging and deluge of articles that all seem directed towards affecting the relationship between Saudi Arabia and the US is too overt not to notice.

buboard 8y ago
not long ago there was coordinated reporting about the "saudi arab spring" that the new ruler would bring. Thats the media i guess, herdish. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/23/opinion/saudi-prince-mbs-arab-spring.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/23/opinion/saudi-prince-mbs-... https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/18/world/middleeast/mohammed-bin-salman-saudi-arabia-60-minutes.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/18/world/middleeast/mohammed...
- gfodor 8y ago
  The cynic in me thinks that, like most things the media reports on these days it seems, there is an attraction to stories that undermine Trump. Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I'm going to assume that this sudden meme about Saudi Arabia emerging is evidence in favor of there being some currently undisclosed diplomatic headway in the peace talks underway between the US, SA, Israel, and others that have been ongoing since Trump's trip to Riyadh the first month of his presidency.
  - buboard 8y ago
    they are just appealing to their audience
  - fmajid 8y ago
    No, it's much simpler than that. A journalist was murdered, and that hits close to home for... journalists. Unlike genocide in Yemen.
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dharma1 8y ago
I thought the same. I mean it's terrible what happened, and it's obvious SA isn't exactly a moral beacon, far from it - but China, Russia and many other countries do this type of thing all the time without the world blinking an eye. I wonder what this is leading up to?

by gfodor 8y ago

buboard 8y ago

not long ago there was coordinated reporting about the "saudi arab spring" that the new ruler would bring. Thats the media i guess, herdish. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/23/opinion/saudi-prince-mbs-arab-spring.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/23/opinion/saudi-prince-mbs-... https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/18/world/middleeast/mohammed-bin-salman-saudi-arabia-60-minutes.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/18/world/middleeast/mohammed...

gfodor 8y ago
The cynic in me thinks that, like most things the media reports on these days it seems, there is an attraction to stories that undermine Trump. Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I'm going to assume that this sudden meme about Saudi Arabia emerging is evidence in favor of there being some currently undisclosed diplomatic headway in the peace talks underway between the US, SA, Israel, and others that have been ongoing since Trump's trip to Riyadh the first month of his presidency.
- buboard 8y ago
  they are just appealing to their audience
- fmajid 8y ago
  No, it's much simpler than that. A journalist was murdered, and that hits close to home for... journalists. Unlike genocide in Yemen.

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dharma1 8y ago

I thought the same. I mean it's terrible what happened, and it's obvious SA isn't exactly a moral beacon, far from it - but China, Russia and many other countries do this type of thing all the time without the world blinking an eye. I wonder what this is leading up to?