My opinion of the whole ordeal changed quite a lot once I realized that only reason this became a "big deal" is that Khashoggi was well connected. It was portr

My opinion of the whole ordeal changed quite a lot once I realized that only reason this became a "big deal" is that Khashoggi was well connected. It was portrayed as "this is bad because they killed a journalist." In reality it was "this is bad because this guy had lots of connections" Journalists are killed by bad people every year, usually to very little fanfare.