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The accusation is that the Qatari government killed Grant Wahl because of his reporting. But then again, Wahl's last post is all about how the Qatari government
by kingofpandora 4y ago
The accusation is that the Qatari government killed Grant Wahl because of his reporting. But then again, Wahl's last post is all about how the Qatari government doesn't care about the worker's death and doesn't care if you know it ... so why would they kill an American journalist - with all the negatives that would bring down on them - over something they don't care about?
- phphphphp 4y agoExactly, and no offence to Grant Wahl, but he's a nobody in the grand scheme of things. He might be a big journalist in the context of American soccer, but he's not a meaningful presence in the world of football -- a sport America doesn't really care about. There's lots of journalists who are being vocal about their dissatisfaction with Qatar to varying degrees, he's far from unique. Given he complained about illness, and acknowledged he was over working himself, it seems the default position should be a death of natural causes until there's some evidence otherwise. I guess someone could argue that the Qatari authorities knew he was unwell and thought that was good cover for killing him... but why bother? What's the motivation?