teabagmoustache t1_izmicrn wrote on December 10, 2022 at 4:54 AM

Reply to comment by illaville in Brother of Grant Wahl believes he was murdered in Qatar by Gambitzillas

Everyone is going mad over this but surely nobody in Qatar would be this stupid. The whole World Cup is a marketing ploy. There would be zero point in murdering a journalist. How do they benefit?

iamchristendomdotcom t1_izmj5dm wrote on December 10, 2022 at 5:02 AM

Reports say he keeled over in his seat with witnesses all around. He noted he felt very sick with chest pressure for the last week. It could be a lot of things, but killing him would highlight his work in humanitarianism, including coverage of migrant worker deaths in Qatar; not a likely move because it wouldn't be a good one.

teabagmoustache t1_izmjwvh wrote on December 10, 2022 at 5:10 AM

Exactly, people are trying to compare this with Khashoggi, which was carried out without the world's media watching and still blew up in the Saudi's face's.

There are many prominent journalists reporting on exactly the same issues he was, so murdering him would achieve nothing.

His brother is probably distraught and it's awful but people are jumping to conclusions way too fast.

Having said that, if it turns out to be true it's fucking wild.