[706f6f70]

> kill one journalist and the western world loses their shit.

I would argue that the Western world largely didn't care, but the journalistic class which controls a large chunk of what people think is happening had a tantrum. This was not a "look at what Trump did this week" tantrum, but rather a "these guys just killed one of us, YOU HAVE TO CARE" tantrum.

You can tell it's this because the journalists themselves don't really care that he died trying to expose what is happening in Yemen - they only care that a fellow journalist died a fairly gruesome death.

[thrower123]

Also witness the journos circling the wagons around a guy who, by most accounts, is an obnoxious fucknut, because the White House got tired of his shit and pulled his pass.

Expecting the press to be objective or reasonable where their own prerogatives and interests are concerned is foolish.

[nickthemagicman]

You don't want lapdog journalists it makes the whole exercise pointless.

[llampx]

That implies that they aren't lapdogs just not beholden to the administration.

[nickthemagicman]

Well in this case if you get murdered and dismembered you're pretty apparently NOT beholden to the administration.