Two more journalist killed or gone missing.

Marinova's story sickened and frightened me.

 

I agree.
An arrest has been made in Marinova's case. And so far Bulgarian authorities and people close to Marinova say it was random and not connected to her work. One should doubt this, of course, considering press freedom in Bulgaria, as well as numerous other issues, including those Marinova tackled. However, there is a possibility it really was random, no matter how tiny or believable that possibility is.
On the other hand, the whole concept of walking into a consulate, and being murdered ....makes your blood freeze.
I'm not really trying to compare, both stories are terrifying.
But while one could potentially be a random murder, or attributed to different perpetrators, the other one is connected to an official state, and that is just plain scary.

That being said, I don't believe her murder was random.

 

The brutality with which she was raped or murdered suggests it wasn't random. It may not have been revenge for reporting on EU corruption, but I don't believe it was random. Something that sick and twisted has got to be personal or a message.

This is--what?--the 4th or 5th time this has happened since that reporter was beheaded in a submarine? This is all so horrific. The people still willing to investigate and report on this are all much more brave than I.

 

Jan Kuciak and his gf - February, both were shot
Daphne Caruana Galizia - killed in October 2017, car bomb explosion

 

WHAT is going on over there???

 

Yes it does. Absolutely horrifying.

 

The guy calling the Boston Globe? He actually used the same words. That's clearly Trump's influence.

But what is going on in Europe? To say Trump has a heavy responsibility? I'm not defending Trump in way, shape, or form, but doesn't blaming Trump just shift focus away from the sick, psychotic killers keeping the EU's dirty secrets?

 

I don't care what the UN says...Trump isn't going to bear anything. He is a stupid bully with all of his ignorant tweeting while his bully boy (and girl?) lawyers seem to consistently make sure he never suffers or pays for anything.

I truly wish this ^^^ wasn't so....but that seems to be the reality we live in.

 

I tear up a little bit thinking about what a grim fate they both had.

 

Releasing the dark psyche of strongmen everywhere, who always have willing goons to do the wet work. Neither trump nor his devoted suck-asses care about any of that. Winning is all, by hook or by crook. We have been quite lucky here--but---?????

 

(won't be too long now!)

 

Yeah while I find Trump's attacks on the press alarming, it is a bit of a stretch to pin this on him. Bulgaria is rated the lowest out of all EU members for press freedom and Saudi Arabia is pretty well known for their human rights violations

 

Of course here we don't fool around with pesky journalists--we go directly at a president , his brother and civil rights leaders--if they are effective.

Musta' been those lefties.

 

Precisely! Only if they are effective is of prime importance imo.

#45 doesn't even fool with reporters he "doesn't like". Am I remembering correctly that he wouldn't even let some reporters in to a few of his press conferences, and others he would make fun of them. WHO can forget him making fun of the disabled journalist???

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However, none of this has to do with this thread...but I'll be honest...I don't understand why any journalist that values their life at all would want to put themselves in the positions these people put themselves in. Being murdered in a consulate is horrific...but seeing as this happened in Turkey, unfortunately it is not surprising to me.

It is not a secret that outside of the US, you really and truly can't just report on what you want...no matter how true it is...nor how much "the world" should know.

 

found this on msn

Crown prince sought to lure Khashoggi back to Saudi Arabia and detain him, U.S. intercepts show

 

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