First, the final column from murdered Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, in which he emphasizes yet again how tyrannical governments are suppressing rights and press freedom.
Read it HERE.
You can also hear my Joe's Media Corner podcast talking to experts about Saudi Arabia's history of poor press treatment HERE.
Post Global Opinions editor Karen Attiah offered this note with the column explaining how it came about on his last apparent day alive:
I
received this column from Jamal Khashoggi’s translator and assistant
the day after Jamal was reported missing in Istanbul. The Post held off
publishing it because we hoped Jamal would come back to us so that he
and I could edit it together. Now I have to accept: That is not going to
happen. This is the last piece of his I will edit for The Post.
This
column perfectly captures his commitment and passion for freedom in the
Arab world. A freedom he apparently gave his life for. I will be forever
grateful he chose The Post as his final journalistic home one year ago
and gave us the chance to work together.
Also out this week is a great ProPublica investigation into the Trump Organization's history of misleading business colleagues and clients.
Among it's findings:
The Trumps were typically way more than mere licensors or bystanders in their often-troubled deals. They were deeply involved in these projects. They helped mislead investors and buyers — and they profited handsomely from it.
Patterns of deceptive practices occurred in a dozen deals across the globe, as the business expanded into international projects, and the Trumps often participated. One common pattern, visible in more than half of those transactions, was a tendency to misstate key sales numbers.
See that report in full HERE.
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