LETTER: Remember Khashoggi and all other brave truth tellers
Good journalism matters even more in this age of lies
“I can’t breathe.” These were the last words of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul on October 2 2018. He never left the building. His body has not been found. He was murdered in a place that was supposed to protect him. His crime: being a journalist, a voice of truth in an era of disinformation.
Today, as the Zondo state capture inquiry hears testimony of acts of betrayal by journalists who sold their souls for gold, it is easy to forget that hundreds of courageous journalists have given their lives in the line of duty. Some were maimed or jailed. Others, like Can Dundar, a former editor of Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet, were forced into exile...
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