TIME has just announced its “Person of the Year”: Jamal Khashoggi, the assassinated Washington Post journalist, and other journalists, the magazine says, including the Capital Gazette, Maria Ressa, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo. The cover story reads, “The Guardians and the War on Truth.”
Khashoggi’s murder, believed to be by the government of Saudi Arabia and at the direction of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has been covered up with the assistance of President Donald Trump and his Senior Advisor, Jared Kushner.
TIME’s editor-in -chief explains the decision:
Here’s how people are responding to TIME’s choice.
MSNBC Justice & Security Analyst Matthew Miller actually picked Khashoggi one day before Tuesday morning’s announcement:
And Washington Post Global Opinions editor, Karen Attiah, who was Khashoggi’s boss:
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