He was 50~ and otherwise healthy*, it doesn't seem unlikely that there was foul play involved, but who knows
updating with
It has emerged that Wahl featured on a podcast the day before his death and eluded to feeling sick. A colleague says Wahl confirmed to other members on the podcast he went to a medical facility to be checked for what he suspected was bronchitis.
Wahl earlier this week revealed he was strggling with a throat issue and a lack of sleep — and had been to a medical centre at the media centre in Qatar twice.
https://www.news.com.au/sport/football/world-cup/american-journalist-dead-in-qatar-days-after-being-detained/news-story/207bab9048b4d20749e703b3746ba19e
Not entirely sure Qatar would go out and kill a journo like this, especially mid tournament. Plus in this COVID world I'm not surprised by 'healthy' folk dropping dead. Regardless, a great opportunity for wild speculation!
Really unsure if he was killed. I don’t know one way or the other. I just feel sick for his loved ones. Really appreciated his reporting, but that’s all so small now.
I mean, even if Qatar shot him with the heart attack gun, it’s not like anything would change. The US has pretty firmly established that the death of journalists is no obstacle to them, regardless of their views or reporting.
like i don't think Qatar would do it because they know they don't have that saudi clout, like the us absolutelly would throw then under the bus for some goodwill
After Xi's recent visit to Saudi, America might even be throwing Saudi under the bus.
I literally never heard of Qatar before the bullahit coming out about the sportsball cup or w/e but I feel like it's a capitalist autocracy that should be annihilated
it’s more of a capitalist theocracy, buy yeah. It’s built on especially cruel slave labor
Capitalist nothing, it's a feudal theocracy. The owners are all the noble class.
Hypothesis: Whiteoids literally drop dead if denied the ability to make empty gestures and moralize about PoC.
Supporting evidence: Grant Wahl.
Conclusion: Inconclusive, further testing needed.
I swear to god arguing gay rights with these people has to be a psyop to make me racist or something. It gets harder and harder to remind myself that everyone on twitter has had their brain fried and is not representative of real people every day
