During the height of Khashoggimania, the media turned over its “news” to Turkish state media, repeating random lies from Erdogan’s propagandists.

So the Washington Post decided to cut out the middleman and give the Islamic dictator who has locked up hundreds of journalists a forum to stir up a regional conflict over Jamal Khashoggi, an old friend of Osama bin Laden, a terrorist propagandist and Washington Post columnist.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan / Washington Post: Saudi Arabia still has many questions to answer about Jamal Khashoggi’s killing

If the Washington Post cared in the least about freedom of the press, it would ask Erdogan about the hundreds of journalists he has locked up, and about freedom of the press in Turkey under his rule.