Also the investigation was not a show. It highlighted extreme abuse of power.
The Saudis repeated changing of the story was the real show.
It's almost never big news. This is far from the first journalist Saudi Arabia has killed for opposing the Royal Family, plus who knows how many Yemeni journalists have been killed over the past few years.
>Also the investigation was not a show. It highlighted extreme abuse of power.
The event itself highlights this, the investigation was barely necessary. The Saudis changing their story was a naked delay tactic that was likely coordinated with the "investigators."
I'd love to be proven wrong, but years of watching the media only care when there's some strong US connection has left me too cynical.
Just like the supreme court can't cover every case that exists, the media can't cover every story that exists.
I guess they both have to pick the most powerful stories/case to cover that sets precedent and can be applied to other similar stories/cases going forward.
Which is what happened with Kashoggi.
What would the purpose of such a show be? Before the whole thing, US relations with Arabia were much more positive than US public opinion toward Arabia. If the US wanted to distance itself from Arabia, it wouldn't need to swing public opinion by staging a show trial; public opinion was already there.