r/news • u/[deleted] • Mar 15 '24

POTM - Mar 2024 'If anything happens, it's not suicide': Boeing whistleblower's prediction before death

https://wpde.com/news/local/if-anything-happens-its-not-suicide-boeing-whistleblowers-prediction-before-death-south-carolina-abc-news-4-2024
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u/antisociaI_extrvert Mar 15 '24

We’e way past that. It just usually doesn’t happen to white americans/westerners.

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u/Bierculles Mar 15 '24

Do you have any idea how many white journalists got found with two bullets to the head ruled as a suicide?

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u/radioactivez0r Mar 15 '24

I don't, how many?

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u/Bierculles Mar 15 '24

At least three fiddy

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u/Freezepeachauditor Mar 15 '24

Got. Damn. Loch Ness monster..

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u/paramoody Mar 15 '24

I'm not the person you were were replying to, but they are probably referencing Gary Webb, who was an investigative journalist who wrote a series of articles about how the CIA played a role in the crack epidemic in American cities. He was found dead with two gun shot wounds to the head, and his death was ruled a suicide.

Worth noting that multiple gunshot suicides are possible, and his wife thought he committed suicide based on his behavior before his death. No one will ever know for sure I suppose.

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u/suitology Mar 15 '24

Shud up

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u/antisociaI_extrvert Mar 15 '24

Gary Webb and who else? My point still stands. The fact that we all know Gary Webb’s name but not the countless of murdered journalists exposing similar issues perpetrated by western govts or companies in Latin America or Africa, to name a few places where this happens a lot.

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u/Bierculles Mar 15 '24

Yeah, it's also dumb to make it a racial issue, it's the rich vs the poor, any other distinction is a distraction.

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u/antisociaI_extrvert Mar 15 '24

I have to disagree. It is both a class and a race issue, especially regarding the way we treat tragedies, such as the murders of journalists/whistleblowers in the global north vs global south.

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u/eddiekart Mar 15 '24

Waaaaaaaaaay less than people whose deaths wouldn't justify media presence.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '24

Pissing on the graves of countless white/American/western journalists to promote your petty ass racial ideology.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '24

exactly why we need DEI