“See this unsavoury attempt”: National Press Club blasts Saudi backed LIV Golf for trying to minimise ‘grisly bone saw attack’ on murdered reporter
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The LIV Golf Series has recently caused a lot of controversy since its inception, splitting the golf world into its different opinions. The National Press Club has also added its voice to the opinions, Beverly condemning the Saudi backed series for its values. The Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman allegedly ordered the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, and the country holds mass executions, persecutes lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, and oppresses women.
The third event, which is to be held at Donald Trump’s Bedminster club has added to the disappointment of the National Press Club. Trump’s role in the Series has been said to to make the LIV Series “even more revolting” because it reminded the group that the former President worked to downplay Khashoggi’s killing.
National Press Club strongly discourages all firms to carry out business with controversial LIV Golf Series
“We call on all Americans to see this unsavory attempt to minimize the grisly bone-saw attack on Washington Post opinion writer Jamal Khashoggi for what it is — an attempt to sweep under the rug a brutal state-sponsored murder,” the National Press Club said in its blistering statement. “We call on people of conscience to reject this tournament. Do not attend. Do not watch it on television. Let it fail,” pleaded the club according to CNN.
“We note that at one of LIV’s first news conferences their officials shouted down a question from an AP reporter and escorted him from the room saying that he was being rude. That is how the LIV episode started. They silenced the press. Again.” The National Press Club is discouraging anyone from doing business with LIV Golf. “We call on public relations firms, many of whom employ former journalists, to reject this blood money,” they said as their statement seemed to make an impact.
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