Journalist Mehdi Hasan joins Heather Chaplin and Emily Bell to discuss the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and explore what its coverage says about the American media’s evolving relationship with the Saudi Arabian government. Plus, our hosts reveal two new recurring segments for the show. It’s the beginning of a whole new season of Tricky!

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Reading list:

• Brazilian Swamp Drainer—The Wall Street Journal‘s endorsement of neo-fascist Jair Bolsonaro.
• Here’s BBC’s highly detailed primer on the murder of journalism Jamal Khashoggi.
• Plus, this Amnesty International video of prominent journalists reading the last piece Khashoggi filed to his editor before his death.