Snapshot · Pod Save the World
A British investigation found that hackers targeted over 100 critics of the 2022 Qatar World Cup, with Michel Platini among the targets, since at least 2019.
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After dropping the news that Qatar has apparently put them on their radar, Tommy walks through the backstory: he and Roger wrote a CNN op-ed cataloguing the reasons Qatar 2022 is a disaster, and Qatar's ambassador to the United States formally responded with a piece accusing them of spreading misconceptions and singling out Qatar in ways that amount to anti-Arab bias. Tommy's verdict is swift: it's defensive whataboutism from 'snowflake liberal autocrats.' But the deeper point is the irony — the Qatari government's attempt to silence criticism only amplified it, with the ambassador's response generating ten times the media attention for the original piece. A British investigation also surfaces during this segment, having found that hackers targeted over 100 critics of the World Cup, with Michel Platini among them, since 2019 [1] — Tommy Vitor "Hackers targeted 100+ World Cup critics: A British investigation found that hackers targeted over 100 critics of the 2022 Qatar World Cup, …" 09:42 .
Qatar's US ambassador wrote a formal op-ed response to Tommy and Roger's CNN piece, accusing them of racist and biased coverage. Tommy's take: it's textbook whataboutism from a 'snowflake liberal autocrat' — and the clap-back generated ten times more media requests than the original piece.
Sepp Blatter gave a Swiss newspaper interview calling the Qatar World Cup a mistake — because the country is 'too small,' not because of human rights. Tommy and Roger dissect why men in power only find candor after they've lost it, and how Blatter's confessional was really just bitterness toward Infantino.
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