A Dubai-based television network broadcasting across the Mideast cut substantial portions of an episode of the satiric news program “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” over references to Saudi Arabia’s crown prince being implicated in the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
FILE - A Turkish police officer walks past a picture of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi prior to a ceremony, near the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, Oct. 2, 2019. A Dubai-based broadcaster cut substantial portions of a recent episode of the satiric news program “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” over references to Saudi Arabia’s crown prince being implicated in the 2018 killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
“McKinsey now has offices all over the world, and from them they’ve cozied up to some truly terrible clients,” Oliver said. They “are so deeply entrenched in the government of Saudi Arabia that Saudi Arabia’s planning ministry has been dubbed the Ministry of McKinsey.” OSN cut that material, as well as other portions mentioning Saudi Arabia in a satirical, fake McKinsey promotional created by the show. OSN did, however, include one bit after the show’s credits in which an actor, referring to the kingdom, says: “Wait, wait, I’m sorry — he did another one? Oh my God. Which newspaper?”
Saudi Arabia’s government did not respond to a request for comment, nor did representatives for Oliver. HBO declined to comment.
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