Beyond the autocracy with which some topics are handled in Qatar,
It's not 'some topics', the Emir is hereditary position which has control over all 3 branches of government, and there is obviously, effectively, no pluralism. It's also a non-secular state. These facts alone should be ringing alarm bells even before you get to the various other restrictions on freedoms.
the cordiality, hospitality with which they treated everyone, the stories of the fans and the desire to be known by their people, to give and give beyond money, sharing and enjoying that the world analyzes them more and appreciates them is indisputable
They're a rich country that does business on the world's stage, you would certainly expect them to good at hospitality... especially when it comes to high value events like the World Cup, or F1. However...
people working hard for their country,
... a big part of the problem has been that Qatar 'employed' millions of migrant workers to build this event. It's been built by Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis and many more, these are workers that have, in unusually high numbers, died to provide this hospitality, without even getting any of the rights of citizenship, the long term benefits of the infrastructure they've built, or a sensible share of the wealth of the nation or profits of the World Cup.
Again, that's not to say the Qatar didn't do a good job, but I doubt that morally validates what the real cost was.
Whoever is free of sin should throw the first stone, the USA lately is a joke, its politicians are clowns, some are a hundred times worse, busy with stupidities and asleep before the reality of the world and its own people, you have to understand that your people are not It is their politicians, they are good people who also want the rest of the world to enjoy their land.
Unlike Qatar, in the USA the people can champion differing political ideals and leaders, part of the burden of responsibility for shit politicians and leaders in a free(er) society has to lay with the people (to bigger or lesser degrees depending on the freedom of the media and electoral process).
I bet you my bottom dollar that media won’t report the USA wc like they did qatar.
I'd agree that'll probably be true. One big reason for that is likely there won't be the same issues to report on in the first place. Whatever opinions you might have about US foreign policy, the workers will have more rights and the citizens already do. Politics in the USA and Europe has become so deeply divided that anything, no matter how seemingly unimportant gets politicised beyond any reason. If the Biden, or Democrat administration is in power and America ****s something up with the World Cup, you will barely be able to avoid Conservative media outlets in the states going on about it, I'm sure the opposite is true also.
And it does of course depend on which media you follow. I've not followed the World Cup coverage that closely, but aside from acknowledging a few of the human rights issues (mostly around homosexuality), our state media, the BBC, didn't really dwell on it as far as I saw.
visiting a family in Nepal who lost their father building the stadiums.
I hope they kick off the USA wc by interviewing a family in flint Michigan.
The difference is what's going on in Flint is not the fault of the World Cup going to the USA, and ultimately the government is paying out damages (I'm not really following this story, but that's the last I heard). It's not (necessarily) government inflicted suffering, with no recourse, directly because of the World Cup... so why would people talk about it.
