Without commenting on Khashoggi directly, I do believe that journalists such as Ukrainian Kateryna Handzyuk who was killed this year,
The numerous journalists killed in Mexico and the Western Hemisphere,
Daphne Carauna Galizia of Malta who was killed, are well-deserving of recognition,
These reporters often have nothing to do with editorial stances of their newspapers, they are often free lancers.
Austin Tice, Ex-Marine, thought to still be alive and has been captured by Jihadists back around 2012 or so... and how about the prisoners in Turkey under Erdogan? So, Trump was probably snubbed and he well should have been the man of the year, TIME is obviously biased.