AyG
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Post by AyG on Nov 2, 2020 8:31:31 GMT 7
Robert Fisk has died at the age of 74. His articles in The Independent about the Middle East often irked me, but were always well thought through and thought provoking.
He was an Arabic speaker, so get got a better insight into the Arab mindset that many journalists reporting on the Middle East.
The world will be a poorer place without his reportage.
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Post by rgs2001uk on Nov 2, 2020 21:43:37 GMT 7
Good lord man, how quaint, do people still read newspapers?
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Post by bletheryblether on Nov 5, 2020 12:30:19 GMT 7
He was a known fabulist and story thief. Journalistic reaction to him dying has been searing contempt. One guy pointed out he made up a story about a riot in Cairo while living in Cyprus. No such riot existed, and that was one of his many debunked articles.
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