On Thu, Apr 10, 2003 at 09:18:36AM -0700, James A. Donald wrote:
During the past couple of days I have been arguing with someone on usenet who cites as evidence for the extravagant untruthfullness of the mainstream press, Robert Fisk's report that the coalition troops were nowhere near Saddam Hussein airport. (As it was then called)
For his very similar work in Kosovo, Fisk was named "foreign correspondent of the year" (presumably by a committee of lying commies who share his ideology)
Looks like Fisk is becoming the new Chomsky.
Fish and I would disagree politically if we ever met in person, I'd wager, and I have no brief to defend his political views. But from the perspective of a fellow journalist, well, we sometimes make honest mistakes at the best of times, and probably even more so in wartime. You're accusing him of intentionally telling a lie, and to agree I'd have to at the very least look at the wording of his report. Disagreeing with a reporter's political views does not mean that all their claims of fact are wrong and maliciously so. -Declan