Robert Fisk
| Robert Fisk link Sourcewatch Website Wikiquote (Journalist) | |
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.jpg) Reporting from Syria, April 2018 | |
| Born | Robert William Fisk 12 July 1946 Maidstone, Kent, England |
| Died | 30 October 2020 Dublin, Ireland |
| Alma mater | Lancaster University, Trinity College (Dublin) |
| Spouse | Lara Marlowe |
| Interests | Middle East |
UK journalist | |
Robert William Fisk was one a highly regarded UK foreign correspondent. The New York Times described him in 2005 as “probably the most famous foreign correspondent in Britain”.[1]
Journalism
From 1972 to 1975, Robert Fisk was The Times Belfast correspondent, before being posted to Portugal following the Carnation Revolution in 1974. Fisk then was appointed Middle East correspondent (1976–1988). When a story of his was spiked (Iran Air Flight 655) after Rupert Murdoch's takeover, he moved to The Independent in April 1989 and is primarily based in Beirut.[2]
Author
- "The Point of No Return: The Strike which Broke the British in Ulster" (1975). London: Times Books/Deutsch. ISBN 0-233-96682-X
- "In Time of War: Ireland, Ulster and the Price of Neutrality, 1939–1945" (2001). London: Gill & Macmillan. ISBN 0-7171-2411-8 (1st ed. 1983).
- "Pity the Nation : Lebanon at War" (3rd ed. 2001). London: Oxford University Press; xxi, 727 pages. ISBN 0-19-280130-9 (1st ed. was 1990).
- "The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East" (October 2005) London. Fourth Estate; xxvi, 1366 pages. ISBN 1-84115-007-X
- "The Age of the Warrior: Selected Writings" (2008) London, Fourth Estate ISBN 978-0-00-727073-6
- "Robert Fisk on Algeria" (2013) Independent Print Limited
Video documentary
Robert Fisk produced a three-part series titled "From Beirut To Bosnia" in 1993 which Fisk says was an attempt "to find out why an increasing number of Muslims had come to hate the West."[3] Fisk says that the Discovery Channel did not show a repeat of the films, after initially showing them in full, due to a letter campaign launched by pro-Israel groups such as Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA).[4]
References
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