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2stepfan said:I. Any music journalists we like?
the mighty peter shapiro
2stepfan said:I. Any music journalists we like?
No, that's why I said "apparent" smears. I don't know enough about him to say either way.Are they smears if they're true though?
articles to get me clued in on syria?Are they smears if they're true though? There are lots of people saying he couldn't speak Arabic as he claimed, and that he made up lots of his stories. For me, I've been hugely disappointed to see him basically put out Assad regime propaganda with regard to Syria. I had a big argument on here about that with Droid - after the Douma gassing, Fisk penned a story claiming it was a dust cloud. if you read it closely, you can see he only has one witness, a local doctor. Seems absolutely cast iron to me that this was a story pushed by the regime that he chose to push, idk why.
Anyone who says anything positive or contributes to the propaganda efforts of that regime is fucked. It's an active fascist regime, waist deep in bloody.
More neutrally, I used to like him bitd, read his huge book. But reflecting on it, there's a bit of a problem with that model - the Western interpreter with the magisterial gaze. I think it's better to read a lot of local voices if you want to understand what's going on in any specific country.
Do you want books instead? I can suggest Twitter people to follow also.articles to get me clued in on syria?
Sorry, missed that.No, that's why I said "apparent" smears. I don't knoe w enough about him to say either way.
Do you want books instead? I can suggest Twitter people to follow also.
Huge subject and I've not been keeping up myself.
There's a missing Craner post, above my last..
Luka's turned me onto Peter Hitchens.