Sunday, February 20, 2005

Media: The Independent, Robert Fisk

What should a newspaper call its Arts/Entertainment/Gossip/Comics/Agony Aunt section? "Life" always seems a little pretentious. But I don't know what to make of the (English) Independent's title, Enjoyment. They should call the News section, 'Novelty', and the Sports section, 'Competitiveness'.

They have Robert Fisk as a correspondent - they should call that section 'Irritating Knee-Jerk Left-Wing Anti-Americanism'. Fisk gave a lecture at this chap's university - usual bullshit. This Fisk fan compares Fisk to Christ and quotes (approvingly) Fisk's own shame at trying to defend himself from a mob of Afghan refugees. Finally, Eoghan Harris of the (Irish) Sunday Independent (registration required) coins the term "fisking", defined as "sullen denial when the facts fail to support an anti-American analysis".

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