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Robert Fisk, giant in journalism, dies suddenly

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TBS Report
02 November, 2020, 12:20 pm
Last modified: 02 November, 2020, 01:13 pm

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Robert Fisk, giant in journalism, dies suddenly

TBS Report
02 November, 2020, 12:20 pm
Last modified: 02 November, 2020, 01:13 pm
Robert Fisk, giant in journalism, dies suddenly

The veteran British foreign correspondent Robert Fisk has died at the age of 74.

The journalist and author was reportedly admitted to St Vincent's hospital in Dublin after getting ill on Friday. A source at the Independent, where Fisk was Middle East correspondent, confirmed the news of his death.

The world of #journalism lost one of it's best.#RobertFisk lived in beirut throughout the civil war.
Never wrote without standing on the ground.
He was a role model.
The drive and passion for me as a kid to go report inside #syria 2011 for newspapers, was inspired by him. RIP pic.twitter.com/o0KUGXcr2x— Ghadi Francis | غدي فرنسيس (@ghadifrancis) November 2, 2020

Fisk was admitted to hospital after suffering a suspected stroke, according to a report in the Irish Times.

Death of Robert Fisk marks the passing one of the most highly regarded and controversial British foreign correspondents of the modern era https://t.co/WuU3NlgSgP— The Irish Times (@IrishTimes) November 1, 2020

Described by the New York Times in 2005 as "probably the most famous foreign correspondent in Britain", Fisk won many prestigious awards over the span of his career for his coverage of the Middle East.

These included the Orwell prize for journalism and multiple wins at the British Press Awards in the categories of international reporter of the year and foreign reporter of the year.

RIP Robert Fisk, one of the few honest Western chroniclers of the wars & intrigues imposed on the Middle East & sharpest critics of the absurd language pundits and politicians reflexively resorted to to paper over their colonial relationship w/ the region https://t.co/2T2DBHhnmc— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) November 1, 2020

After beginning his career at the Sunday Express, Fisk moved to the Times. He was the paper's Belfast correspondent at the height of the Northern Ireland Troubles from 1972 to 1975.

In 1976, he moved to Beirut where he began his career as a Middle East correspondent, covering the Lebanese civil war, the Iranian revolution, the Iran-Iraq war and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

Sad to hear about the death of Robert Fisk. His book on Lebanon was an intimate insight into the civil war he lived through.

I visited Fisk in Beirut and was in complete awe of him and what he had witnessed. Fisk had profound influence as a journalist. RIP pic.twitter.com/gfmXGipufm— Elaine Byrne (@ElaineByrne) November 1, 2020

He joined the Independent in 1989, and remained their correspondent in the region until his death, covering events such as Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait and the recent wars in Syria. He also reported on the Bosnian and Kosovo wars in the former Yugoslavia.

A fluent Arabic speaker, he was among the few Western journalists to interview the al-Qaida leader, Osama bin Laden, which he did three times during the 1990s.

One of Robert Fisk's great contributions was documenting the massacre of thousands of Palestinians by Israel and its proxies at Sabra and Shatila in 1982. He was among first on the scene. It took courage few journalists show todayhttps://t.co/TipnZsx8wUhttps://t.co/nKBfI640sn— Ali Abunimah (@AliAbunimah) November 1, 2020

He was a controversial figure, known for his criticism of the US. Following the 11 September 2001 attacks, he faced a backlash after asking what had motivated those who were responsible for the attacks.

Robert Fisk - you great, great hack: who will I sit for hours with in Beirut to grumble about the world! May your ink never dry..... pic.twitter.com/jCasXjX5ki— Vijay Prashad (@vijayprashad) November 1, 2020

Fisk also wrote books on Northern Ireland and the Middle East, including Pity the Nation: Lebanon at War and The Great War for Civilisation, in which he chronicled "the betrayals and treachery and deceit of Middle East history".

Fisk had ties to Ireland dating back to his reporting during the Troubles, after which he completed a PhD at Trinity College. Among other honorary degrees and awards, he went on to receive Trinity College Dublin's Historical Society's gold medal in 2009.

 

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