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Robert Fisk RIP

  • 01-11-2020 09:26PM
    #1
    TRANQUILLO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 453 ✭✭TRANQUILLO


    RIP . He will be missed.

    Aged 74. His work in the middle east was remarkable.


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  • #2
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,344 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Used to love his interviews on The Last Word.


  • #3
    hotmail.com
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,746 ✭✭✭✭hotmail.com


    A long term critic of US foreign policy. He will be missed.


  • #4
    del roy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,320 ✭✭✭del roy


    RIP, Didn't know he was sick, god bless his family.


  • #5
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,199 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


    TRANQUILLO wrote: »
    RIP . He will be missed.

    What? Where did you see this.

    I always admired him. He was a regular on the Pat Kenny Newstalk show, well they both lived in Dalkey.

    His house is on Vico Road, gorgeous spot.

    If he has gone, may he RIP.


  • #6
    Gruffalux
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,023 ✭✭✭Gruffalux


    Awww :(


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  • #7
    PCeeeee
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    A massive loss


  • #8
    Fann Linn
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    TRANQUILLO wrote: »
    RIP . He will be missed.

    Aged 74. His work in the middle east was remarkable.

    Very sorry to hear that. Excellent journalist who was very concise and knowledgeable on all issues relating to the Middle East.
    RIP.


  • #9
    AlphaDelta1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 477 ✭✭AlphaDelta1


    Oh no. Loved reading his stuff. So knowledgeable


  • #10
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,199 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


    A middle East expert for sure. Underrated also in some ways. Sad to hear this.


  • #11
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    A significant loss, he leaves an impressive legacy behind him. A rational and objective voice in a sea of partisan hackery. RIP Robert.


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  • #12
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers, Paid Member Posts: 45,424 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    Sad to hear this.

    Great journalist who told it like it is in regards to the middle East


  • #13
    Green Peter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,079 ✭✭✭Green Peter


    RIP, called it how he saw it.


  • #14
    jam_mac_jam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,735 ✭✭✭jam_mac_jam


    Oh no. Great writer and journalist. RIP


  • #15
    Limpy
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    He interviewed Bin Laden before he was popular in the west. Even though OBL was probably very popular with the CIA over there.


  • #16
    paleoperson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭paleoperson


    damn, I can't believe it. So many legends being lost.

    74 not exactly young but I'd have hoped for a few more years, I heard him speaking about Trump and the middle east same as ever on the radio only a few months ago. Think about how this is three years younger than one of the presidential candidates is going IN to the job.


  • #17
    Smegging hell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 469 ✭✭Smegging hell


    Very sad, RIP


  • #18
    TRANQUILLO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 453 ✭✭TRANQUILLO


    paleoperson wrote: »
    damn, I can't believe it. So many legends being lost.

    74 not exactly young but I'd have hoped for a few more years, I heard him speaking about Trump and the middle east same as ever on the radio only a few months ago.

    Ten years younger than our median covid deaths. food for thought.


  • #19
    ShamNNspace
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,192 ✭✭✭ShamNNspace


    Rip... One of the last of a dying breed, a journalist who was on the ground not waiting for the latest pr release or tweet. He went and sought out what was happening in the world rather that wait for "what the news should be"to be fed to him. A proper journalist who had his biases for sure but at least they were his biases after doing his own research


  • #20
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,364 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    Sad news.


  • #21
    I Am The Law
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 657 ✭✭✭I Am The Law


    ShamNNspace wrote: »
    Rip... One of the last of a dying breed, a journalist who was on the ground not waiting for the latest pr release or tweet. He went and sought out what was happening in the world rather that wait for "what the news should be"to be fed to him. A proper journalist who had his biases for sure but at least they were his biases after doing his own research

    Well put.


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  • #22
    paleoperson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭paleoperson


    TRANQUILLO wrote: »
    Ten years younger than our median covid deaths. food for thought.

    Might have been covid that killed him, it's one of or the biggest cause of death for that age range. I can't imagine an intrepid reporter like Fisk sitting at home and isolating himself from others to avoid it during his final years of mobility.


  • #23
    TRANQUILLO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 453 ✭✭TRANQUILLO


    ShamNNspace wrote: »
    Rip... One of the last of a dying breed, a journalist who was on the ground not waiting for the latest pr release or tweet. He went and sought out what was happening in the world rather that wait for "what the news should be"to be fed to him. A proper journalist who had his biases for sure but at least they were his biases after doing his own research

    probably my favourite journalist.


  • #24
    TRANQUILLO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 453 ✭✭TRANQUILLO


    paleoperson wrote: »
    Might have been covid that killed him, it's one of or the biggest cause of death for that age range. I can't imagine an intrepid reporter like Fisk sitting at home and isolating himself from others to avoid it during his final years of mobility.

    he had a stroke.


  • #25
    CharlesMartel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 95 ✭✭CharlesMartel


    ShamNNspace wrote: »
    Rip... One of the last of a dying breed, a journalist who was on the ground not waiting for the latest pr release or tweet. He went and sought out what was happening in the world rather that wait for "what the news should be"to be fed to him. A proper journalist who had his biases for sure but at least they were his biases after doing his own research
    Hid did have his biases alright. always Israel's fault, even when it was not, and before you all jump on my, Israel is no angel.
    A great reporter but I think this spectator article sums my opinion of him up nicely, "great reporter, lously prophet." He just did not see the rise of Islamism and Wahabasim because he bought completely in to the American is the great satan narrative


  • #26
    paleoperson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭paleoperson


    TRANQUILLO wrote: »
    he had a stroke.

    Thanks for the information but I hope you don't seriously think that rules out covid. Covid causes strokes even in young people, never mind at risk people:

    https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(20)30272-6/fulltext


  • #27
    Brooklynn Brief Pediatrician
    Posts: 13,753 ✭✭✭✭ Brooklynn Brief Pediatrician


    Rarely does a single death impact an entire profession.

    Impossible for me to put into words my admiration for Mr. Fisk.


  • #28
    paddyref
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 102 ✭✭paddyref


    His brilliant ' The great war for civilisation' was an incredible story on the absolute madness of the 1st World War as was his fearless coverage of Middle Eastern politics.


  • #29
    TRANQUILLO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 453 ✭✭TRANQUILLO


    paleoperson wrote: »
    Thanks for the information but I hope you don't seriously think that rules out covid. Covid causes strokes even in young people, never mind at risk people:

    https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(20)30272-6/fulltext

    Covid until proven innocent eh.


  • #30
    TRANQUILLO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 453 ✭✭TRANQUILLO


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Rarely does a single death impact an entire profession.

    Impossible for me to put into words my admiration for Mr. Fisk.

    A heavyweight.


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  • #31
    jam_mac_jam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,735 ✭✭✭jam_mac_jam


    They really don't make journalists like him anymore. Great loss.


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