Robert Fisk

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Robert Fisk (born July 12, 1946 in Maidstone , Kent , † October 30, 2020 in Dublin ) was a British-Irish journalist . He worked for The Times from 1972 and from 1989 until his death as a Middle East correspondent for the British newspaper The Independent . From 1976 he lived in the Lebanese capital Beirut and in Dublin.

Life

Fisk, who was described by the New York Times as "probably the most famous British foreign correspondent ", reported for several decades from and about many crisis regions of the world, such as B. on the Northern Ireland conflict (1972-1975), the Portuguese Carnation Revolution , Afghanistan under Soviet occupation and the guerrilla war with the Taliban, the civil war in Lebanon and the post-civil war period in Lebanon. Fisk also covered the Gulf Wars of 1980 , 1990 and 2003 .

Fisk was the only foreign reporter to witness the 1982 Hama massacre in Syria . In 1982 he also witnessed the Sabra and Shatila massacres . In a report on Lebanon he interviewed Hassan Nasrallah and a survivor of the bombing of the US embassy in Beirut in 1983 . In 2018, Fisk was the first Western reporter allowed to go to the Duma during the civil war in Syria after using poison gas in April 2018 . There he reported for the British newspaper The Independent on the statement of a Syrian doctor that the respiratory problems observed were not due to chlorine gas, but to dust after the bombing by the Assad government.

Fisk was one of the few Western journalists who conducted interviews with Osama bin Laden ; there were three discussions between 1993 and 1997.

The early 2000s looked at Fisk in the Independent both the US media and the BBC into line, especially since, as Fisk, President Bush said Israeli Prime Minister Sharon would talk anyway to hear. In July 2002, his contribution to the Independent illustrated a US flag , the white stars of which were replaced by gold Stars of David , as an allusion to a “Jewish lobby” that supposedly dominated the media in the interests of US-Israeli interests.

His name is also used as a verb in English weblogs : Fisking refers to a section in which an author fully cites the statements of an opponent and provides paragraph by paragraph with his own statement. Originally, conservative American bloggers dealt in this way with the articles Fisk, who was extremely critical of American foreign policy.

On October 30, 2020, Fisk, who had taken Irish citizenship, died at the age of 74 in Dublin's St Vincent's Hospital, presumably of complications from a stroke . Irish President Michael D. Higgins stated that "with Fisk's death, the world of journalism lost one of its most distinguished commentators".

Awards

Fisk was seven times with the title of the British Press Awards as International Journalist of the Year Award and won the "Reporter of the Year Award" ( "Reporter of the Year Award") twice. He won the Amnesty International UK Media Awards in 1992 for his reportage The Other Side of the Hostage Saga , and in 1998 for his reportage from Algeria and again in 2000 for his articles on NATO's war against the rest of Yugoslavia in 1999 .

Works

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ethan Bronner: A Foreign Correspondent Who Does More Than Report. In: nytimes.com . November 19, 2005, accessed November 3, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Ismael Quiades: The Hamah Massacre - February 1982. In: Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence. December 22, 2009, accessed November 3, 2020 . Ismael Quiades: Le massacre de Hama - February 1982. In: Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence. October 12, 2009, accessed November 3, 2020 (French).
  3. ^ Robert Fisk: The search for truth in the rubble of Douma - and one doctor's doubts over the chemical attack. In: independent.co.uk . April 17, 2018, accessed November 3, 2020 .
  4. ^ Robert Fisk: Anti-Soviet warrior puts his army on the road to peace: The Saudi businessman who recruited mujahedin now uses them for large-scale building projects in Sudan. Robert Fisk met him in Almatig. In: The Independent . December 6, 1993, accessed November 3, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Helga Embacher, Bernadette Edtmaier, Alexandra Preitschopf: Anti-Semitism in Europe: Case Studies of a global phenomenon in the 21st century. Böhlau, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-205-20774-0 , pp. 140 f.
  6. ↑ Evan Morris: There's a reason we left you in the wilderness, so please stop shouting. In: Word detective. July 15, 2003, accessed November 3, 2020 .
  7. ^ Conor Pope: Veteran journalist and author Robert Fisk dies aged 74. In: The Irish Times . November 1, 2020, accessed on November 1, 2020 .
  8. ^ Award-winning Middle East correspondent Robert Fisk has died. In: deutschlandfunk.de . November 2, 2020, accessed November 2, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Patrick Keatinge: Ireland in International Affairs: Interests, Institutions and Identities: Essays in Honor of Professor NP Keatinge, FTCD, MRIA. Institute of Public Administration, December 2, 2002, ISBN 978-1-902448-76-3 , p. 217.
  10. ↑ Times reporter wins award. The Times, London, December 15, 1987.
  11. ^ Honorary Graduates. Lancaster University, accessed November 3, 2020 .
  12. ↑ "In the wars". The Irish Times (Dublin). November 19, 1991.
  13. ^ The Orwell Prize: Winners: Robert Fisk. In: theorwellprize.co.uk . Archived from the original on April 28, 2012 ; accessed on November 3, 2020 (English).
  14. ^ Louise Jury: Fisk wins award for political journalism. In: The Independent . July 20, 2001, archived from the original on September 10, 2011 ; accessed on November 3, 2020 (English).
  15. ↑ Previous Winners. In: marthagellhorn.com . February 5, 2015, accessed December 12, 2013 .
  16. ↑ Doctor of the University 1973-2011. (pdf; 211 kB) In: The Open University. October 3, 2012, archived from the original on December 13, 2013 ; accessed on November 3, 2020 (English).
  17. ↑ Honorary degrees June 2004. In: st-andrews.ac.uk . June 21, 2004, archived from the original on December 13, 2013 ; accessed on November 3, 2020 (English).
  18. ^ Honorary Degrees Awarded Since 1954. In: carleton.ca . Retrieved November 3, 2020 .
  19. ^ About the Edward Said Memorial Lecture. In: adelaide.edu.au . July 19, 2012, archived from the original on December 10, 2015 ; accessed on November 3, 2020 (English).
  20. ^ Honorary Doctorates: Robert Fisk: Honorary Degree Recipient. In: aub.edu.lb . 2006, archived from the original on August 1, 2013 ; accessed on November 3, 2020 (English).
  21. ↑ Distinguished journalist receives Queen's honorary degree. In: qub.ac.uk . July 3, 2006, archived from the original on June 4, 2013 ; accessed on November 3, 2020 (English).
  22. ↑ Lucy Boulanger: 2006 Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize awarded to Robert Fisk. In: lannan.org. Archived from the original on May 22, 2007 ; accessed on November 3, 2020 (English).
  23. ↑ University Honorary Degrees July 2008. In: kent.ac.uk . July 7, 2008, archived from the original on October 12, 2008 ; accessed on November 3, 2020 (English).
  24. ^ Five recipients to receive honorary degrees at Trinity College Dublin. In: tcd.ie . July 12, 2008, archived from the original on December 13, 2013 ; accessed on November 3, 2020 (English).
  25. ^ Jon Ihle: Trinity College awards harsh Israel critic. In: jta.org . January 8, 2009, accessed November 3, 2020 .
  26. ↑ Ben Schofield: Liverpool Bishops honored by Liverpool. In: Liverpool Daily Post. July 16, 2009, archived from the original on June 15, 2013 ; accessed on November 3, 2020 (English).
  27. ^ Robert Fisk: Some lessons in sacrifice from Liverpool in two world wars. In: The Independent. July 18, 2009, accessed November 3, 2020 .
  28. ^ Robert Fisk wins International Prize. In: The Independent. June 18, 2011, accessed November 3, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Fisk, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British journalist and author
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Maidstone , Kent
DATE OF DEATH October 30, 2020
Place of death Dublin