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INDPENDENT’S ANTI-FSIK CONSIPRACY
An internal University of Melbourne email advises:
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Robert Fisk Lecture scheduled for Thursday 29 September at 6.00pm has been postponed.
No other details are offered. Perhaps Robert has been beaten up by children again. The lecture had earlier been promoted in confusing terms:
The celebrated Middle East correspondent, Robert Fisk, will address a capacity public audience of 500 at Asialink at The University of Melbourne on Thursday, September 29. The free public event, staged in one of the largest auditoriums on campus, has been a sell-out since Monday, 10 days ahead of the event.
How can a free event be a sell-out? What was being sold? And when will Robert’s Perfect Wisdom ever be heard? Leftoid site Axis of Logic condemns Fisk’s corporate fascist overlords:
We have always had the highest respect for Robert Fisk and his wonderful analyses and hard-hitting reports on the Middle East. We noted that The Independent (UK) stopped publishing the work of Robert Fisk at no cost a couple of years ago. From that time on, his wonderful analyses and reports were made available only by paid subscription. We viewed this move on the part of The Indpendent as a method of corporate censorship. Subsequently, Axis of Logic purchased a subscription from the Independent and continued to publish reprints of his reports in a dedicated column. After a few months of these publications, the Independent canceled our subscription without refund and never replied to our letters asking the reason for cancellation. I met Mr. Fisk for the first time at a conference at M.I.T. in Cambridge, MA where he spoke last year to a receptive audience. We regret that the government and it’s corporate media censors have barred him from entering the U.S. - but this move on their part should not come as a surprise to anyone. Their fear of him and the Truth reinforces our view that the enemy is on the defensive. It tells us that their invincibility is an illusion of their creation and only serves to empower us - “the people”.
Evil Indpendent. “The people” must hear the Truth.
God again with the censorship thing. Axis of Logic don’t have the brains to realise that many publications restrict what they see as premium content to paid subscribers. The Economist springs to mind. Maybe cancelling the subscription had a something to do with a little matter of copyright breach.
And to demonstrate their lack of logic further they really seem to believe that a newspaper would hire a journalist to write a column so they could supress his/her views?? The mind boggles.
A little further bit of news - to read a newspaper in print form you have to pay for it -ooooh more censorship
The Wall Street Journal wanted $195 for an annual subscription. I wanted them to deliver it to my home early in the morning in time for my morning bath and coffee (no cigar though alas)—free of charge. They said no.
This is censorship pure and simple and has to be squashed.
Posted by wronwright on 2005 09 28 at 07:43 PM • permalinkMickey Kaus today:
http://slate.msn.com/id/2126899/
“TimeSelect—and with it Web access to columnists such as Paul Krugman—is unavailable to those too poor to have credit cards…News of the NYT policy comes at a time when Hurricane Katrina has raised profound issues of race, class, and gender.”
“...his wonderful analyses and reports were made available only by paid subscription.”
People actually pay to read Fisk’s tripe? How can I get in on this scam!!?!?!!!
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2005 09 29 at 01:00 AM • permalinkThe Robert Fisk lecture has now been confirmed to run tomorrow night; Friday the 30th of September from 6pm
Posted by brendanfox on 2005 09 29 at 02:30 AM • permalink#8
“TimeSelect—and with it Web access to columnists such as Paul Krugman—is unavailable to those too poor to have credit cards…News of the NYT policy comes at a time when Hurricane Katrina has raised profound issues of race, class, and gender.”
Gender? WTF kinda gender-specific oppression was happening in connection w/ Katrina? Or w/ TimeSelect for that matter? Whatever it is, or was, I of course blame Bush, but… um… WTF?
Posted by Stoop Davy Dave on 2005 09 29 at 02:45 AM • permalinkMargo One of the things that I found most interesting in the Introduction, and Mark that’s all I’ve read because I’ve been running around on my own thing but I’m definitely intending to read the whole thing.
Isn’t this a bit like a music critic attempting to interview a rock band about their latest CD having only looked at the CD cover and not listend to the songs?
Never been to jouralism school but if I did I know that would be an instant ‘F’.
On another thread State Premiers meet with the Prime Minister of Australia to discuss security issues.
A couple of the Premiers openely admit to their disquiet at some of the provisions.
After a Top Secret briefing they emerge with their doubts erased.
Yet the followers of Margo with no access to the briefings, decry that the changes are not needed and we are now equal to Nazi Germany.
So this Margo’s idea of the new age of journalism? WD (Woefully Demented).
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Apologies the above post should have appeared in another thread.
I’m very offended AND I blame Bush!Posted by Stoop Davy Dave on 2005 09 29 at 12:50 PM • permalink
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Mocking Fisky is so 2001. No one pays any attention to him anymore even to fisk him.