Robert Fisk - Death Of A 'Controversial' Journalist

http://www.medialens.org/2020/robert-fisk-death-of-a-controversial-journalist/
Date Written:  2020-11-10
Year Published:  2020
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX24330

why do ‘mainstream’ commentators feel obliged to red-flag Fisk’s journalism with ‘controversial’ in this way, and why is it a 'weasel word'? Consider that the likes of the BBC's Andrew Marr, the Guardian's Martin Chulov and The Times' David Aaronovitch, and numerous others, will never be described as 'controversial', despite their highly controversial, in fact outrageous, warmongering bias.

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