Posted on November 26, 2007 by Mike Booth
The British reporter, Robert Fisk, was not only a valuable source for me in researching and writing The You of My Song, but a significant moral support, as well, when it came to writing not just with honesty, but with conviction. Now, after spending more than three decades covering the most conflictive areas of Europe [...]
Filed under: Iraq, The You of My Song: Notes from a Voluntary Exile, books, politics, sources | Tagged: foreign correspondents, John Malkovich, Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize, Robert Fisk, The Conquest of the Middle East, The Great War for Civilization, The Independent, The You of My Song, YouTube | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 22, 2007 by Mike Booth
I intended to introduce you Robert Fisk this morning, but this journalist who has given us the finest, most reliable Middle East coverage for decades will have to wait till next time. Breaking news demands our attention.
According to Madrid’s El Mundo newspaper this morning, Sal Emergui, their correspondent in Jerusalem, filed the following report yesterday: [...]
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Posted on November 10, 2007 by Mike Booth
After years of simmering indignation with the direction the United States was taking, both at home and abroad, last year I finally started writing The You of My Song: Notes from a Voluntary Exile. Not that I thought I was going to add any new revelations to the story, as the facts are all there [...]
Filed under: The You of My Song: Notes from a Voluntary Exile, United States, books | Tagged: collective responsibility, point of view, The You of My Song | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 5, 2007 by Mike Booth
Most of us agree that free access to reliable information is essential for democratic societies. Until recently most of our information came from books, magazines, newspapers and radio and television news. Most of this news arrives late, in bits and pieces, and comes straight from “official spokespersons” via the mainstream media. Not only that, we [...]
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Posted on November 2, 2007 by Mike Booth
I want to mention another honest, independent journalist, one whom some consider to be the finest investigative reporter of our time, and point you to a revealing video interview where you can very quickly take the measure of the man. If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video is worth a million. Pulitzer [...]
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