Controversial UK newspaper writer Robert Fisk wasn’t allowed into the US earlier this week.
He was on his way to a conference in Santa Fe and was not permitted into the US by immigration officials at Toronto Pearson Internationl.
Fisk writes for The Independent.
He spoke via satellite feed from a Toronto television station.
His name has become a term in blog language:
Fisk
verb. To deconstruct an article on a point by point basis in a highly critical manner. Derived from the name of journalist Robert Fisk, a frequent target of such critical articles in the blogosphere (qv).
Usage: “Orrin Judd did a severe fisking of an idiotic article in the New York Times today…”
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We should all possess half the intelligence and integrity as Robert Fisk. Whether one agrees with his politics or not, one cannot truly make a valid argument against his reporting because he always and without fail backs his arguments up. He does not speak “off-the-cuff” nor does he spout off emotional propaganda. His writing is cynical, sarcastically humorous, and truthful. I can see why so many are threatened by him - he’s a calm, reasonable voice in a sea of hyperbole and babble.