Last week I read a scathing critique of journalists who’ve come to rely solely upon search engines for their fact checking.
I don’t mean to pick on Slate but wouldn’t it have made more sense to go to the NYT‘s archive than Nexis for this particular search?
An op-ed in the NYT argues that since Israel’s security barrier goes deep into the West Bank it’s a less than ideal security barrier: “What this wall is really doing is taking Palestinian lands.” That’s not an original argument but the author is: Noam Chomsky. Judging by a quickie Nexis search, it’s the first time the linguist and super-critic of U.S. policy has had his byline in the paper.
On another note it appears Feedroll is having problems and I’ve no time to investigate. Hoping the news links will be back.
Here’s an interesting article:
May Farah reports on an AUB lecture by Mustafa Barghouthi about the Israeli wall.