tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613987893320894376.post4681198406435712494..comments2023-03-25T23:09:15.174+00:00Comments on THE ESSAYIST: Daniel Finkelstein thinks that we should pay for his daily drivelseamus macnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02087785547751507958noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613987893320894376.post-24065548708106531852010-03-28T09:22:56.610+01:002010-03-28T09:22:56.610+01:00Yes, you are probably right; there probably is som...Yes, you are probably right; there probably is some decent investigative journalism in the 'Times" and some of the other mainstream dailies. <br />Unfortunately, it is not only the comments that let those papers down but rather the "news" articles where one of the papers, AP or Reuters, set a trend for the other papers and any investigation into the actual news is neglected, probably for political reasons but probably not only, and it might be true to say that the journalists are quite simply not doing their job. <br />John Pilger's "Tell me no Lies" is worth a read!seamus macnielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02087785547751507958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613987893320894376.post-73011011219899202392010-03-28T03:18:02.477+01:002010-03-28T03:18:02.477+01:00Oh and i completely agree with you about Finkelste...Oh and i completely agree with you about Finkelstein's piece. Both Fatah and Hamas have often offered to recognise Israel's right to exist within it's pre-1967 war borders in return for a withdrawal of Israeli forces and settlements to those borders and a Palestinian state.<br /><br />No Israeli government has ever offered to recognise a Palestinian state's right to exist - only some Apartheid style townships surrounded by Israeli forces and Israeli settlements - and with Israeli forces having the right to invade the Palestinian state and arrest people, but enjoying total immunity from prosecution when doing so.calgacushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18253675072578015749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613987893320894376.post-67479914789077444302010-03-28T03:09:33.575+01:002010-03-28T03:09:33.575+01:00Hi James - i agree their comment articles are wort...Hi James - i agree their comment articles are worthless, but some of their investigative journalism is extremely good (including some good reporting from Afghanistan which is surprisingly critical of NATO for a newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch and full of very right wing opinion pieces)calgacushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18253675072578015749noreply@blogger.com