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This reminded on another "lost in translation" article from The New Yorker on Albert Camus and The Stranger: https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/lost-i
by 1cvmask 5y ago
This reminded on another "lost in translation" article from The New Yorker on Albert Camus and The Stranger:
https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/lost-in-translation-what-the-first-line-of-the-stranger-should-be https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/lost-in-translat...
And the article you cite is by David Remnick who was instrumental on spreading Iraq war lies at the New Yorker. Should we trust him now?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Remnick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Remnick
"A lot of the people who made those mistakes are still occupying prominent positions, their credibility undamaged thanks to a new legend best articulated by New Yorker editor David Remnick, who later scoffed, “Nobody got that story completely right.”
Nobody except the record number of people who marched against the war on February 15, 2003 — conservative estimates placed it between six and ten million worldwide (I marched in D.C.). Every one of those people was way ahead of Remnick."
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/iraq-war-media-fail-matt-taibbi-812230/ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/iraq...
- nerdponx 5y agoIf anything, the fact that he's such a good propagandist should be an _endorsement_ of his literary opinion, evil notwithstanding. He clearly knows how to communicate well!
- oh_sigh 5y agoThe marchers weren't necessarily right. How many of those people would have been marching against a totally just, necessary war? Probably many of them. Many Americans didn't want the US to get embroiled in WWII, even after Dec 7th