Robert Fisk is an interesting journalist from Britain, know for his fearlessness and abilities to interview/access notoriously inaccessible people and places. He is mainly based in the Middle East, and covered the Lebanese Civil War, Iranian Revolution, Iraq-Iran War, Persian Gulf War, Afghanistan War, and Iraq War. "He was one of the few western reporters to have interviewed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, a feat he accomplished three times during the 1990s." He also criticized colleagues for their lack of effort or so called "hotel journalism" which relied on official sources. He holds several journalism awards such as the British Press Awards International Journalist of the Year and hold more awards than any other international journalist.
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https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Fisk
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