It’s very sad, considering that he is pretty unarguably right on many of his criticisms of US imperialism. But God, when he’s wrong… it’s just counter-jerking.
Digging a little – an article (from 2009) about an interview (2005) that paraphrases the interviewee is a little suspect. Chomsky’s take on the interview, in his words: “Even when the words attributed to me have some resemblance to accuracy, I take no responsibility for them, because of the invented contexts in which they appear.”
I dunno, that example is at least 3 steps removed (interviewer, editor, article writer) from a source that already speaks plenty clearly and doesn’t need much more than to be read honestly.
It’s very sad, considering that he is pretty unarguably right on many of his criticisms of US imperialism. But God, when he’s wrong… it’s just counter-jerking.
Could you share any specific examples? I haven’t seen or read any instances of him being that off the mark.
https://bosniak.org/2009/08/28/chomskys-genocidal-denial/
Digging a little – an article (from 2009) about an interview (2005) that paraphrases the interviewee is a little suspect. Chomsky’s take on the interview, in his words: “Even when the words attributed to me have some resemblance to accuracy, I take no responsibility for them, because of the invented contexts in which they appear.”
I dunno, that example is at least 3 steps removed (interviewer, editor, article writer) from a source that already speaks plenty clearly and doesn’t need much more than to be read honestly.
People do be gray
Maybe talk to an optometrist about that