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Tariq Ali apologises for hasty Chomsky obituary.

Posted by Der <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Der' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 19, 2024, 3:28 am

"I am getting e-mails saying that Noam is NOT dead. That his wife has confirmed he is alive. If this is the case my apologies though nothing I wrote apart from the actual death needs correction. I really am sorry for this mistake but my informant was sure."

https://x.com/TariqAli_News/status/1803160016293339647

Jacobin hastily converts obituary into "Let's celebrate Noam Chomsky".

That Jacobin obituary that became Celebration of Chomsky

Posted by Der <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Der' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 19, 2024, 3:39 am, in reply to "Tariq Ali apologises for hasty Chomsky obituary."

Let’s Celebrate Noam Chomsky, the Intellectual and Moral Giant

https://jacobin.com/2024/06/noam-chomsky-obituary-media-theory-elites

Though the word 'obituary' remains in the Jacobin link...

Posted by Der <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Der' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 19, 2024, 4:19 am, in reply to "That Jacobin obituary that became Celebration of Chomsky"

as some keen eye noted.

It's what's called a 'fauxbituary'... nm

Posted by Mark Doran <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Mark+Doran+66' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 19, 2024, 9:45 am, in reply to "Though the word 'obituary' remains in the Jacobin link..."

Really?

Posted by scrabb <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=scrabb' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 19, 2024, 12:37 pm, in reply to "It's what's called a 'fauxbituary'... nm"

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