6.09.2003
Al-Jazeerah, Arab News recruit disaffected British journalist
[Posted 7:38 PM by James Panero]
What to do when your book is panned by the TLS? Neil Berry, author of Articles of Faith, took his cause to the (Arab) street. Here is John Gross’s review of Neil Berry’s book in the January 17, 2003 TLS (subscribers only). Here is Neil Berry’s June 2 editorial in, yes, Al Jazeerah, attacking not only a “bilious” John Gross but also his regular column for The New Criterion, “London Journal.” Mr Berry is, by the way, a left-wing, anti-Israel journalist, and author of articles such as “How Chomsky and Vidal Try to Keep Up America’s Liberal Traditions”–Arab News, March 31, 2003.
Nevertheless, one wonders if Al-Jazeerah is the best venue to wage his intellectual squabble.