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Max Fisher

Max Fisher

Former Vox Staff

    Latest articles by Max Fisher

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    Did the media ignore the Beirut bombings? Or did readers?Did the media ignore the Beirut bombings? Or did readers?
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    Media outlets covered the attacks in Beirut as well as Paris. Why do readers think they didn’t?

    By Max Fisher
    Hillary Clinton
    Clinton, Sanders, and O’Malley all flunked Saturday’s debate on Paris and ISISClinton, Sanders, and O’Malley all flunked Saturday’s debate on Paris and ISIS
    Hillary Clinton

    The debate spent 30 full minutes on the Paris attacks. It did not go well.

    By Max Fisher
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    The perfect response to people who blame Islam for ISISThe perfect response to people who blame Islam for ISIS
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    “Islam is just a religion and like every religion in the world it depends on what you bring to it.”

    By Max Fisher
    Watch: a 5-minute history of Syria’s war and the rise of ISIS
    Syria

    A brief history of the conflict that gave the world ISIS.

    By Max Fisher
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    Here is ISIS’s statement claiming responsibility for the Paris attacksHere is ISIS’s statement claiming responsibility for the Paris attacks
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    Oddly, the statement offers no proof of the group’s involvement.

    By Max Fisher
    Syria
    The very simple reason why Syria peace talks are probably doomedThe very simple reason why Syria peace talks are probably doomed
    Syria

    One word: Assad.

    By Max Fisher
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    When the campus PC police are right-wing: why the media ignored William & Mary’s meltdownWhen the campus PC police are right-wing: why the media ignored William & Mary’s meltdown
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    A fascinating color-coded map of Africa’s diversityA fascinating color-coded map of Africa’s diversity
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    This Harvard University map of ethnic diversity across Africa speaks volumes.

    By Max Fisher
    Israel
    Obama-Netanyahu enmity isn’t an aberration. It’s the new status quo.Obama-Netanyahu enmity isn’t an aberration. It’s the new status quo.
    Israel

    Barely managed disagreements underneath a relationship that is increasingly transactional are probably here to stay.

    By Max Fisher
    Criminal Justice
    The only true liberals in Egypt: on the arrest of human rights activist Hossam BahgatThe only true liberals in Egypt: on the arrest of human rights activist Hossam Bahgat
    Criminal Justice

    Egyptian military intelligence arrested journalist Hossam Bahgat on charges of “publishing false information” and insulting the military.

    By Max Fisher

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