Italian Journalist Oriana Fallaci Dies

Margaret Talbot’s profile of Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci in the New Yorker this June turns out to be a sort of coda for the iconic journalist’s life. Fallaci, who died last night of cancer at the age of 77, was known both for her scathing, revealing interviews and her over-the-top anti-Islamic rhetoric after 9/11. Her opinions may have sparked intense emotions from people of all stripes, but, during her career, she was an excellent and groundbreaking journalist.

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