Robert Fisk, seven times British International Journalist of the Year, resigned as foreign correspondent in 1988 over what he saw as "political censorship" of his article on the shooting-down of Iran Air Flight 655 in July 1988. He wrote in detail about his reasons for resigning from the paper due to meddling with his stories, and the paper's pro-Israel stance. COUNT 5
QSN1 Which major journalist resigned as foreign correspondent of the Times in 1988? ANS1 Robert Fisk QSN2 The foreign correspondent who resigned from The Times in 1988 won how many major journalism awards? ANS2 seven QSN3 The foreign correspondent for The Times who resigned in 1988, resigned for what reason? ANS3 political censorship QSN4 What airplane was shot down in July 1988 that a famous foreign correspondent from The Times wrote an article about that later lead to his resignation? ANS4 Iran Air Flight 655 QSN5 What stance did The Times take that cause a famous foreign correspondent to resign in 1988? ANS5 pro-Israel stance