In 2005, an interview by Brockes in "The Guardian" was described by its subject Noam Chomsky as a "scurrilous piece of journalism". "The Guardian" later withdrew the article from the website, acknowledging "Ms Brockes's misrepresentation of Prof Chomsky's views on Srebrenica", and offering "an unreserved apology to Prof Chomsky" for Brockes's suggestion that Chomsky denied Srebrenica to be a massacre.