liberal reporter was a communist (Congress, death, examples, government)

[sailordave]

I.F. Stone, Soviet Agent—Case Closed

When new information about Americans who had cooperated with the Soviet KGB began to emerge in the 1990s, no individual case generated as much controversy as that of the journalist I.F. Stone, who had long been installed in the pantheon of left-wing heroes as a symbol of rectitude and a teller of truth to power before his death in 1989. Charges about Stone’s connections with the KGB have been swirling about for more than a decade, prompting cries of outrage among his passionate followers. Until now, the evidence was equivocal and subject to different interpretations. No longer.
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[delusianne]

Did you not know who IF Stone was?

[sailordave]

Honestly, I hadn't heard of him because he was before my time. But he did work for some New York newspapers and he was a soviet agent.

[Miborn]

delusianne Why the attempts at slams all the time!

sailordave wasn't there just someone in the recent news that was just arrested ?

[delusianne]

Originally Posted by sailordave

Honestly, I hadn't heard of him because he was before my time. But he did work for some New York newspapers and he was a soviet agent.

Well, it was before my time too. I knew he was a Communist, but I'm disappointed and disgusted to learn he spied for the Soviets. But whatever else he was, his investigative reporting technique was superb.

According to Nation Magazine editor Victor Navasky, Stone's journalistic work drew heavily on obscure documents from the public domain; some of his best scoops were discovered by peering through the voluminous official records generated by the government. Navasky also believes that as an outspoken leftist journalist working in often hostile environments, Stone's stories needed to meet an extremely high burden of proof to be considered credible. Navasky argues that most of Stone's articles are very well sourced, typically with official documents. Navasky described Stone's willingness to "scour and devour public documents, bury himself in The Congressional Record, study obscure Congressional committee hearings, debates and reports, all the time prospecting for news nuggets (which would appear as boxed paragraphs in his paper), contradictions in the official line, examples of bureaucratic and political mendacity, documentation of incursions on civil rights and liberties."[9]

[delusianne]

Originally Posted by Miborn

delusianne Why the attempts at slams all the time!

sailordave wasn't there just someone in the recent news that was just arrested ?

I wasnt trying to slam - sorry if it seemed that way. I just couldnt think of anything else to say. Typed before I thought.

[Miborn]

Originally Posted by delusianne

I wasnt trying to slam - sorry if it seemed that way. I just couldnt think of anything else to say. Typed before I thought.

[delusianne]

Originally Posted by Miborn

wise guy