Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Truth slips out from time to time

Jeff Cohen has a nice tribute to Izzy Stone at Common Dreams, calling Izzy "the legendary blogger", and "the ultimate un-embedded reporter". He links to a section of I. F. Stone: A Portrait, by Andrew Patner, with this refreshing Stone quote:

The truth slips out from time to time, and enough of it slips out that there’s a piece there for any reporter who takes the time.

Note the contrast between Stone's philosophy contemporary pundits' reliance on government spin (propaganda) and RNC talking points (more propaganda).