I. F. Stone: News

I. F. Stone was American investigative journalist and author. Explore interesting quotes on news.

I. F. Stone: 30 quotes0 likes

“There must be renewed recognition that societies are kept stable and healthy by reform, not by thought police; this means there must be free play for so-called subversive ideas - every idea subverts the old to make way for the new. To shut off subversion is to shut off peaceful progress and to invite revolution and war.”

I.F. Stone's Weekly (1954-03-15)

“The fault I find with most American newspapers is not the absence of dissent. it is the absence of news. With a dozen or so honorable exceptions, most American newspapers carry very little news. Their main concern is advertising.”

The Haunted Fifties (1963)

“Every time we are confronted with a new revolution we take to the opium pipes of our own propaganda.”

I.F. Stone's Weekly (1963-01-21)