Lifelong dissent has more than
acclimated me cheerfully
to defeat.
It has made me
suspicious of victory.
I feel uneasy at the very idea
of a Movement.
I see every insight
degenerating into a dogma
and fresh thoughts
freezing into lifeless party line.
#IFStone🎂

These men spread Hate & Ignorance. Beware them all and all of their degree; but most of all beware that KGB thug... for on his tiny brow I see that written which is DOOM, unless the writing be erased.
#politics #investigative #journalism

@ardgedee The 1960s was the dawn of TV news coverage, for the most part. Remember that the 1960 US Presidential campaign was the first to have a live televised debate.

I.F. Stone had a great 1974 conversation on the state of news (mostly print, though also television) on the "Day at Night" PBS interview programme:

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=qV3gO3zxQ1g

There's also Edward Jay Epstein's News from Nowhere which describes the state, art, business, and practice of television news specifically, in 1973:

https://archive.org/details/newsfromnowheret00epst/page/n5/mode/2up

Full text: http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=14C940300F3D0EA68652013E3046A701

Pretty fascinating read.

@jalefkowit

#IFStone #IzzyStone #DayAtNight #EdwardJayEpstein #NewsFromNowhere