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The Real History of a Radical

Putting I.F. Stone in perspective.

By Doug Ireland

By the time I.F. “Izzy” Stone died in May 1989 at age 82, he had transformed from America’s premier radical journalist into a respectable icon of his profession. His passing was carried on all four major television networks. On ABC, Peter Jennings hailed him as “a journalist’s journalist” and, citing Stone’s credo—”To write the truth, to defend the weak against the… return to article

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