Working for pm we should talk a little but i will talk about that. The great investigative journalist i have stone remains the template for what journalism should be he was a fearless opponent of mccarthyism and the scourge of official liars as d. D. Gotten planned puts it in his biography of stone he did what few in his profession could he always thought for himself couldnt plan argues that the key to stones achievements throughout his singular career not just in the celebrated eye of stones weekly lay in the forests and passion of his political commitments he would become one of the best known journalists in the country and then because of the ferocity of his integrity and refusal to be cowed by the hysteria and witch hunts over communism a pariah he was placed under daily surveillance his passport was not renewed and he was blacklisted even the nation. Agonising would not give him a job at the age of 44. 00 he wrote that is total marginalisation made him feel like a ghost his career
Stones weekly lay in the force and passion of his political commitments he would become one of the best known journalists in the country and then because of the ferocity of his integrity and refusal to be cowed by the hysteria and witch hunts over communism a pariah he was placed under daily surveillance his passport was not renewed and he was blacklisted even the nation magazine would not give him a job at the age of 44. 00 he wrote that is total marginalisation made him feel like a ghost his career is a poignant reminder that moral autonomy and independence traits stone had in abundance comes with a price that is a primer on what constitutes great reporting in an age when celebrity gossip and trivia are passed off as news joining me in the studio to discuss i. F. Stone and his legacy is. Gotten planned author of american radical the life and times of stone 1st of all this is a brilliant biography you produced a masterpiece and if people havent read it they need to buy it its a stunni
His legacy is d. D. Gotten plan author of american radical the life and times of stone 1st of all this is a brilliant biography you produced a masterpiece and if people havent read it they need to buy it its a stunning and its a little tough now its so much more than the life of stone well it says something about the culture the important about the culture about journalism about the moral life and its its beautifully written but set us up who was i have stuff so i have stone was the son of jewish immigrants hill adelphia he was born in philadelphia a 97 in sort of tenement neighborhood but importantly grew up in haddonfield their jersey so a rural town where like a lot of jewish immigrants his parents kept the shop all over him. There are all towns where theres one jewish family and they kept the shop and his parents were that family in haddonfield new jersey so that meant that he didnt grow up you know in an urban setting he didnt grow up in the Lower East Side he grew up with a kind
Moines registers chief politics reporter brianne pfannenstiel. Abby the top six democratic president ial candidates are in place. This is their final debate before the first votes of the 2020 president ial campaign. The Iowa Caucuses are 20 days away. Brianne before we begin, a reminder of the ground rules. Youll each receive 75 seconds to answer questions, 45 seconds for responses and rebuttals and 15 seconds for clarifications. Please refrain from interrupting your fellow candidates, as that will count against your time. Wolf all right so lets begin right now. Just this month, the United States and iran were on the brink of war, which has reignited the debate over americas role in the world, and which of you is best prepared to be commanderinchief . So lets have the debate right now. Senator sanders, why are you best prepared the best prepared person on this stage to be commanderinchief . Sen. Sanders yes, i think my record speaks to that, wolf. In 2002, when the congress was debatin
Im wolf blitzer, along with cnns abby phillip, and the Des Moines Registers chief politics reporter brianne pfannenstiel. Abby the top six democratic president ial candidates are in place. This is their final debate before the first votes of the 2020 president ial campaign. The Iowa Caucuses are 20 days away. Brianne before we begin, a reminder of the ground rules. Youll each receive 75 seconds to answer questions, 45 seconds for responses and rebuttals, and 15 seconds for clarifications. Please refrain from interrupting your fellow candidates, as that will count against your time. Wolf all right, so lets begin right now. Just this month, the United States and iran were on the brink of war, which has reignited the debate over americas role in the world, and which of you is best prepared to be commanderinchief . So, lets have the debate right now. Senator sanders, why are you best prepared the best prepared person on this stage to be commanderinchief . Sen. Sanders yes, i think my recor