The First Law of Journalism: to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it. Alexander Cockburn More Quotes by Alexander Cockburn More Quotes From Alexander Cockburn There is still zero empirical evidence that anthropogenic production of CO2 is making any measurable contribution to the world's present warming trend. Alexander Cockburn trendszeroworld No one believes for a moment the embargo will prompt the Iraqi people to rise against Saddam Hussein. Alexander Cockburn husseinbelievepeople Nothing but mountains filled with barbarous ethnics with views as medieval as their muskets, and unspeakably cruel too. Alexander Cockburn medievalmountainviews The weapon of the advocate is the sword of the soldier, not the dagger of the assassin. Alexander Cockburn assassinswordadvocatesoldier Wear the badge of environmental radicalism, and you're a citizen automatically under suspicion. Alexander Cockburn citizenwearyouenvironmental By 1967, J. Edgar Hoover had concluded that the Black Panther Party had replaced the Communist Party as the gravest threat to national security. Alexander Cockburn communistsecurityblackparty England in the late 1940s was famously grim. As I remember it, London back then was a very dirty place, from coal dust and smoke, from the grit stirred up every day by the jackhammers still clearing out rubble from the Blitz. Alexander Cockburn placedaysmokeremember
