No foundation that I am aware of has hired ex-journalists to promote a thoroughgoing inquiry.
Alexander CockburnThe First Law of Journalism: to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it.
Alexander CockburnBe careful about Burma. Most people cannot remember whether it was Siam and has become Thailand, or whether it is now part of Malaysia and should be called Sri Lanka.
Alexander CockburnA childish soul not inoculated with compulsory prayer is a soul open to any religious infection.
Alexander Cockburn