I. F. Stone

Isidor Feinstein "I. F." Stone (December 24, 1907 – June 18, 1989) was an American investigative journalist, writer, and author.Known for his politically progressive views, Stone is best remembered for I. F. Stone's Weekly (1953–1971), a newsletter ranked 16th among the top hundred works of journalism in the U.S. in the twentieth century by the New York University journalism department in 1999; and second place among print journalism publications. Stone's reputation has been dogged by allegations of contact with or espionage for the Soviet Union, although Kirkus Reviews noted in its review of Myra MacPherson's biography of Stone that the author "takes pains to refute the charge that Stone was a Soviet spy, reserving special scorn for Ann Coulter ... for reviving it recently."