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'''George Seldes''' (16 November 1890 &ndash; 2 July 1995) was an influential [[atheist]]<ref>"[My brother] Gilbert and I, brought up without a formal religion, remained throughout our lifetimes just what Father was, freethinkers." George Seldes, [http://books.google.com/books?id=3rM0pGYtng8C Witness to a century: encounters with the noted, the notorious, and the three SOBs] (Random House Publishing Group, 1988) ISBN 0345353293, p. 8</ref> [[United States|American]] [[journalist]]. Although held up to the public as a "liberal,"<ref>Michael Kammen, "Introducton," in George Seldes, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=_C8KCi6tZMsC The 7 Lively Arts]'' (Courier Dover Publications, 2001) ISBN 0486414736, pp. xii-xii</ref> he was actually a long-time secret member of the [[CPUSA|Communist Party]] who lied about it.<ref>{{cite book |title=Spies: the rise and fall of the KGB in America |last=Haynes |first=John Earl |coauthors=Harvey Klehr, Alexander Vassiliev |year=2009 |publisher=Yale University Press |location=New Haven |isbn=0300123906 |page=169 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=qCAVQ_cdomcC |accessdate=9 January 2011}} "I never, never, never was a communist, even though [Communist Party General Secretary] [[Earl Browder]] kept asking me to join." Seldes quoted in Randolph T. Holhut, "[http://www.brasscheck.com/seldes/bio.html The Forgotten Man of American Journalism: A Brief Biography of George Seldes]," ''Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press'' (brasscheck.com)</ref>

'''George Seldes''' (16 November 1890 &ndash; 2 July 1995) was an influential [[atheist]]<ref>"[My brother] Gilbert and I, brought up without a formal religion, remained throughout our lifetimes just what Father was, freethinkers." George Seldes, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=3rM0pGYtng8C Witness to a century: encounters with the noted, the notorious, and the three SOBs]'' (Random House Publishing Group, 1988) ISBN 0345353293, p. 8</ref> [[United States|American]] [[journalist]]. Although held up to the public as a "liberal,"<ref>Michael Kammen, "Introducton," in George Seldes, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=_C8KCi6tZMsC The 7 Lively Arts]'' (Courier Dover Publications, 2001) ISBN 0486414736, pp. xii-xii</ref> he was actually a long-time secret member of the [[CPUSA|Communist Party]] who lied about it.<ref>{{cite book |title=Spies: the rise and fall of the KGB in America |last=Haynes |first=John Earl |coauthors=Harvey Klehr, Alexander Vassiliev |year=2009 |publisher=Yale University Press |location=New Haven |isbn=0300123906 |page=169 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=qCAVQ_cdomcC |accessdate=9 January 2011}} "I never, never, never was a communist, even though [Communist Party General Secretary] [[Earl Browder]] kept asking me to join." Seldes quoted in Randolph T. Holhut, "[http://www.brasscheck.com/seldes/bio.html The Forgotten Man of American Journalism: A Brief Biography of George Seldes]," ''Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press'' (brasscheck.com)</ref>

In 1940, during the [[Nazi-Soviet pact]], the [[CPUSA|Communist Party]] decided to create an [[US|American]] version of the London political weekly, ''The Week'',<ref>David Randall, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=MhNlAAAAMAAJ The Great Reporters]'' (Pluto Press, 2005) ISBN 0745322972, p. 85</ref> published by the muckraking British journalist Claud Cockburn, who was also a secret agent of the [[Comintern]].<ref>Chapman Pincher, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=netJI5stGlwC Treachery: Betrayals, Blunders, and Cover-ups: Six Decades of Espionage against America and Great Britain]'' (Random House, Inc., 2009) ISBN 140006807X, pp. 43-47</ref> The resulting publication was ''In Fact'',<ref>John Earl Haynes, Harvey Klehr and Alexander Vassiliev, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=qCAVQ_cdomcC Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America]'' (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009), ISBN 0300123906, pp. 169-172</ref> a political newsletter that was extremely influential in shaping [[US|American]] public opinion in 1940-1950. This ostensibly "independent" periodical, supposedly published by Seldes and his partner, Bruce Minton,<ref>George Seldes, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=x2dpAAAAIAAJ Never Tire of Protesting]'' (L. Stuart, 1968), p. 53</ref> was secretly funded by the Communist Party. Seldes later claimed that this was done through Minton without his knowledge.

In 1940, during the [[Nazi-Soviet pact]], the [[CPUSA|Communist Party]] decided to create an [[US|American]] version of the London political weekly, ''The Week'',<ref>David Randall, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=MhNlAAAAMAAJ The Great Reporters]'' (Pluto Press, 2005) ISBN 0745322972, p. 85</ref> published by the muckraking British journalist Claud Cockburn, who was also a secret agent of the [[Comintern]].<ref>Chapman Pincher, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=netJI5stGlwC Treachery: Betrayals, Blunders, and Cover-ups: Six Decades of Espionage against America and Great Britain]'' (Random House, Inc., 2009) ISBN 140006807X, pp. 43-47</ref> The resulting publication was ''In Fact'',<ref>John Earl Haynes, Harvey Klehr and Alexander Vassiliev, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=qCAVQ_cdomcC Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America]'' (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009), ISBN 0300123906, pp. 169-172</ref> a political newsletter that was extremely influential in shaping [[US|American]] public opinion in 1940-1950. This ostensibly "independent" periodical, supposedly published by Seldes and his partner, Bruce Minton,<ref>George Seldes, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=x2dpAAAAIAAJ Never Tire of Protesting]'' (L. Stuart, 1968), p. 53</ref> was secretly funded by the Communist Party. Seldes later claimed that this was done through Minton without his knowledge.