The political devolution of Alexander Cockburn

[Brad De Long]

>On Sat, 24 Oct 1998 12:09:03 -0400 Louis Proyect <lnp3 at panix.com> writes:
>> When Chomsky makes a gaffe, he never
>>acknowledges
>>it. His stubborn pride would be the only explanation for refusing to
>>admit
>>his error in judgment in writing the preface to a book by holocaust
>>denier
>>Faurisson.
>
>Lou, this was a great piece, but the above statement simply isn't true.
>Chomsky never wrote a preface for Faurisson's book.  What he did was
>write a short essay about freedom of speech, which was then appropriated
>by Serge Thion to be used as a preface.

With Chomsky's permission, or in blatant violation of Chomsky's copyright?

Brad DeLong