Este autor es reconocido como un reportero de investigación y periodista de investigación, sin temor a exponer las lacras sociales. Su escritura promueve una búsqueda audaz e intransigente de la verdad, estableciéndolo como una voz importante en la defensa de la libertad de prensa. Dedicó sus esfuerzos a descubrir peligros ocultos en diversos ámbitos, destacando por ser de los primeros en señalar los peligros del tabaquismo. Su obra encarna una poderosa fusión de periodismo de investigación y pensamiento independiente.
George Seldes didn't just report history--he made it. The gadfly of American journalism interviewed all of the important men of his generation ranging from Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin, to FDR and Harry Truman. Seldes' weekly newsletter In Fact put newspapers to the test of honesty and accuracy. Seldes books such as Lords Of The Press are still used in journalism schools. This collection of his finest writing offers a sweeping view of the twentieth century.
Upon its first publication in 1985, George Seldes The Great Thoughts instantly took its place as a classic. This treasure house of the seminal ideas that shaped the intellectual history of the world--from Abelard to Zola, ancient Greece to contemporary America--has been revised and updated to reflect the global upheaval of the past decade.