Walter Winchell
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 Walter Winchell    (commentator) | |
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| Born | Walter Winchel 1897-04-07 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | 1972-02-20 (Age 74) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Spouse | Rita Greene |
Walter Winchell was a US newspaper and radio columnist.[1]
British Security Co-ordination
During the early years of World War Two, Winchell worked closely with British Security Coordination and his column was largely written by BSC agent Ernest Cuneo.[2]
Cuneo wrote of his relationship with Winchell:
- "... I controlled the world's largest newspaper and radio circulation, centering on Walter Winchell and his near 1,000 papers and the only near approach was Drew Pearson's Washington Merry-Go-Round."[3]
Jay Lovestone
Jay Lovestone used Winchell as an outlet for material from his anti-communist network, although he was not always satisfied with Winchell's use of it. In 1946, Lovestone wrote to Ben Mandel:
- He complains that some of the stuff I gave him would make people believe Hitler was right about Stalin. The dope does not see that Hitler was right about Stalin in many ways.[4]
A Winchell radio broadcast on 23 February 1954, featured a Lovestone-inspired story attacking Assistant Secretary of Labour Spencer Miller, who had been denouncing Lovestone to the FBI.[5]
External Resources
- Namebase Winchell Walter
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References
- ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception, Brassey's, 1998, p.202.
- ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception, Brassey's, 1998, p.202.
- ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception, Brassey's, 1998, p.49.
- ↑ Quoted in Ted Morgan, A Covert Life: Jay Lovestone, Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.146.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life: Jay Lovestone, Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.237.
