Erwin Knoll

Erwin Knoll (1931 – November 2, 1994) was an American journalist who was editor of The Progressive from 1973 to 1994.

Early life Knoll was born in Austria, into a Jewish family, and as a child fled from the Nazis. He later came to New York City as a refugee. As a student journalist, Knoll got into highly controversial debates with conservatives. He became a U.S. citizen in 1946.

Career Knoll began his journalistic career working with The Washington Post, and from 1963 to 1968 was the White House Correspondent for the Newhouse National News Service. He became editor of the magazine five years later, moving to Madison, Wisconsin, where the magazine was based. The adage is similar to what has later been referred to as the "Gell-Mann amnesia effect".

Knoll was against the Strategic Defense Initiative, arguing in 1983 that the Reagan Administration's assertion that SDI could be the "key to a decent, humane and peaceful future" was "to tell the biggest lie".

In the 1980s, Knoll also regularly appeared on the TV program The MacNeil Lehrer Newshour.

Knoll caused some controversy by opposing the First Gulf War.

Death Knoll died at the age of 63 on November 2, 1994, in his sleep, following a heart attack, at his home in Madison, Wisconsin.