“Comrade Stalin, we have so many potatoes that, piled one on
top of the other, they would reach all the way to God,”
the farmer excitedly tells his leader.
“But God does not exist,” replies Stalin.
“Exactly,” says the farmer. “Neither do the potatoes.”
Pravda - the truth.
Izvestia - the news.
No truth to the news, no news in the truth.