Posted on 10/21/2014 6:19:06 PM PDT by John W
Benjamin C. Bradlee, who presided over The Washington Post newsroom for 26 years and guided The Posts transformation into one of the worlds leading newspapers, died Oct. 21 at his home in Washington of natural causes. He was 93.
From the moment he took over The Post newsroom in 1965, Mr. Bradlee sought to create an important newspaper that would go far beyond the traditional model of a metropolitan daily. He achieved that goal by combining compelling news stories based on aggressive reporting with engaging feature pieces of a kind previously associated with the best magazines. His charm and gift for leadership helped him hire and inspire a talented staff and eventually made him the most celebrated newspaper editor of his era.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Exactly right. All of the people who fawned over him at the university when he spoke were total jerks too.
He also had a fairly decent tolerance for it while his buddy JFK was in the White House.
I was raised to never speak ill of the dead. Therefore, I will say nothing.
Too bad he only saw fit to cover one side of the news. RIP.
Had it in for Dick.
Covered for Bill and this current jive assposer.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.