Ben Bradlee
Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee (August 26, 1921 – October 21, 2014) was an American journalist who served as managing editor, then as executive editor of The Washington Post, from 1965 to 1991. He became a public figure when the Post joined The New York Times in publishing the Pentagon Papers and gave the go-ahead for the paper's extensive coverage of the Watergate scandal. He was also criticized for editorial lapses when the Post had to return a Pulitzer Prize in 1981 after it discovered its award-winning story was false. After his retirement, Bradlee continued to be associated with the Post, holding the position of Vice President at-large until his death. In retirement, Bradlee was an advocate for education and the study of history, including his role as a trustee on the boards of several major educational, historical, and archaeological research institutions. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Bradlee licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- 2019 ·Mike Wallace Is Hereas Self (archive footage)
- 2017 ·The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradleeas Self (archive footage)
- 2014 ·1971as Self (archive footage)
- 2011 ·The Real American: Joe McCarthyas Self
- 2007 ·Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwateras Self
- 2006 ·Fuckas Self
- 2006 ·Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fireas Self
- 2006 ·Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throatas Self
- 2000 ·The American Presidentas Warren G. Harding
- 1996 ·John F. Kennedy: A Personal Storyas Self (archive footage)
- 1993 ·Born Yesterdayas Secretary Duffee
- 1976 ·Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'as Self
- 1968 ·60 Minutesas Self
- 1968 ·The Dick Cavett Showas Self - Guest