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Washington Post's Ben Bradlee dies
CNN ^ | October 21, 2014 | John Helton and Todd Leopold

Posted on 10/21/2014 6:19:24 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

(CNN) -- Ben Bradlee, the zestful, charismatic Washington Post editor who guided the paper through the era of the Pentagon Papers and Watergate and was immortalized on screen in "All the President's Men," has died. He was 93.

Bradlee began end-of-life care at his home last month after suffering from Alzheimer's disease and dementia for several years. He was the executive editor of The Washington Post from 1968 to 1991, during which time the paper covered the downfall of President Richard Nixon in the Watergate scandal.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: bradlee; obituary; watergate

1 posted on 10/21/2014 6:19:24 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

His book “Conversations with Kennedy” was one of the most interesting books about JFK that I ever read.


2 posted on 10/21/2014 6:21:22 PM PDT by IndyTiger
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To: ConservativeStatement

Do we mourn the passing of a joun-Whore-alist?


3 posted on 10/21/2014 6:23:14 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (Have a wonderful day!)
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4 posted on 10/21/2014 6:24:45 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("Now is not the time for fear. That comes later.")
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To: MIchaelTArchangel
Do we mourn the passing of a joun-Whore-alist?

As Kathleen Sebelius would say: "Some people live. Some people die."

5 posted on 10/21/2014 6:26:59 PM PDT by kevao (Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

He did more damage than good, so.....


6 posted on 10/21/2014 6:29:20 PM PDT by clintonh8r (TAG LINE REMOVED BY MODERATORS.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Bradlee’s career as a reporter was helped when he just happened by be nearby during the assassination attempt on Truman in 1950.


7 posted on 10/21/2014 6:30:30 PM PDT by wideminded
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To: ConservativeStatement

“What difference at this point does it make?!”


8 posted on 10/21/2014 6:35:20 PM PDT by Argus
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To: ConservativeStatement

He was a jerk. The people fawning all over him when he spoke at the university were flaming liberals and jerks too. That’s why they all approved of him.


9 posted on 10/21/2014 6:40:15 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

So?


10 posted on 10/21/2014 7:28:37 PM PDT by opbuzz (Right way, wrong way, Marine way)
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To: ConservativeStatement

He was a marxist, and liar-in-chief at the washington compost, AKA Pravda on the Potomac.

May God have mercy on his soul.


11 posted on 10/21/2014 7:31:55 PM PDT by NorthMountain
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Well, as that shop-worn phrase states, "If you don't have anything good to say about someone..."
12 posted on 10/21/2014 7:37:07 PM PDT by Major Matt Mason ("Journalism is dead. All news is suspect." - Noamie)
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