Ben Bradlee, legendary Washington Post editor, dies at 93

The Washington Post ^ | October21, 2014 | Robert G. Kaiser

[John W]

Benjamin C. Bradlee, who presided over The Washington Post newsroom for 26 years and guided The Post’s transformation into one of the world’s 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.

[John W]

A thoroughly miserable sob.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Exactly right. All of the people who fawned over him at the university when he spoke were total jerks too.

[Milton Miteybad]

From the linked article:

Lying, especially lying by public officials, particularly offended Mr. Bradlee. He wrote and lectured on the subject for decades.

It appears that Mr. Bradlee gained a relative tolerance for lying by public officials around 2008.

On another note, the only thing that could exacerbate the mawkishness of the linked article would be the knowledge that Mr. Bradlee had written it himself.

[John W]

He also had a fairly decent tolerance for it while his buddy JFK was in the White House.

[Robwin]

I was raised to never speak ill of the dead. Therefore, I will say nothing.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Too bad he only saw fit to cover one side of the news. RIP.

[Joe Boucher]

Had it in for Dick.
Covered for Bill and this current jive assposer.