Ben Bradlee
Ben Bradlee
Benjamin Crowninshield "Ben" Bradleewas executive editor of The Washington Post from 1968 to 1991. He became a national figure during the presidency of Richard Nixon, when he challenged the federal government over the right to publish the Pentagon Papers and oversaw the publication of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's stories documenting the Watergate scandal. At his death he held the title of vice president at-large of the Post...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth26 August 1921
CityBoston, MA
CountryUnited States of America
As long as a journalist tells the truth, in conscience and fairness, it is not his job to worry about consequences. The truth is never as dangerous as a lie in the long run. I truly believe the truth sets men free.
The history of American politics is littered with bodies of people who took so pure a position that they had no clout at all.
Nothing's riding on this, except the First Amendment to the Constitution, freedom of the press and maybe the future of the country. Not that any of that matters, but if you guys f-k up again, I'm gonna get mad.
The first rough draft of history.
To hell with news! I'm no longer interested in news. I'm interested in causes. We don't print the truth. We don't pretend to print the truth. We print what people tell us. It's up to the public to decide what's true.
Our best today; better tomorrow,
You never monkey with the truth.
There is nothing like daily journalism! Best damn job in the world!
It changes your life, the pursuit of truth,
I give Cronkite a whole lot of credit.
They cut about seven minutes from that broadcast, but it was still vital to the story's momentum.
It took us about a day and a half to find out what had gone wrong.
We were right about the slush fund. But Sloan did not testify about it to the Grand Jury.
We made only one real mistake. And even then we were right.