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7 Scoops from New Bio of Ben Bradlee, “Yours in Truth”

Jeff Himmelman creates an intimate portrait of the man who led the Washington Post through Watergate. By Matthew DeLuca.

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Journalism is a profession for the brilliant, fearless, charming, and good-looking, and so it should hardly surprise that Bill Bradlee, who checked off boxes next to each of these categories, ranks as one of the greatest journalists in the history of American newspapering.

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