1 00:00:22,870 --> 00:00:29,918 Many in Washington lie. They have no reverence for the truth. 2 00:00:32,296 --> 00:00:38,927 Reporters and editors should tell the truth, not giving people free shelter. 3 00:00:39,970 --> 00:00:44,934 A good reporter must be interested in the truth. 4 00:00:47,895 --> 00:00:51,690 The press in general, and The Washington Post in particular - 5 00:00:51,857 --> 00:00:57,196 6 00:01:00,449 --> 00:01:05,788 While the threat of justice comes closer to the president - 7 00:01:05,955 --> 00:01:11,543 - the role of the press in Watergate Almost as much as Nixon's fate. 8 00:01:14,004 --> 00:01:19,593 A story about The Post has to start with Benjamin Croninshield Bradlee: 9 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:23,222 Its fast-paced and editor-in-chief. 10 00:01:23,389 --> 00:01:29,561 Neither Mr Nixon nor Mr. Mitchell have the right to decide what you are reading. 11 00:01:32,648 --> 00:01:39,655 The editor, Ben Bradlee does not support President Nixon. 12 00:01:39,822 --> 00:01:44,159 - Bradlee is a tough and mean cynic. - He's a bad devil. 13 00:01:44,326 --> 00:01:47,830 Han is a tough and mean cynic. 14 00:01:51,834 --> 00:01:58,299 Something bad could happen for the press to investigate Watergate - 15 00:01:58,465 --> 00:02:01,802 - is already a fact. The press will 16 00:02:01,969 --> 00:02:05,973 What can the press do about it? - Huka. 17 00:02:06,140 --> 00:02:10,185 Huka and do what we are, not to be loved- 18 00:02:10,352 --> 00:02:14,732 - without chasing the truth. 19 00:02:46,180 --> 00:02:50,851 I want it to be as follows: 20 00:02:51,018 --> 00:02:58,317 It should not be timid, it should be worthwhile 21 00:03:03,614 --> 00:03:08,827 I've always seen memoirs like for presidents, prime ministers - 22 00:03:08,994 --> 00:03:13,248 - Adventure Trips and Generals. 23 00:03:13,415 --> 00:03:20,714 It seemed a bit cheeky to a newspaper, especially one from Boston - 24 00:03:20,881 --> 00:03:27,054 25 00:03:33,310 --> 00:03:37,648 26 00:03:37,815 --> 00:03:42,778 27 00:03:42,945 --> 00:03:47,783 28 00:03:47,950 --> 00:03:51,078 29 00:03:54,832 --> 00:04:01,505 But I had a very nice gift. 30 00:04:02,548 --> 00:04:08,512 A gift that made me attend some of the most important moments of the century. 31 00:04:20,232 --> 00:04:24,528 It was a mild autumn day, on October 2, 1940. 32 00:04:26,071 --> 00:04:31,702 On the door stood: "The Grant Adult Study development. " 33 00:04:34,538 --> 00:04:37,916 The study was funded by the warehouse magnate WT Grant - 34 00:04:38,083 --> 00:04:44,506 - and would find the factors that led to an intelligent provider. 35 00:04:44,673 --> 00:04:51,221 Chief of Harvard Health Care,
00:04:56,226 - wanted to study how to create super people. 37 00:04:58,020 --> 00:05:05,110 The 268 trial cannons were taken from first year classes at Harvard 38 00:05:05,277 --> 00:05:11,909 I was one of them - a second year selector who just lost the virgin. 39 00:05:13,410 --> 00:05:17,957 They were just interested
of bodybuilding and IQ. 40 00:05:18,123 --> 00:05:23,963 You did not have physical or mental illnesses. 41 00:05:24,129 --> 00:05:29,718 The Grant study's doctor wrote that the guinea pig was 181.5 cm long - 42 00:05:29,885 --> 00:05:34,223 - and weighed 77.8 kg, had hot hands, cold feet - 43 00:05:34,390 --> 00:05:41,146 - missing glasses, freckles and acne. And he had three tattoos. 44 00:05:43,274 --> 00:05:48,612 They asked the men what they thought about Freud's thoughts of sexuality - 45 00:05:48,779 --> 00:05:53,033 - masturbation and extraterrestrial relationships - 46 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:56,578 - which they all thought was terrible. 00:06:01,709 48 00:06:03,168 --> 00:06:08,799 The idea was that the study would last for twenty years. 49 00:06:08,966 --> 00:06:12,636 "The boy gives a pretty good impression", wrote the psychologist. / p> 50 00:06:12,803 --> 00:06:17,725 "His problem is the conflict between his conservative Boston upbringing" - 51 00:06:17,891 --> 00:06:23,772 - "and his ideas and ideals becoming 52 00:06:25,357 --> 00:06:30,029 53 00:06:30,195 --> 00:06:35,743 The Bradlee family had been around for almost 300 years. 54 00:06:35,909 --> 00:06:42,416 Fine enough to be nice in Boston, but not very rich or smart. 55 00:06:43,876 --> 00:06:50,674 Nice house in Boston, but not on Beacon Hill, or even on the right side town 56 00:06:54,219 --> 00:06:59,975 1936, 14 years old in ninth grade at the boarding school, I received polio. 57 00:07:00,142 --> 00:07:03,979 "The quite normal boy had become accustomed to bruising and crutches "- 58 00:07:05,230 --> 00:07:08,692 "Although he could not move his legs for a couple of months" - 59 00:07:08,859 --> 00:07:11,862 - "and although one of his friends died in the same epidemic "- 60 00:07:12,029 --> 00:07:16,075 -" He never thought that he would be paralyzed. " 61 00:07:16,241 --> 00:07:21,914 That he got out of that period was a better relationship with the father. 62 00:07:22,081 --> 00:07:27,044 His dad brought him to the bathroom and lifted him out of bed. 63 00:07:27,211 --> 00:07:28,963 He took a hand 64 00:07:29,129 --> 00:07:35,761 They worked together in the woods to cleanse slime and cut trees. 65 00:07:35,928 --> 00:07:38,263 He worked really hard. 66 00:07:38,430 --> 00:07:44,061 He was alone in one year when he exercised the strength of his upper body. 67 00:07:44,228 --> 00:07:51,527 He told him that an inner strength was to be anxious. 68 00:07:53,904 --> 00:08:01,078 The psychologists of the study were impressed by "My ability to adapt." 69 00:08:01,245 --> 00:08:04,498 But they were not impressed by much else. 70 00:08:05,749 --> 00:08:12,589 On August 8, 1942, I graduated with an emergency and nap, at. 10:00. 71 00:08:12,756 --> 00:08:15,968 terminal. At 12.00, I married with Jean Saltonstall - 72 00:08:16,135 --> 00:08:19,221 - the only girl I had done with. 73 00:08:19,388 --> 00:08:24,768 Kl . At 4 pm I was enrolled as a fighter in the fleet reserve - 74 00:08:24,935 --> 00:08:28,814 - and was heading to a place called the South Pacific. 75 00:08:33,569 --> 00:08:38,115 Eight months later, I became the officer in charge. 76 00:08:39,158 --> 00:08:43,621 The responsibility was more educational than Harvard. 77 00:08:43,787 --> 00:08:50,461 21 years old, you're almost as afraid to give orders as to a bullet. 78 00:08:52,212 --> 00:08:59,219 I liked making decisions and choosing the right men for the task - 79 00:08:59,386 --> 00:09:03,807 - even if a dumbbuster sometimes opposed me. 80 00:09:03,974 --> 00:09:10,397 The flea taught him early that he had leadership skills. 81 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:16,612 He learned about fear, and he realized he missed it. 82 00:09:16,779 --> 00:09:21,450 When I started working on < in> The Post and was interviewed by Ben - 83 00:09:21,617 --> 00:09:28,624 - he did not ask for journalism or previous jobs but about the fleet. 84 00:09:28,791 --> 00:09:31,961 The fleet was - 85 00:09:32,127 --> 00:09:36,674 - The beginning of his life as an activist. 86 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:41,470 I flottan lär man sig att ifrågasätta auktoriteter. 87 00:09:46,725 --> 00:09:51,313 The joy of surviving the war should have lasted longer. 88 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:54,108 But I was just restless. 89 00:09:55,234 --> 00:09:59,071 I could not find a job that saved me. 90 00:09:59,238 --> 00:10:04,910 New York newspaper editors were uninterested by lieutenants. 91 00:10:07,037 --> 00:10:13,669 In August 1948, Jean born a boy. Benjamin C. Bradlee, Jr. 92 00:10:15,838 --> 00:10:21,176 My first memory of him is when I was thrown into a swimming pool. 93 00:10:21,343 --> 00:10:24,305 He threw me and I had to manage myself. 94 00:10:24,471 --> 00:10:31,437 He let me go around, and then he jumped in 95 00:10:31,604 --> 00:10:35,691 I called it loving but tough treatment. 96 00:10:39,570 --> 00:10:44,617 At the end of 1948, when Jean and the child lived with her dad - 97 00:10:44,783 --> 00:10:50,664 - I emptied almost the entire savings account, bought a train ticket to Washington - 98 00:10:50,831 --> 00:10:53,417 - and soon I had a job. / p> 99 00:10:59,048 --> 00:11:03,510 I earned $ 80 a week and started Christmas Eve. 100 00:11:08,932 --> 00:11:13,145 On The Post got work at the district court - 101 00:11:13,312 --> 00:11:18,609 - Washington's lowest standing came when they got issues with justice. 102 00:11:18,776 --> 00:11:22,905 Victims and perpetrators in the time of violence. 103 00:11:23,072 --> 00:11:26,951 i> 104 00:11:28,744 --> 00:11:34,750 The best thing about the district court was that I had to write 3-4 articles each day. 105 00:11:34,917 --> 00:11:39,004 I learned that write concise, and hopefully flattering. 106 00:11:41,715 --> 00:11:48,889 But in 1951, I approached 30 and felt impatient. 107 00:11:49,056 --> 00:11:54,937 Europe's recovery, communism and excesses of anti-communism- < 108 00:11:55,104 --> 00:11:58,774 - went beyond my field of view. 109 00:12:05,072 --> 00:12:10,703 The emotional reaction of the boy, caught the psychiatrist's attention. > 110 00:12:11,954 --> 00:12:14,873 "He often cries openly during movies" - 111 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:20,838 - "and engages in the actors situation. He likes 112 00:12:21,005 --> 00:12:24,049 This is Johnny Jones in Amsterdam 113 00:12:24,216 --> 00:12:28,095 - where I've just seen Minister Van Meer killed. 114 00:12:28,262 --> 00:12:31,849 "He also says that he has strong feelings" - 115 00:12:32,016 --> 00:12:36,270 - "For the movie & apos; Foreign Correspondent & Apos;." 116 00:12:37,313 --> 00:12:41,525 "He has watched the film four times and believes that foreign correspondents" - 117 00:12:41,692 --> 00:12:46,655 - "are the most romantic and glamorous people 118 00:12:47,698 --> 00:12:51,493 "He is looking forward to working with that." 119 00:13:01,545 --> 00:13:08,302 Newsweek European correspondent < / i> got my life to stop in 1953 - 120 00:13:08,469 --> 00:13:13,223 - when asked one day if I'd succeed him in Paris. 121 00:13:17,561 --> 00:13:22,608 I did not hesitate to answer. I would kill for it. 122 00:13:22,775 --> 00:13:27,446 My area ranged from < 123 00:13:27,613 --> 00:13:30,616 - and from the Azores to Turkey. 124 00:13:30,783 --> 00:13:35,079 The joy of being foreign < br /> correspondent is difficult to explain - 125 00:13:35,245 --> 00:13:37,665 - and even harder to exaggerate. 126 00:13:37,831 --> 00:13:41,335 Even when it's dangerous, like in war or revolution - < 127 00:13:41,502 --> 00:13:45,923 - Adrenaline is huge and long lasting. 128 00:13:47,299 --> 00:13:53,097 No mission is better for a young journalist than Paris after the war. 129 00:13:54,640 --> 00:14:00,312 It was exciting journalistic and amazing on a private level. 130 00:14:00,479 --> 00:14:03,983 He was in Paris. What could be wrong? 131 00:14:06,860 --> 00:14:10,572 I really loved Paris and France. 132 00:14:10,739 --> 00:14:15,786 I could not let the women go the cafes and streets - 133 00:14:15,953 --> 00:14:18,747 - who looked at a confident and interested. 134 00:14:30,134 --> 00:14:34,179 Jean and I went skiing in the Alps. 135 00:14:34,346 --> 00:14:39,727 We met a Dutch couple and fell in love with Em. 136 00:14:40,769 --> 00:14:45,065 We ended up in bed one afternoon when they others went skiing. 137 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:50,362 It was a new negligence for me, and a new thoughtlessness. 138 00:14:50,529 --> 00:14:53,991 I wondered why I did not feel bigger feelings of guilt. 139 00:14:54,158 --> 00:14:58,287 He has probably never felt guilty. 140 00:14:59,455 --> 00:15:03,292 He was in his correct element in France. 141 00:15:03,459 --> 00:15:09,506 It attracted sexuality that had not been attracted to Boston. 142 00:15:13,510 --> 00:15:16,597 In my Boston the nice girls did not cuddle - 143 00:15:16,764 --> 00:15:19,808 and nice boys learned self-control. 144 00:15:19,975 --> 00:15:25,272 The burgeoning puritanic thoughts about sex and pleasure left my shoulders - 145 00:15:25,439 --> 00:15:28,609 - and changed my view of the world. 146 00:15:28,776 --> 00:15:32,154 Ben was really a man. 147 00:15:32,321 --> 00:15:37,993 He had a dark voice, he was stately and had some kind of charm. 148 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:40,996 No one got girls like him. 149 00:15:41,163 --> 00:15:43,916 He loved going to parties. 150 00:15:46,543 --> 00:15:50,631 It was the perfect place for him, and he knew. 151 00:15:50,798 --> 00:15:54,802 Bradlee knew he was the happiest man in the world. 152 00:16:02,559 --> 00:16:07,856 The weekend that changed my life came in August 1954 - 153 00:16:08,023 --> 00:16:11,151 - Close to our friends, The sisters Pinchot, came to town: 154 00:16:11,318 --> 00:16:14,655 Mary Pinchot Meyer < br /> and Antoinette Pinchot Pitman. 155 00:16:15,990 --> 00:16:21,704 They would leave their spouses and go to Europe to have fun. 156 00:16:24,790 --> 00:16:29,878 Mary and an Italian painter had fallen in love with Positano. 157 00:16:30,045 --> 00:16:33,048 Tony and I fell in love with Boissy-Saint-Léget . 158 00:16:33,215 --> 00:16:38,178 We ended up at a night-open cafe in the nest where we talked - 159 00:16:38,345 --> 00:16:42,474 - first modestly late 160 00:16:45,436 --> 00:16:52,067 In the fall of 1954 I was hopelessly in love with Tony. 161 00:16:52,234 --> 00:16:58,949 162 00:17:05,205 --> 00:17:09,001 163 00:17:09,168 --> 00:17:13,297 i> We had only been seen for a few days but I had never known it before. 164 00:17:13,464 --> 00:17:16,884 13 years of marriage was put on the shelf. 00:17:23,015 Can a person's happiness be worth creating such misery? 166 00:17:27,978 --> 00:17:33,609 The Grant study psychologists called it my "ability to adapt me 167 00:17:33,776 --> 00:17:38,656 Now I wondered if I adjusted or ignored reality. 168 00:17:38,822 --> 00:17:44,036 People became suffering in his privacy, And he knew it. 169 00:17:44,203 --> 00:17:46,872 But it was - 170 00:17:50,209 --> 00:17:52,336 - difficult. 171 00:17:52,503 --> 00:17:59,176 He wanted to live the exciting life. That was what he was looking for. 172 00:17:59,343 --> 00:18:05,349 He wanted to gather experiences, meet interesting people - 173 00:18:05,516 --> 00:18:10,479 - and have a glamorous lifestyle. 174 00:18:16,318 --> 00:18:19,029 We got married in July 1956. 175 00:18:19,196 --> 00:18:23,867 Tony hade fyra barn som inte kunde vara ifrån sin pappa i mer än ett år. 176 00:18:24,034 --> 00:18:29,999 So I had to return to Newsweek in Washington. 177 00:18:30,165 --> 00:18:32,751 And then Kennedy came. 178 00:18:32,918 --> 00:18:36,463 I began to think
that the strange experience - 179 00:18:36,630 --> 00:18:41,760 - of having a friend as president would become reality. 180 00:18:47,933 --> 00:18:51,645 Our first contact as a couple with Jack and Jackie Kennedy - 181 00:18:51,812 --> 00:18:59,028 - Come on Sunday afternoon when we went through Georgetown with prams. 182 00:19:00,279 --> 00:19:06,535 We should on the same dinner that night with the former Paris Ambassador. 183 00:19:06,702 --> 00:19:11,498 I sat next to Jackie and Jack sat next to Tony. 184 00:19:11,665 --> 00:19:16,211 We went home together and when we said good night we were friends. 185 00:19:18,881 --> 00:19:24,803 Jag förstår att presidenten trivdes med Ben. De hade samma gener. 186 00:19:24,970 --> 00:19:29,016 They had similar experiences of wives and the same scary humor. 187 00:19:31,602 --> 00:19:37,650 They shared style and ethical view, and were both vivors. 188 00:19:40,027 --> 00:19:44,323 Ben felt that if he had a policy, he would have been Kennedy. 189 00:19:44,490 --> 00:19:50,663 Some of him probably looked at JFK thinking, "It might have been me." 190 00:19:53,707 --> 00:19:59,630 p> 191 00:19:59,797 --> 00:20:03,175 When I became acquainted with Kennedy, he became a part of what I deserved. 192 00:20:12,059 --> 00:20:16,897 When it worked well for him 193 00:20:17,064 --> 00:20:19,233 194 00:20:21,360 --> 00:20:25,322 Having a friend becoming presidential candidate is unexpected - 195 00:20:25,489 --> 00:20:28,575 Are you a friend or reporter? 196 00:20:28,742 --> 00:20:33,789 You need to redefine "friend" and redefine "reporter" - 00:20:40,963 198 00:20:42,256 --> 00:20:47,177 - before feeling comfortable, and it takes time to get it. 199 00:20:47,344 --> 00:20:53,309 Kennedy defeated Kennedy Hubert Humphrey. 200 00:20:53,475 --> 00:20:57,938 Ben, Tony, Jack and Jackie drank champagne at Kennedy's pair 201 00:20:58,105 --> 00:21:01,275 - and then Tony and Ben followed to West Virginia- 202 00:21:01,442 --> 00:21:07,990 - to join the hay coat. 203 00:21:09,325 --> 00:21:13,912 He was a journalist, and it was the first time he crossed the border. 204 00:21:15,372 --> 00:21:20,753 You can not be the president's friend and be a reporter. 205 00:21:36,852 --> 00:21:40,773 Ben and Tony were with in the most sacred rooms. 206 00:21:46,779 --> 00:21:52,952 They went on fine boat trips at Narragansett Bay in Newport. 207 00:22:02,503 --> 00:22:06,090 There was one carefree life. 208 00:22:12,012 --> 00:22:15,808 Ben and Tony participated in everything. 209 00:22:20,396 --> 00:22:27,695 I felt confident that Kennedy understood the limits of our friendship. / p> 210 00:22:29,780 --> 00:22:35,869 Jackie seemed like our company, and liked when Jack was relaxed. 211 00:22:36,036 --> 00:22:40,207 Once she asked Tony about we four could be best friends. 212 00:22:41,709 --> 00:22:46,505 Our friendship jumped from conversations to drinks for dinner in the White House. 213 00:22:57,224 --> 00:23:01,353 Jack was attracted to Tony, who was very beautiful. 214 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:05,024 She was a little shy and quiet, like Jackie. 215 00:23:11,905 --> 00:23:17,620 Tony told us about an opportunity when they ate dinner in the White House. 216 00:23:17,786 --> 00:23:23,500 Jackie said to Tony and Jack: "Stop throwing look at each other." 217 00:23:27,171 --> 00:23:32,009 Within journalism, one has to be more innocent than the pope. 218 00:23:32,176 --> 00:23:34,970 You build your authority - 219 00:23:35,137 --> 00:23:40,684 - on the assertion that you are completely independent. It was threatened here. 220 00:23:41,727 --> 00:23:47,024 That's what Ben was, but it was unfit for his job. 221 00:23:47,191 --> 00:23:50,778 He drove Newsweek and made the rivals of Times crazy - 222 00:23:50,945 --> 00:23:54,490 - when he stepped off with the president. 223 00:24:00,371 --> 00:24:05,793 On a dance In February 1962 the president came to me and said - 224 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:08,754 - that he had a happy story to me. 225 00:24:08,921 --> 00:24:14,343 Francis Gary Powers, the pilot shot down by the Russians - 226 00:24:14,510 --> 00:24:20,975 - had been replaced by Rudolph Abel, the highest ranked The president said the story would be announced within a few hours - 227 00:24:22,893 --> 00:24:26,647 - and asked About Newsweek could change the homepage. 228 00:24:26,814 --> 00:24:30,401 It was too late, but not for us sister publication Washington Post. 229 00:24:30,567 --> 00:24:36,198 Imagine a reporter dictating an exclusive story, a main story - 230 00:24:37,533 --> 00:24:42,246 231 00:24:42,413 --> 00:24:47,668 - to the tunes by Lester Lanin's dance band. 232 00:24:47,835 --> 00:24:51,588 No one came as close to a president as Ben did. 233 00:24:53,007 --> 00:24:56,427 Ingen kom så nära en president som Ben gjorde. 234 00:24:56,593 --> 00:25:01,932 He knew he came too close but how could he be? 235 00:25:02,099 --> 00:25:07,771 How do you say no when the president invites you to dinner in the White House? 236 00:25:16,155 --> 00:25:21,910 > 237 00:25:28,500 --> 00:25:34,298 It was a cool autumn day, but hot enough to drink drinks outside. 238 00:25:35,799 --> 00:25:41,138 Caroline's Pony Macaroni walked around and mumsade grass. 239 00:25:45,935 --> 00:25:50,397 We spent the afternoon reading newspapers and going to the fields. 240 00:25:56,195 --> 00:26:00,532 At dinner, we went on his trip to Texas the following week. 241 00:26:00,699 --> 00:26:06,080 We went at noon the next day after a relaxed morning - 242 00:26:06,246 --> 00:26:09,959 > 243 00:26:27,810 --> 00:26:33,357 Jackie's secretary called and asked us to go to Bethesda Hospital - 244 00:26:33,524 --> 00:26:36,777 - Your president's body was taken from Dallas. 245 00:26:40,114 --> 00:26:44,285 I've never seen something so unforgettable: 246 00:26:44,451 --> 00:26:50,958 Her pink suit, stained by her 247 00:26:53,419 --> 00:26:56,922 She fell silently in our arms - 248 00:26:57,089 --> 00:27:01,593 - and asked if we wanted to hear < 249 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:05,931 But the question had barely left her lips when she had to remind me. 250 00:27:06,098 --> 00:27:09,393 - This was not something for next week's Newsweek. 251 00:27:12,479 --> 00:27:14,857 The assassination gave Ben great opportunities. 252 00:27:15,024 --> 00:27:18,902 In a way, a family member had died - 253 00:27:19,069 --> 00:27:23,032 - but in another way it was a disaster for Ben. 254 00:27:23,198 --> 00:27:27,077 It affected him without a doubt. 255 00:27:27,244 --> 00:27:33,751 Ben told me that the great tragedy in his life was when Kennedy was assassinated. 256 00:27:33,917 --> 00:27:37,504 I asked, "How did you handle it?" 257 00:27:37,671 --> 00:27:43,927 He said, "I needed someone who said that life would continue." 258 00:27:47,181 --> 00:27:52,227 Despite more than 40 months in war, several years as 259 00:27:52,394 --> 00:27:55,689 - and even more years as a war reporter in the Middle East - 260 00:27:55,856 --> 00:28:01,528 with Kennedy as violence became part of my life. 261 00:28:04,490 --> 00:28:07,576 But violence came closer a few months later - 262 00:28:07,743 --> 00:28:11,121 - with the murder of Mary Pinchot Meyer, Tony's sister - 263 00:28:11,288 --> 00:28:15,751 - in the middle of the day a bright autumn afternoon in October. 264 00:28:17,503 --> 00:28:22,758 A phone call from abroad gave Mary's death new dimensions. 265 00:28:22,925 --> 00:28:29,264 It was from Ann Truitt, an artist < who had been Mary's closest friend. 266 00:28:30,599 --> 00:28:35,396 She told me Mary had asked her to take care of a diary - 267 00:28:35,562 --> 00:28:39,066 - "If Something Should Happen." 268 00:28:41,610 --> 00:28:46,991 Some of the pages, maybe ten, described a love affair. 269 00:28:47,157 --> 00:28:51,453 270 00:28:52,621 --> 00:28:57,835 It was clear that the lover had been the US president. 271 00:28:58,002 --> 00:29:03,132 Mary was beautiful, a free soul and incredibly charming . 272 00:29:03,299 --> 00:29:08,971 Many years later, Ben could only explain the relationship - 273 00:29:09,138 --> 00:29:13,434 - that the president loved taking risks. 274 00:29:13,601 --> 00:29:17,187 He said: "How could he otherwise fuck Mary" - 275 00:29:17,354 --> 00:29:23,694 - "and at the same time invite us for dinner in the White House?" 276 00:29:25,571 --> 00:29:29,742 Never considered ever to rewrite - 277 00:29:29,908 --> 00:29:33,871 - that the murdered president had a mistress. 278 00:29:34,038 --> 00:29:36,832 We did not write about that . 279 00:29:36,999 --> 00:29:43,130 Not only did JFK, but many other politicians protect themselves - 280 00:29:43,297 --> 00:29:48,260 - in the male establishment in Washington's press union at the time. 281 00:29:49,470 --> 00:29:55,684 Ben said he did not know what the president did with other women. 282 00:29:55,851 --> 00:30:00,439 But so often he could not escape it. 283 00:30:04,443 --> 00:30:09,615 Most of the conversations we had were when Tony and Jackie joined - 284 00:30:09,782 --> 00:30:14,536 - so all-around was one of the few topics that was never touched. 285 00:30:14,703 --> 00:30:21,961 They were four people. Ben said: "If Jack had not liked Tony" - 286 00:30:22,127 --> 00:30:27,508 - "We had four not been friends. He wanted to see us as a couple." 287 00:30:27,675 --> 00:30:33,263 But Tony told me that Jack did approach her several times. 288 00:30:33,430 --> 00:30:38,894 When Jack filled 46 they went on the Potomac River. 289 00:30:39,061 --> 00:30:43,357 That was a rainy night, everyone drank a lot of alcohol - 290 00:30:43,524 --> 00:30:47,569 - sang, rumbled and screamed. 291 00:30:47,736 --> 00:30:50,698 At one time Tony had to go to the ladies . 292 00:30:50,864 --> 00:30:55,536 Then she realized that Jack was following so she started running. 293 00:30:55,703 --> 00:31:02,084 They ran and laughed, and outside the ladies he came to her. 294 00:31:02,251 --> 00:31:08,882 She said, "He did a rather aggressive assault on me." 295 00:31:10,801 --> 00:31:15,848 p> Tony waited long before she told Ben. 296 00:31:21,895 --> 00:31:26,859 It's not easy to find out things about so many friends. 297 00:31:28,110 --> 00:31:33,198 When Mary died Jackie had disappeared from our lv. 298 00:31:33,365 --> 00:31:37,161 But the memories of our time together were unruly 299 00:31:38,662 --> 00:31:44,835 300 00:31:45,961 --> 00:31:49,465 We are considering how everything changed our opinion about Kennedy and Mary Meyer. 301 00:31:51,342 --> 00:31:58,474 The answer for me were: "Not very much." 302 00:31:58,641 --> 00:32:02,186 It's still so i see them. 303 00:32:28,921 --> 00:32:33,801 There was so much news in Washington that we barely met. 304 00:32:33,968 --> 00:32:38,555 Presidential Goldwater wanted to bomb Nordvietnam - 305 00:32:38,722 --> 00:32:43,185 - and crowds and upset grew. 306 00:32:45,479 --> 00:32:52,486 How are the demonstrations affected by the Civil Rights Act, Dr. King? 307 00:32:52,653 --> 00:32:58,409 There will be demonstrations, regardless of whether the law is assumed or not. 308 00:33:03,247 --> 00:33:09,753

1968 led the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King to riot. 309 00:33:14,133 --> 00:33:16,635 Three months later came more violence. 00:33:25,019 311 00:33:30,482 --> 00:33:34,069 Later that year, Richard Milhous Nixon was elected president. 312 00:33:34,236 --> 00:33:39,283 In recent years, I had talked about running a magazine. 313 00:33:39,450 --> 00:33:44,580 Kay Graham, who had become publisher
on Washington Post after the husband's death - 314 00:33:44,747 --> 00:33:47,499 - invited me to lunch at the F Street Club. 315 00:33:47,666 --> 00:33:50,836 She wondered what I wanted to do when I got big. 316 00:33:51,003 --> 00:33:56,050 My mom said she often thought to The Post must be better. 317 00:33:56,216 --> 00:33:59,762 She knew that she was looking for a new editor. 318 00:33:59,928 --> 00:34:04,600 When speaking, Ben said: "I would sacrifice a bullet for it." 319 00:34:09,188 --> 00:34:14,902 Washington Post was a mediocre newspaper before Bradlee got there. 320 00:34:15,069 --> 00:34:18,447 It was a mediocre country newspaper. 321 00:34:19,657 --> 00:34:24,536 Ben was good from the very first day he got there. 322 00:34:24,703 --> 00:34:29,541 He wanted to know which city's best reporters were, and hire everyone. 323 00:34:29,708 --> 00:34:34,672 Han employed 50-60 reporters and editors in his first year. 324 00:34:35,756 --> 00:34:41,804 His task was to create a good national and international newspaper. 325 00:34:41,971 --> 00:34:45,265 He took great risks, and many of them were rewarding. 326 00:34:45,432 --> 00:34:52,147 I think I was the only who did not have college education. 327 00:34:52,314 --> 00:34:59,113 One of the reasons why I wanted to work at The Post where Ben did. 328 00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:01,448 He shattered the place. 329 00:35:01,615 --> 00:35:07,329 Ben was looking for "devils" - the story . People would sit at breakfast - 330 00:35:07,496 --> 00:35:12,418 - Open the newspaper and say "Devils!" when they read the first page. 331 00:35:13,460 --> 00:35:19,967 Ben understood the readers. He wanted to make The Post so people should read it. 332 00:35:24,013 --> 00:35:27,516 Ben started Style. 333 00:35:27,683 --> 00:35:31,312 The revolutionized 334 00:35:31,478 --> 00:35:33,897 He wanted to blend high and low. 335 00:35:34,064 --> 00:35:39,862 He would combine society, politics and literature in one. 336 00:35:40,029 --> 00:35:45,659 Many in Washington were more save for the Style section than the first page. 337 00:35:48,370 --> 00:35:54,668 I was so excited that they watched my social life more intensively - 338 00:35:54,835 --> 00:35:58,756

00:36:05,888 I appealed to Ben but failed flagrantly. 340 00:36:08,390 --> 00:36:15,689 In the spring of 1971 we had heard rumors about a New York Times hit success. 341 00:36:15,856 --> 00:36:19,193 An exclusive story that would break us in total. 342 00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:24,323 So the rumors give an uncomfortable feeling in the stomach of an editor. < / i> 343 00:36:29,411 --> 00:36:35,668 Ben was very competitive. He was encouraged to compete. 344 00:36:35,834 --> 00:36:38,837 Who would you like to beat? The New York Times . 345 00:36:40,381 --> 00:36:44,969 June 13, 1971 revealed half first page of New York Times - 00:36:49,014 347 00:36:50,265 --> 00:36:52,851 - What their hit success was about. 348 00:36:53,018 --> 00:36:57,856 Six full-page news pages - 349 00:36:59,900 --> 00:37:04,947 based on a 47-volumed study on Vietnam policy. 350 00:37:05,114 --> 00:37:11,787 - by Daniel Ellsberg on the Pentagon, who was commissioned by the Defense Minister - 351 00:37:11,954 --> 00:37:16,166 - to investigate how the United States entered the Vietnam War. 352 00:37:16,333 --> 00:37:22,923 353 00:37:24,758 --> 00:37:31,473 i> Pentagon Papers shows how involved The United States was already under Eisenhower. 354 00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:38,063 I called my sub-director and said: "This is unacceptable." 355 00:37:38,230 --> 00:37:40,566 "How many documents do you think they have?" he said. "Ten," I said. 356 00:37:40,733 --> 00:37:45,988 Then he said, "What do you say about 10000?" 357 00:37:46,155 --> 00:37:50,200 The Justice Department today announced a ban on The Times- 358 00:37:52,453 --> 00:37:57,708 - Publishing the Upcoming Parts. 359 00:37:57,875 --> 00:38:00,669 Ellsberg called an editor as he knew The Post. 360 00:38:04,632 --> 00:38:10,179 He wanted to see the rest of the story printed. 361 00:38:10,346 --> 00:38:16,018 - where editors and reporters started reading and commenting on 4000 pages. 362 00:38:17,853 --> 00:38:24,735 In the living room, lawyers set and argued against publishing. < 363 00:38:24,902 --> 00:38:27,613 It was a critical moment. 364 00:38:27,780 --> 00:38:33,452 Katharine Graham would just list the Washington Post - 365 00:38:33,619 --> 00:38:38,499 so everyone was terrified that Nixon would sabba it. 366 00:38:38,666 --> 00:38:42,378 The The Post businessmen agreed 367 00:38:42,544 --> 00:38:46,590 that we 368 00:38:49,510 --> 00:38:54,223 Do not make unpublished notice The Post < i> forever - 369 00:38:54,390 --> 00:38:58,602 - as a tool for the establishment, no matter who had the power. 370 00:38:58,769 --> 00:39:03,232 The Bradlee era should end before it had started. 371 00:39:03,399 --> 00:39:09,446 Kay soon realized that she was who must make the decision. 00:39:15,077 She was a deeply uncertain woman. 373 00:39:15,244 --> 00:39:19,790 One of Ben's gifts was his ability to read other people. 374 00:39:19,957 --> 00:39:25,170 He read from Katharine from the beginning. 375 00:39:25,337 --> 00:39:28,048 He was charming and a bit seductive. 376 00:39:28,215 --> 00:39:31,760 She let Ben run her magazine, and he gave her self-esteem. 377 00:39:31,927 --> 00:39:37,099 This morning, Washington Post published other parts of Pentagon Papers. 378 00:39:37,266 --> 00:39:43,355 Editor, Ben Bradlee said The Justice Department had asked them - 379 00:39:43,522 --> 00:39:48,068 - not to publish more from the study, but Bradlee said that The Post declined. 380 00:39:48,235 --> 00:39:54,325 - att inte publicera mer ur studien, men Bradlee sa att The Post avböjde. 381 00:39:55,492 --> 00:39:57,578 Ben felt used. 382 00:39:57,745 --> 00:40:04,209 It was not about the security of the nation without national embarrassment. 383 00:40:04,376 --> 00:40:09,173 The Department of Justice arranged a charge against The Post. 384 00:40:09,340 --> 00:40:14,553 What was the country that made it possible to stop publishing? 385 00:40:16,096 --> 00:40:22,227 We had no answer except that The Nixon Administration played hard. 386 00:40:22,394 --> 00:40:29,276 It's hypocrisy of Washington Post to take classified documents - 387 00:40:29,443 --> 00:40:35,658 - and publish them. It's the kind of shabby journalist ethics - 388 00:40:35,824 --> 00:40:39,787 - which is partly behind the reduced respect for the media. 389 00:40:39,954 --> 00:40:47,169 Ben was convinced they could publish everything they got. 390 00:40:47,336 --> 00:40:53,217 To make a point of it was undetectable to me. 391 00:40:56,220 --> 00:40:59,181 Wednesday, June 30, 1971 - 392 00:40:59,348 --> 00:41:05,062 - 15 days after The Times story and 12 days after The Posts - 393 00:41:05,229 --> 00:41:08,649 - Judged the Supreme Court for the benefit of the newspapers. 394 00:41:10,067 --> 00:41:16,865 The decision gives us green light To print the rest of the documents. 395 00:41:17,032 --> 00:41:20,119 Why did you print them from the beginning? 396 00:41:20,286 --> 00:41:26,250 To show people what was going on during an important part of the 20th century 397 00:41:26,417 --> 00:41:32,256 - So there are more articles? - We are writing on six at the moment - 398 00:41:32,423 --> 00:41:35,217 - and it will probably be more. 399 00:41:38,554 --> 00:41:41,890 400 00:41:42,057 --> 00:41:44,727 i> We had won in a way. 401 00:41:44,893 --> 00:41:48,647 For the first time in US history - 402 00:41:48,814 --> 00:41:52,109 A shame in the history of democracy. 403 00:41:52,276 --> 00:41:57,948 What I miss not only in this administration, but across the country - 404 00:41:58,115 --> 00:42:02,870 405 00:42:03,037 --> 00:42:06,498 The first addition was Ben's religion. 406 00:42:06,665 --> 00:42:11,754 He was concerned about journalism, and across the country. 407 00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:15,674 Ben felt that if they did not rise then - 408 00:42:15,841 --> 00:42:19,595 - their freedoms would begin to be eroded. 409 00:42:19,762 --> 00:42:25,643 Neither Mr Nixon nor Mr. Mitchell have the right to decide what you are reading. 410 00:42:25,809 --> 00:42:29,813 It's simple. Wait a little... 411 00:42:33,609 --> 00:42:40,783 The episode created a reflex within the institution to do the right. 412 00:42:40,950 --> 00:42:44,536 Det var första gången den reflexen hade använts. 413 00:42:44,703 --> 00:42:50,876 We dare to oppose the government saying, "Nonsense." 414 00:42:51,043 --> 00:42:54,546 Ben loved it. 415 00:43:02,054 --> 00:43:05,057 Katharine Graham received a letter from a reader 416 00:43:05,224 --> 00:43:10,896 - which encouraged her to kick "Ben Bradlee, the farmer". 417 00:43:12,606 --> 00:43:18,529 "Dear Mr. Dodderidge. Your letter reminded me of the story of WC Fields" - 418 00:43:18,696 --> 00:43:21,949 - "When he put a glass in his hand in his garden." 419 00:43:22,116 --> 00:43:26,870 "His secretary told that a stranger wanted to meet him" 420 00:43:27,037 --> 00:43:29,707 - "But refused to say what it was about." 421 00:43:29,873 --> 00:43:33,752 Finally, Fields Secretary asked to give him a questionable answer: " 422 00:43:33,919 --> 00:43:37,840 "Ask him to go to hell." Greetings, Ben Bradlee. " 423 00:43:39,675 --> 00:43:43,554 Ben was almost Russian when it came to swearing. 424 00:43:43,721 --> 00:43:47,725 It was the contrast in him. 425 00:43:47,891 --> 00:43:54,106 He could swear like a sailor, but at the same time had good tableware. 426 00:43:55,899 --> 00:43:58,944 Ben received a famous letter - 427 00:43:59,111 --> 00:44:03,782 - who said The Mail had undermined the nation's security - 428 00:44:03,949 --> 00:44:08,996 - and accused Ben of that he had never served 429 00:44:09,163 --> 00:44:14,835 "Dear skit boot. I did more for my country in the war than you." 430 00:44:15,002 --> 00:44:19,048 "I spent four years on chasing in the Pacific 431 00:44:19,214 --> 00:44:24,970 "My medal has ten battle stars. Benjamin C Bradlee." 432 00:44:25,137 --> 00:44:27,473 They became good friends. 433 00:44:27,640 --> 00:44:33,562 They wrote letters back and forth and began to like each other. 434 00:44:33,729 --> 00:44:37,858 Bradlee was the only editor who could call one in the office - 435 00:44:38,025 --> 00:44:43,530 - let's understand that you have committed a terrible crime against journalism - 436 00:44:43,697 --> 00:44:48,661 - and when you went away you said to yourself, "What a guy!" 437 00:44:49,995 --> 00:44:55,918 p> 438 00:44:56,085 --> 00:45:01,048 He did not tolerate people who took themselves too seriously, were divine. 439 00:45:01,215 --> 00:45:07,763 He just wanted to get the truth. 440 00:45:07,930 --> 00:45:10,224 Sometimes it was not comfortable, and sometimes it was dangerous. 441 00:45:10,391 --> 00:45:13,852 But he never hesitated. 442 00:45:14,019 --> 00:45:19,316 Good evening. This evening, we have a mysterious story from Washington. 443 00:45:19,483 --> 00:45:23,279 Five people have been arrested for burglary on the Democratic National Committee. 444 00:45:23,445 --> 00:45:26,615 Democratic National Committee 445 00:45:26,782 --> 00:45:31,996 The break seems to have been planned far ahead of time. 446 00:45:32,162 --> 00:45:35,666 - "and no president cares." 447 00:45:38,836 --> 00:45:44,925 Five guys in costumes, just spoke Spanish, in dark glasses - 448 00:45:45,092 --> 00:45:50,514 < 449 00:45:50,681 --> 00:45:55,394 - Immediately after midnight at the Democratic National Committees headquarters. 450 00:45:55,561 --> 00:46:00,274 / i> 451 00:46:03,444 --> 00:46:07,197 You must be Richard Nixon himself to deny that it was a story. 452 00:46:07,364 --> 00:46:12,161 Washington Post got one The Posts Editor That Morning called Bob Woodward, a Cuban - 453 00:46:12,328 --> 00:46:15,956 - and said the burglars should be brought to justice. 454 00:46:16,123 --> 00:46:21,920 They came in with the burglars. I was on the first line. 455 00:46:24,173 --> 00:46:30,262 The judge asked James McCord where he worked. 456 00:46:30,429 --> 00:46:35,768 McCord said... Then the judge said: "Talk higher." 457 00:46:35,935 --> 00:46:38,437 Then McCord whispered : "CIA." 458 00:46:41,190 --> 00:46:47,154 Bingo! No three letters in the English language, in that order - 459 00:46:47,321 --> 00:46:51,867 - Under such circumstances may end a reporter's ring muscle - 460 00:46:52,034 --> 00:46:56,413 - Faster than "C", "I" and "A". 461 00:46:58,874 --> 00:47:05,422 This was the beginning of Ben's investigation of what the CIA was doing with. 462 00:47:06,632 --> 00:47:11,136 We investigated the evidence they had taken from the burglars. 463 00:47:11,303 --> 00:47:14,556 Then we found the note in the address books. 464 00:47:14,723 --> 00:47:19,311 It stood " Howard Hunt, W-House ". 465 00:47:19,478 --> 00:47:26,360 " W-House "could only stand for " Hor House "or" White House. " 466 00:47:28,654 --> 00:47:30,739 Bingo! 467 00:47:32,074 --> 00:47:37,705 I called Howard Hunt: "Why is your name in the address books" - 468 00:47:37,871 --> 00:47:43,252 - "Found on two of them arrested at Democratic Headquarters?" 00:47:48,882 470 00:47:49,049 --> 00:47:52,511 It was quiet for a long time, and then he said: "Good God." 471 00:47:52,678 --> 00:47:55,597 He threw on the handset and left the town. 472 00:47:55,764 --> 00:48:02,396 > 473 00:48:02,563 --> 00:48:06,900 Bingo! 474 00:48:12,031 --> 00:48:15,576 In less than 48 hours, we had linked the burglary to the White House - 475 00:48:15,743 --> 00:48:19,663

- and to the heart of the battle to get Richard Nixon recycled. 476 00:48:19,830 --> 00:48:25,127 But for six weeks after the break we struggled. 477 00:48:25,294 --> 00:48:28,756 20 JUNE, 1972 THREE DAYS AFTER THE INJURY 478 00:48:49,526 --> 00:48:53,405 No one is concerned about The Post at this time. 479 00:48:53,572 --> 00:48:56,283 They are not even close to understanding what's going on. 480 00:48:59,286 --> 00:49:05,459 We knew the story was there, but we did not know what it was. 481 00:49:05,626 --> 00:49:12,800 We found pieces of puzzle, but could not understand where to sit. 482 00:49:12,967 --> 00:49:17,680 Reporting of the story gradually increased. 483 00:49:17,846 --> 00:49:22,851 We did not know how different stories hung together. 484 00:49:23,018 --> 00:49:26,814 Maybe it could lead somewhere. 485 00:49:26,981 --> 00:49:31,568 Then we were told about the secret fund. 486 00:49:33,570 --> 00:49:38,492 We wondered who controlled the fund and who lay behind it. 487 00:49:38,659 --> 00:49:45,207 One of them was former Justice Minister John Mitchell. 488 00:49:45,374 --> 00:49:51,797 I called Mitchell and told about the article in tomorrow's magazine. 489 00:49:51,964 --> 00:49:59,054 I started reading and came to: "John N. Mitchell manages the secret fund." 490 00:49:59,221 --> 00:50:03,642 > 491 00:50:04,685 --> 00:50:10,357 Then he said, "Herreguuuud." Just like that. 492 00:50:10,524 --> 00:50:15,195 Mitchell exploded. "All the crap you write in the newspaper have been denied." 493 00:50:16,780 --> 00:50:22,328 "Katy Graham sticks with the thigh in a big shortcoming if it is pressed." 494 00:50:22,494 --> 00:50:27,166 I called Bradlee, who said: "Did he really say that?" "Yes," I said. 495 00:50:27,333 --> 00:50:33,797 "Do you have good notes?", he asked. "Absolutely," I said. 496 00:50:35,215 --> 00:50:39,595 "Okay, write it in the magazine, but remove the pointer. Print it all." 497 00:50:39,762 --> 00:50:46,810 - controlled a secret fund dedicated to political spying. 498 00:50:46,977 --> 00:50:50,648 Mitchell denied the charges vigorously today. 499 00:50:53,651 --> 00:50:56,904 We became obsessed of the Watergate story. 500 00:50:57,071 --> 00:51:02,076 - Has he read it? - Yes, he has. 501 00:51:03,494 --> 00:51:08,832 The scandal knew no limits. Buggy, Shadow, False Leaks - 502 00:51:08,999 --> 00:51:16,298 - Set campaign meetings, spies, stolen documents and provocators. 503 00:51:16,465 --> 00:51:23,764 When Carl and Bob realized how extensive the intrigues and the darkening were - 504 00:51:23,931 --> 00:51:27,351 - then Bens appetite grew. 505 00:51:27,518 --> 00:51:31,188 Every new disclosure made him want the next. 00:51:39,822 507 00:51:39,989 --> 00:51:47,246 Once asked, "If the story is so good, where is the rest of the press?" 508 00:51:47,413 --> 00:51:53,168 In addition to Washington Post there was no one else who wrote about the story. 509 00:51:53,335 --> 00:51:57,464 The New York Times wrote about it but ended shortly. 510 00:51:57,631 --> 00:52:04,555 < They did not anticipate what was going on. It was just The Post that followed it. 511 00:52:04,722 --> 00:52:07,516 It all made nervous. 512 00:52:07,683 --> 00:52:13,772 When writing about something big,
00:52:16,609 It was Washington Post against Richard Nixon. 514 00:52:31,957 --> 00:52:35,085 When almost all votes have been counted < It looks as follows: 515 00:52:35,252 --> 00:52:41,425 President Nixon has become the reel with the largest majority ever. 516 00:52:50,142 --> 00:52:55,439 A historic victory, and first on the agenda during the second term - 517 00:52:55,606 --> 00:52:58,734 - hosted the The Post. 518 00:53:18,003 --> 00:53:23,717 > 519 00:53:23,884 --> 00:53:27,179 Behind the scenes, Nixon planned his revenge against the newspaper. 520 00:53:27,346 --> 00:53:32,309 I want to be clear that from now on 521 00:53:32,476 --> 00:53:39,608 - No reporters from Washington Post are allowed in the White House. Did you understand? 522 00:53:41,151 --> 00:53:47,992 It's my order, and if it's required I'll give you a kick. Ehrlichman called me to his office and gave me hundreds of names. 523 00:53:48,158 --> 00:53:54,581 "You're well-known Johnny Walters?" He was the head of the tax authority. 524 00:53:54,748 --> 00:53:59,878 "I want you to give this to John" - 525 00:54:00,045 --> 00:54:02,506 - "and ask him to review these people." 526 00:54:24,570 --> 00:54:28,198 My big fear was that Watergate would run out of the sand. 527 00:54:28,365 --> 00:54:31,827 To Washington Post said it was A horrible conspiracy - 528 00:54:31,994 --> 00:54:35,497 - and the White House said that it was just pressure and politics. 529 00:54:35,664 --> 00:54:42,171 Buggy and spying are harmful, just like bad acts. 530 00:54:42,338 --> 00:54:45,549 Ron Ziegler, White House Press Officer - 531 00:54:45,716 --> 00:54:49,511 - was often on the evening news and denied everything - 532 00:54:49,678 --> 00:54:54,850 - and expressed its horror < The Post. 533 00:54:55,017 --> 00:54:59,855 The editor of Washington Post is Ben Bradlee. 534 00:55:00,022 --> 00:55:02,691 He does not support president Nixon. 535 00:55:02,858 --> 00:55:08,489 The White House got Watergate to deal with the press's behavior - 536 00:55:08,656 --> 00:55:10,699 - rather than the behavior of the president. 537 00:55:10,866 --> 00:55:16,330 I've never heard or seen such outrageous and bad reports - 538 00:55:16,497 --> 00:55:19,124 - in my 27 years in public. 539 00:55:20,209 --> 00:55:23,712 > 540 00:55:23,879 --> 00:55:27,299 We became very frustrated by it, because it worked. 541 00:55:27,466 --> 00:55:33,681 When people are hammered last night - 542 00:55:35,975 --> 00:55:39,478 - of such ugly and hysterical Reporting, they lose confidence. 543 00:55:39,645 --> 00:55:42,690 Chuck Colson, Nixon's Hejduk - 544 00:55:42,856 --> 00:55:46,568 - held a number for New England Newspaper Editors : 545 00:55:46,735 --> 00:55:49,363 "If Bradlee ever leaves the cocktail parties in Georgetown" - 546 00:55:49,530 --> 00:55:55,911 - "Maybe he'll discover America's reality" - 547 00:55:56,078 --> 00:55:59,415 I believe in Nixon. He will prove innocent. 548 00:55:59,581 --> 00:56:03,836 He acts in the best interests of the presidency. 549 00:56:04,003 --> 00:56:08,924 It's a pity we lose Good men because of this. 550 00:56:09,091 --> 00:56:15,139 People heard say: "Leave the president in peace. It's enough." 551 00:56:15,306 --> 00:56:19,268 Have you heard? It's so hot outside - 552 00:56:19,435 --> 00:56:24,315 - and he can not stop whining about Watergate. 553 00:56:24,481 --> 00:56:30,154 That's how it was. We showed up a family that lived in that time. 554 00:56:30,321 --> 00:56:33,699 - I believe in Nixon. - Which? 555 00:56:33,866 --> 00:56:38,996 - What "Which"? 556 00:56:40,414 --> 00:56:45,544 People often do not want to hear the truth. 557 00:56:45,711 --> 00:56:47,838 They do not want to know. 558 00:56:48,005 --> 00:56:53,594 In recent months, people have in the Committee for the President's Re-election - 559 00:56:53,761 --> 00:56:59,058 - Prosecuted for involvement in the so-called Watergate scandal. 560 00:56:59,224 --> 00:57:02,937 The air was thick of lies, and the president lied the most. 561 00:57:03,103 --> 00:57:08,442 - I read about the break in the magazine. - Liet. 562 00:57:08,609 --> 00:57:14,114 - I immediately started an investigation. - Yet another lie. 563 00:57:14,281 --> 00:57:18,285 He led himself the dirt of Watergate. 564 00:57:18,452 --> 00:57:23,374 The worst Ben knew where 565 00:57:23,540 --> 00:57:26,710 That's why he disliked Nixon. 566 00:57:26,877 --> 00:57:32,716 He understood that Nixon was a great liar. 567 00:57:32,883 --> 00:57:35,761 It made him crazy, and he would reveal it. 568 00:57:35,928 --> 00:57:40,140 Good evening. The complicated and worrying story - 569 00:57:40,307 --> 00:57:44,270 - about political spying and buggy called Watergate - 570 00:57:44,436 --> 00:57:48,107 - was reviewed today by a committee of the US Senate. 571 00:57:48,274 --> 00:57:53,445 The purpose was to clarify the biggest political scandal of history. 572 00:57:58,826 --> 00:58:05,332 573 00:58:05,499 --> 00:58:09,378 574 00:58:09,545 --> 00:58:14,550 i> I did not know how it would end but it would not be a draw. 575 00:58:14,717 --> 00:58:17,845 Then we talked about the press's reporting around Watergate. 576 00:58:19,221 --> 00:58:25,603 The President asked me to write up the journalists who gave us problems - 577 00:58:25,769 --> 00:58:28,939 - because we would make life difficult for them after the election. 578 00:58:29,106 --> 00:58:34,903 The Senate committee came to The Post said it was important. 579 00:58:35,070 --> 00:58:39,617 Ben gave them full support, and they did. 580 00:58:39,783 --> 00:58:43,412 For the first time, I felt that we should win. 581 00:58:43,579 --> 00:58:49,209 It's true that you've been employed by White House, Mr. Butterfield 582 00:58:49,376 --> 00:58:52,921 The watergate pond would soon burst. 583 00:58:53,088 --> 00:58:58,052 Do you know any interception equipment in the Ovala Room? 584 00:58:58,218 --> 00:59:05,434 - Yes, I knew that. - Nixon bugged himself. 585 00:59:05,601 --> 00:59:11,523 So, all the President's talks from 1970 have been recorded? > 586 00:59:14,068 --> 00:59:17,696 This marked beginning to end for Richard Nixon. 587 00:59:17,863 --> 00:59:23,077 The Democrats in the Committee require the President to give them the recordings. 588 00:59:23,243 --> 00:59:28,958 From that moment on, the president could not hide anymore. 589 00:59:29,124 --> 00:59:34,046 While the threat of justice comes closer to the President - 590 00:59:34,213 --> 00:59:39,885 - The role of the press in Watergate is almost as much discussed as the fate of Nixon. 591 00:59:40,052 --> 00:59:46,266 "It's the press at its best." Others say the press is rolling. 592 00:59:46,433 --> 00:59:51,772 / p> 593 00:59:51,939 --> 00:59:58,445 David Broder, one of the country's most respected commentators, writes: 594 00:59:58,612 --> 01:00:03,826 "Even though Mr Nixon's case is being ratified , the press gets its opportunity." 595 01:00:03,993 --> 01:00:10,457 - What did he mean? - He meant enough to... 596 01:00:10,624 --> 01:00:16,380 Many hold the press responsible and are annoyed by the press. 597 01:00:16,547 --> 01:00:23,178 Why? Do you know that? - Yes. 598 01:00:23,345 --> 01:00:26,724 Something bad could happen for the press to investigate Watergate - 599 01:00:26,890 --> 01:00:29,685 - is already a fact.
600 01:00:29,852 --> 01:00:33,647 Does the press get the debt if he is allowed to resign? - Yes. 601 01:00:34,898 --> 01:00:42,197 Good evening. This is the 37th time I speak to you from here. 602 01:00:42,364 --> 01:00:47,202 Ben Bradlee's best moment where Nixon left. 603 01:00:47,369 --> 01:00:52,750 He went through the editor < br /> and said, "Do not be hurt." 604 01:00:52,916 --> 01:00:57,254 I resign my presidency at. 605 01:00:57,421 --> 01:01:01,675 It was the biggest political event in the country's history. 606 01:01:01,842 --> 01:01:07,556 And it might never have happened about The Post 607 01:01:07,723 --> 01:01:12,353 i> had not been stubborn. 608 01:01:12,519 --> 01:01:19,568 They knocked us on Watergate. I do not deny that. 609 01:01:19,735 --> 01:01:26,325 - Do you know why? - Yes, we were disturbed. 610 01:01:26,492 --> 01:01:32,915 I think Ben is better at chopping quickly than having control. 611 01:01:33,082 --> 01:01:37,294 We think more of the control than they do. 612 01:01:42,007 --> 01:01:47,054 613 01:01:47,221 --> 01:01:53,227 p> It's ironic that a man who disapproved and did not understand the press - 614 01:01:54,937 --> 01:02:00,651 - did much to strengthen
The reputation of the press, especially The Posts . 615 01:02:07,032 --> 01:02:09,952 In his darkest time he gave the press his brightest moment. 616 01:02:10,119 --> 01:02:14,540 Last night at Kennedy Center. 617 01:02:16,542 --> 01:02:20,296 The movie is about the breakthrough on Watergate four years ago. 618 01:02:20,462 --> 01:02:23,507 Many reporters wanted to see 619 01:02:25,509 --> 01:02:29,013 But few reporters stand out in the crowd. 620 01:02:29,179 --> 01:02:33,851 - when the stars Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman arrived. 621 01:02:35,811 --> 01:02:40,899 This was about journalism, not about the US president. 622 01:02:42,109 --> 01:02:46,572 Ben was paranoid in the case of Hollywood. 623 01:02:46,739 --> 01:02:51,619 So I spent a lot of time on The Post to convince him - 624 01:02:51,785 --> 01:02:56,498 - that we should tell a true story and tell the truth. 625 01:02:56,665 --> 01:02:59,126 Background! Tagging! 626 01:02:59,293 --> 01:03:03,797 He confirmed. I said, "If you do not put it on, that's right." 627 01:03:03,964 --> 01:03:06,175 We must tell Bradlee. 628 01:03:06,342 --> 01:03:09,345 Bradlee was very stubborn and expressive. / p> 629 01:03:09,511 --> 01:03:11,930 Bernstein has yet another source. He confirmed. 630 01:03:12,097 --> 01:03:16,310 - Om ni tvivlar tar vi det i morgon. - Det behövs inte. Vi är säkra. 631 01:03:16,477 --> 01:03:20,314 I wanted to win his trust to tell the story. 632 01:03:20,481 --> 01:03:23,859 Okay, then we'll drive it. 633 01:03:24,026 --> 01:03:26,570 That's why Bradlee became an important character. 634 01:03:26,737 --> 01:03:32,660 Would not you roll Ben Bradlee into your movie? 635 01:03:32,826 --> 01:03:39,875 We accuse Haldeman, the country's second largest person for conspiracy - 636 01:03:40,042 --> 01:03:42,252 - so it would be good if we were right. 637 01:03:42,419 --> 01:03:49,218 When Robards got the script he said: "I can not play Bradlee." 638 01:03:49,385 --> 01:03:52,221 "He does nothing." 639 01:03:52,388 --> 01:03:56,433 "He just goes around saying Where is the damn story? " 640 01:03:56,600 --> 01:04:00,938 What do we have more than the money? Where is the damn story? Bradlee had 50 different ways to say "where is the damn story?". 641 01:04:01,105 --> 01:04:07,278 Bradlee hade 50 olika sätt att säga "var är den jävla storyn?". 642 01:04:07,444 --> 01:04:11,991 It feels thin. Get some better information. 643 01:04:12,157 --> 01:04:15,411 What's this for crazy damn story? 644 01:04:15,577 --> 01:04:20,582 The film made all heroes. 645 01:04:20,749 --> 01:04:25,879 646 01:04:27,172 --> 01:04:29,508 The American People's view of journalism was high. 647 01:04:37,641 --> 01:04:41,895 Nothing was equal to that movie. 648 01:04:48,360 --> 01:04:52,573 They lived on another planet, < br /> because they were famous now. 649 01:04:52,740 --> 01:04:59,747 Ben loved it. He loved the glory. 650 01:05:02,333 --> 01:05:07,421 He realized that all the celebrities saw him as one of them. 651 01:05:07,588 --> 01:05:11,634 He was the first celebrity editor, without a doubt. 652 01:05:14,053 --> 01:05:18,599 He said it worried him but not overly much... 653 01:05:19,975 --> 01:05:24,855 After the movie was released you saw Ben Bradlee on the editorial board - 654 01:05:25,022 --> 01:05:27,358 - Walk around and swing your arm. 655 01:05:31,070 --> 01:05:35,240 I was blinded by Ben.
He was a divine creature. 656 01:05:36,492 --> 01:05:40,955 I started writing small admiration patches for him. 657 01:05:41,121 --> 01:05:45,376 I thought he would know who had written them. / p> 658 01:05:45,542 --> 01:05:51,548 A journalist on The Post should not be comfortable with anonymous pieces. 659 01:05:51,715 --> 01:05:55,719 I went through a staff list to find possible senders. 660 01:05:55,886 --> 01:06:01,350 At Q, I stopped at the beautiful and talented Sally Quinn < / i> 661 01:06:01,517 --> 01:06:05,938 - the new star on the Style - section, but only in a few seconds. 662 01:06:06,105 --> 01:06:12,695 She was too young, and the rumor said she would become a news anchor at CBS. 663 01:06:12,861 --> 01:06:16,282 I asked Ben if he wanted to invite me one last lunch. 664 01:06:16,448 --> 01:06:19,868 He said yes, so we went to the Madison Hotel. 665 01:06:20,035 --> 01:06:25,624 There I said, "I have to tell why I'm taking this job. " 666 01:06:25,791 --> 01:06:30,713 " I'm in love with you. I have to get away from you. " 667 01:06:30,879 --> 01:06:34,508 " It's too painful to be close to you. " 668 01:06:34,675 --> 01:06:39,305 Then he said," This is incredible. I'm in love with you too. " 669 01:06:43,142 --> 01:06:46,770 I had yet another reason: 670 01:06:46,937 --> 01:06:52,901 Either I could stay with Tony whom I once loved, the mother of the children. 671 01:06:54,653 --> 01:06:58,782 Or, I could accept that I fell in love with Sally. 672 01:07:00,409 --> 01:07:04,496 I was 52 years old and my grandfather. 01:07:08,459 674 01:07:08,626 --> 01:07:15,090 Sally was twenty years younger and unmarried. 675 01:07:18,052 --> 01:07:24,016 Explaining the situation of the children was indescribably painful. 676 01:07:39,239 --> 01:07:42,660 Watergate was overlooked, Nixon was gone - 677 01:07:42,826 --> 01:07:47,456 - and some of me looked at the future with some anxiety. 678 01:07:50,084 --> 01:07:55,923 So, afterwards, Watergate has become unpopular 679 01:07:56,090 --> 01:07:59,927 The film had incredible impact. Young people study it. 680 01:08:00,094 --> 01:08:06,558 It made people interested in an exciting journalist life. 681 01:08:06,725 --> 01:08:12,648 When I graduated from college 1981 - 682 01:08:16,151 --> 01:08:20,197 - Washington Post was sent to the editorial staff who wanted an awesome job. 683 01:08:20,364 --> 01:08:23,492 > The Hottest Journal of the World. 684 01:08:23,659 --> 01:08:29,665 It was like playing a game for a mythical baseball team - 685 01:08:29,832 --> 01:08:32,584 - If you had grown up with the team. 686 01:08:32,751 --> 01:08:37,214 I was assigned to rewrite Daniel Patrick Moynihan for Style . 687 01:08:37,381 --> 01:08:44,430 I was called into Bradlee's office, as I just looking through the glass. 688 01:08:44,596 --> 01:08:49,018 When I entered, he said: "What's up with Moynihan?" 689 01:08:49,184 --> 01:08:51,729 I was just 26 years old... 690 01:08:51,895 --> 01:08:58,694 "Why do you ask about his drinking?" "It's relevant," I said. 691 01:08:58,861 --> 01:09:05,117 Then I said, "Do not worry, Ben." And then I saw behind his shoes - 692 01:09:05,284 --> 01:09:12,291 - his head stacked up, and he looked at me with contempt and said: 693 01:09:12,458 --> 01:09:16,795 "Worry me? Remnick, I do not worry about a fan." 01:09:22,384 695 01:09:22,551 --> 01:09:28,390 The Post had the world's best reporters. 696 01:09:28,557 --> 01:09:34,146 It scared me a lot. I almost broke the press. 697 01:09:34,313 --> 01:09:38,484 That would be so. 698 01:09:38,651 --> 01:09:43,030 They said she was tough 699 01:09:43,197 --> 01:09:46,408 And so it was Ben, with its steel balls. 700 01:09:46,575 --> 01:09:51,163 Woodward and Bernstein - balls of steel. 701 01:09:51,330 --> 01:09:57,086 But basically, it was a white magazine with a white crowd. 702 01:09:57,252 --> 01:10:02,383 Ben understood the top layer of the punch, but he wanted to use the bottom as well. 703 01:10:02,549 --> 01:10:08,555 Han ville ta sig dit, och det gjorde han med Janet Cooke. 704 01:10:10,849 --> 01:10:16,272 Janet Cooke had written to me that she was ready to come up - 705 01:10:16,438 --> 01:10:19,984 - after more than two years on Toledo Blade . 706 01:10:20,150 --> 01:10:24,238 She had nice college ladies, and she was black. 707 01:10:24,405 --> 01:10:29,451 We had had difficulty recruiting minorities and women - 708 01:10:29,618 --> 01:10:33,497 - so Janet Cooke was a safe card. 709 01:10:36,917 --> 01:10:43,966 Cooke got a brilliant start with 52 bylines for the first 8 months. 710 01:10:44,133 --> 01:10:49,388 She told a friend that she wanted to win the Pulitzer Prize within three years. 01:10:57,062 Soon she lost herself in an assignment to investigate a new kind of heroin. 712 01:10:58,856 --> 01:11:04,153 I had worked on a story
about the heroin problem in the area. 713 01:11:04,320 --> 01:11:09,992 When I interviewed, someone said that the problem has become so big - 714 01:11:10,159 --> 01:11:16,498 - even children are addicted. "I saw an 8-year-old this evening." 715 01:11:16,665 --> 01:11:22,671 My editor said, "Look up the kid. It's first page fabric." 716 01:11:23,881 --> 01:11:29,637 The article was called "Jimmy's World", and the started as follows: 717 01:11:30,763 --> 01:11:35,309 "Jimmy is eight years old, and a third generation heroin addict." 718 01:11:35,476 --> 01:11:39,688 "A hurry little boy, with red-brown hair, brown eyes "- 719 01:11:39,855 --> 01:11:44,193 -" and sting marks on the thin skin on his narrow brown arms. " 720 01:11:45,569 --> 01:11:51,742 " The face is almost chubby when he Talk about life, clothes, money "- 721 01:11:51,909 --> 01:11:58,165 -" Baltimore Orioles and heroin. He has abused since he was five. " 722 01:12:01,085 --> 01:12:04,004 The article ended on the first page. 723 01:12:04,171 --> 01:12:11,387 Almost 900,000 Unsubscribe of The Post left the presses September 28, 1980. 724 01:12:11,553 --> 01:12:14,264 LA Times and Washington Posts News Service - 725 01:12:14,431 --> 01:12:19,353 - took "Jimmy's World "to more than 300+ newspapers in the United States and the world. 726 01:12:20,437 --> 01:12:25,317 Jimmy became an instant sensation as a magic wand for several weeks. 727 01:12:25,484 --> 01:12:31,949 Dr Alyce Gullattee, who runs a drug information program for the city - 728 01:12:32,116 --> 01:12:35,911 - generally knows where the person lives. 729 01:12:36,078 --> 01:12:41,500 Marion Barry held a press conference < and said, "We know who Jimmy is." 730 01:12:41,667 --> 01:12:44,044 "We take care of him and his family." 731 01:12:44,211 --> 01:12:48,757 After The Posts < / i> this article this morning called the mother Dr Gullattee - 732 01:12:48,924 --> 01:12:52,386 - and said she had left the home and hid. 733 01:12:52,553 --> 01:12:57,558 But I began to hear from the editor that the story may not be true. 734 01:13:00,185 --> 01:13:06,900 People were skeptical, but The Post , as newspapers often make public - 735 01:13:07,067 --> 01:13:10,279 - stood behind their reporter. 736 01:13:10,446 --> 01:13:16,785 Editor Bob Woodward, whose articles dropped a president - 737 01:13:16,952 --> 01:13:20,956 - stood behind the reporter who refuses to provide his sources. 738 01:13:21,123 --> 01:13:23,709 We promised anonymity - 739 01:13:23,876 --> 01:13:28,881 - and in this case there was a threat to the reporter. 740 01:13:29,048 --> 01:13:35,638 If something were revealed her life could be at risk. 741 01:13:35,804 --> 01:13:38,974 They did not want to force Janet to give up his sources - 742 01:13:39,141 --> 01:13:44,438 - so they sent Janet and me to look up Jimmy. 743 01:13:44,605 --> 01:13:47,441 Vi körde runt en stund. 744 01:13:47,608 --> 01:13:51,654 Eventually, I realized that Janet did not know where she was. 745 01:13:51,820 --> 01:13:57,159 We were in the area where Jimmy would live, but she had no idea. 746 01:13:59,870 --> 01:14:06,377 The day when Cooke won the Pulitzer Prize the story and my world collapsed. 747 01:14:06,543 --> 01:14:10,172 Toledo Blade where Cooke had worked, and Associated Press - 748 01:14:10,339 --> 01:14:14,426 - started preparing biographies over Cooke. 749 01:14:14,593 --> 01:14:18,931 According to a story she had graduated with Vassar's second highest grade. 750 01:14:19,098 --> 01:14:25,271 The Vassar Rector rang: "We read that our student won the Pulitzer Prize" - 751 01:14:25,437 --> 01:14:30,943 - "But when we watched the archives, we saw that she did not graduate here." 752 01:14:32,695 --> 01:14:39,952 Woodward, me and some others went through her notebooks. 753 01:14:40,119 --> 01:14:44,999 We soon realized that it was a bluff - 754 01:14:45,165 --> 01:14:48,252 - but now we must make her acknowledge. 755 01:14:48,419 --> 01:14:52,214 "JIMMY'S WORLD" WAS A FACTORY Janet Cooke 756 01:14:52,381 --> 01:14:56,093 Washington Post announced today that they made a big mistake. 757 01:14:56,260 --> 01:15:01,890 The article that gave the reporter Pulitzer Prize was a lie . 758 01:15:02,057 --> 01:15:06,353 There was no Jimmy. He and the article were a fabrication - 759 01:15:06,520 --> 01:15:10,774 - featured by a 26-year-old reporter named Janet Cooke... 760 01:15:10,941 --> 01:15:14,069 It was the greatest of sins. 761 01:15:14,236 --> 01:15:19,325 There is no major sin in the journalism. 762 01:15:19,491 --> 01:15:24,288 A sophisticated story, completely grabbed out of the air. 763 01:15:24,455 --> 01:15:31,670 How did it work through the editorial editor on a major newspaper in the United States - 764 01:15:31,837 --> 01:15:37,509 - who had recently succeeded was amazing. 765 01:15:37,676 --> 01:15:42,222 Ben Bradlee informed Pulitzer Foundation this morning - 766 01:15:42,389 --> 01:15:47,561 - We can not accept the price. He apologized personally. 767 01:15:49,480 --> 01:15:53,484 It was huge embarrassing. 768 01:15:53,651 --> 01:16:00,324 You can not always make the right decision, but this was a disaster. 769 01:16:00,491 --> 01:16:04,745 It's like this keeps you awake at night. 770 01:16:04,912 --> 01:16:11,085 When you brought your story to your bosses, Miss Cooke... 771 01:16:11,251 --> 01:16:17,549 Did you not have any pressure on to reveal the sources for the managers? 772 01:16:17,716 --> 01:16:24,723 No, you have a tendency to press first and worry later. 773 01:16:27,393 --> 01:16:30,729 We had done away with us. I had done away with me. 01:16:36,652 After Watergate, we felt that we could take care of everything. 775 01:16:36,819 --> 01:16:41,699 This was a story about an 8-year-old heroin - 776 01:16:41,865 --> 01:16:44,702 - which you basically killed. 777 01:16:44,868 --> 01:16:49,623 But we thought of journalism, not the boy. 778 01:16:49,790 --> 01:16:55,504 It was not just a failure journalistic but also moral. 779 01:16:55,671 --> 01:17:01,051 The magazine's editorial conference held the month after. 780 01:17:01,218 --> 01:17:06,682 The existing program was scrapped, and now everything was about Janet Cooke. 781 01:17:06,849 --> 01:17:10,936 You had to change rooms because everyone obviously showed up 782 01:17:11,103 --> 01:17:14,273 - to see Ben Offras. 783 01:17:14,440 --> 01:17:18,819 One editor after the other got up and flattered Ben. 784 01:17:20,904 --> 01:17:26,452 We journalists Once we've identified the bluff , we set up a single goal: 785 01:17:28,454 --> 01:17:33,334 786 01:17:33,500 --> 01:17:40,424 No one will know more about the Cooke case than The Post reveals. 787 01:17:40,591 --> 01:17:45,804 He turned to Bill Greene, our ombudsman, saying: 788 01:17:45,971 --> 01:17:52,019 "Tell exactly what happened. You get as much space as you like." 789 01:17:54,980 --> 01:18:01,779 > 790 01:18:01,946 --> 01:18:06,951 "Jimmy's World" had humiliated Washington Post , wrote Greene - 791 01:18:07,117 --> 01:18:11,038 - because the editors abandoned his professional skepticism. 792 01:18:11,205 --> 01:18:16,919 It was probably the longest article printed The Post . 793 01:18:17,086 --> 01:18:22,800 < i> 18000 words spread across the front page and four full pages inside. 794 01:18:22,967 --> 01:18:27,888 It was a shameless statement about what went wrong. 795 01:18:28,055 --> 01:18:34,270 It became the template for how to make once lost. 796 01:18:34,436 --> 01:18:37,064 I think it helped us. 797 01:18:38,774 --> 01:18:43,946 It was not hard to make mistakes we did with "Jimmy's World" - 798 01:18:44,113 --> 01:18:48,075 < 799 01:18:48,242 --> 01:18:51,912 Watch out for stories you'd like to be true to < 800 01:18:52,079 --> 01:18:58,252 Do not be discouraged by br /> the hard to reveal the truth. 801 01:18:58,419 --> 01:19:02,798 Do something else if you do not manage it. 802 01:19:03,882 --> 01:19:09,555 Ben 803 01:19:19,440 --> 01:19:22,318 He was terrified to become dad again as a 61 year old. 804 01:19:24,445 --> 01:19:31,660 But Quinn was born, and Ben loved it. 805 01:19:31,827 --> 01:19:36,415 Men Quinn föddes, och Ben älskade det. 806 01:19:38,375 --> 01:19:45,132 When Quinn was three months old, he must do a cardiac surgery. 807 01:19:45,299 --> 01:19:49,803 Despite the surgery, it was clear that there would be a problem. 808 01:19:49,970 --> 01:19:55,100 But Ben refused to believe that Quinn would not be good. 809 01:20:02,066 --> 01:20:06,070 I was born with velocardiofacial syndrome. 810 01:20:06,236 --> 01:20:12,743 Because of my syndrome I have dyslexia and ADHD. 811 01:20:12,910 --> 01:20:19,750 He always said that how difficult life is, then you have to fight. 812 01:20:19,917 --> 01:20:22,753 "Nose downward, arsel upward - forward." 813 01:20:24,004 --> 01:20:26,632 p> Quinn did not have so many friends - 814 01:20:26,799 --> 01:20:31,387 - so they go a lot, especially in the woods. 815 01:20:31,553 --> 01:20:34,515 Dad and I have it in common: 816 01:20:34,682 --> 01:20:39,603 Our dads helped us heal by getting out in the woods. 817 01:20:41,981 --> 01:20:48,779 In spite of incomprehensible trials, attacks and learning difficulties - 818 01:20:48,946 --> 01:20:55,411 - Have a brave young man grow up smart, calm, athletic and wise. 819 01:20:58,580 --> 01:21:04,128 Quinn changed him a lot. 820 01:21:04,295 --> 01:21:08,757 It was painful sometimes finding ways - 821 01:21:08,924 --> 01:21:14,638 - to do this nice boy as happy as they wanted. 822 01:21:15,723 --> 01:21:21,729 It gave him a reason to turn in and reflect. 823 01:21:26,775 --> 01:21:30,738 Shortly after Quinns birth, and especially after the cardiac surgery - 824 01:21:30,904 --> 01:21:35,826 - I began to understand that I already had my best story - 825 01:21:35,993 --> 01:21:41,165 - and no future story could be better than Watergate. 826 01:21:42,708 --> 01:21:47,212 So on July 31, 1991 It was time to take good care 827 01:21:47,379 --> 01:21:52,217 - After almost 29 years < The Washington Post editorial board. 828 01:21:53,969 --> 01:21:59,934 I want to tell a Bradlee story that even Bradlee has not heard. 829 01:22:00,100 --> 01:22:05,481 It was Bradlee in a nutshell: scandalous, the competition - 830 01:22:05,648 --> 01:22:08,692 - and so foolishly set to to do the right. 831 01:22:08,859 --> 01:22:13,405 It's Bradlee's magazine, < 832 01:22:13,572 --> 01:22:18,202 And I hope, Benji, that they say so long. 833 01:22:20,955 --> 01:22:25,376 If I Owned Washington Post I would never say - 834 01:22:25,542 --> 01:22:28,921 - that someone else's magazine was but i loved it. 835 01:22:31,006 --> 01:22:34,927 I remember looking over the editorial board and all the people there. 836 01:22:35,094 --> 01:22:40,474 When Ben went out and finally left the magazine - 837 01:22:40,641 --> 01:22:44,103 - so everyone stood up and applauded him. 838 01:22:47,398 --> 01:22:53,237 It was not often Ben saw looking down and holding back the tears. 839 01:22:54,822 --> 01:22:57,616 They loved him. 01:23:07,376 841 01:23:09,086 --> 01:23:13,966 Sally and I bought real estate. Pleasant first, late exaggerated. 842 01:23:14,133 --> 01:23:16,844 I liked Long Island and often played tennis with the Paris gang - 843 01:23:17,011 --> 01:23:22,141 - and went with old and new New York friends - 844 01:23:22,308 --> 01:23:27,313 - which was mostly refreshing uninterested by Washington. 845 01:23:27,479 --> 01:23:32,151 Ben was closer to 90 and had a shirt that blew up in the wind - 846 01:23:32,318 --> 01:23:36,697 - and he was ridiculously sunburnt with backward-looking hair. 847 01:23:36,864 --> 01:23:41,577 Then I realized that a breeze from Ben Bradlee - 848 01:23:41,744 --> 01:23:46,665 - could very possibly mean that my wife would leave me. 849 01:23:54,089 --> 01:23:59,511 Welcome. Tonight, we speak with one of today's major editors: 850 01:23:59,678 --> 01:24:01,805 Ben Bradlee from Washington Post. 851 01:24:01,972 --> 01:24:05,267 In his autobiography "A good life " He tells of his life - 852 01:24:05,434 --> 01:24:09,146 - and the country's biggest moment in the last half of the 20th century. 853 01:24:09,313 --> 01:24:14,068 You've been lucky you've been to 854 01:24:14,234 --> 01:24:19,031 You've had a happy life. Is there anything you regret? 855 01:24:19,198 --> 01:24:23,661 If I've hurt - 856 01:24:23,827 --> 01:24:30,000 - Tony Bradlee, I regret it. The same is true of Jean Bradlee. 857 01:24:30,167 --> 01:24:35,547 - Your former wives. - Yes, and if I... 01:24:43,639 859 01:24:49,270 --> 01:24:53,107 In the Washington cathedral today it felt like a state funeral. 860 01:24:53,274 --> 01:24:58,612 861 01:24:58,779 --> 01:25:01,824 862 01:25:01,991 --> 01:25:06,036 It was a memorabilia for a newspaper man - 863 01:25:06,203 --> 01:25:11,041 - 864 01:25:11,208 --> 01:25:16,797 865 01:25:18,799 --> 01:25:24,471 866 01:25:24,638 --> 01:25:30,728 Among the mourners were the deputy president, senators and judge. 867 01:25:32,021 --> 01:25:35,065 but Ben Bradlee was of course more than that. 868 01:25:36,317 --> 01:25:43,282 In a way, Bens death means the end of the 20th century. 869 01:25:44,533 --> 01:25:48,912 There were so many in Washington that never went on. 870 01:25:49,079 --> 01:25:51,749 The homework of Ben to Carl and me were: 871 01:25:51,915 --> 01:25:58,797 The nose downward, hurled upwards - always on my way forward. " 872 01:25:58,964 --> 01:26:00,841 I miss him. 873 01:26:01,008 --> 01:26:05,512 I hear one voice that says: "You're crazy, Bernstein." 874 01:26:05,679 --> 01:26:11,936 But also: "You know what does. Do what you know you should do." 875 01:26:12,102 --> 01:26:17,274 > 876 01:26:23,989 --> 01:26:27,201 It's Bradlee's voice, and it's always there. 877 01:26:27,368 --> 01:26:31,288 I've been thinking about the importance of the trip in my life - 01:26:35,626 879 01:26:35,793 --> 01:26:39,088 - When people do not talk about anything else. 880 01:26:40,130 --> 01:26:44,885 Not many of us had the ride to get the inspiring chance - 881 01:26:45,052 --> 01:26:50,391 882 01:26:55,271 --> 01:27:02,403 - over and over again. 883 01:27:02,569 --> 01:27:06,448 Ben Bradlee wrote this letter to an editor on a school newspaper - 884 01:27:07,533 --> 01:27:13,289 885 01:27:13,455 --> 01:27:18,168 "Dear Shannon Fagan. I've always had a hard time explaining who I am." 886 01:27:18,335 --> 01:27:23,924 p> - "I believe in hard work." - "I believe in fighting overwhelm." 887 01:27:24,091 --> 01:27:28,387 - "I believe in avoiding heights." - "I think in complete honesty. " 888 01:27:28,554 --> 01:27:31,223 " I believe in compassion. " 889 01:27:31,390 --> 01:27:36,020 Now I start crying. 890 01:29:07,778 --> 01:29:10,906 Text: Michael Bach www.sdimedia.com