Lillian Cunningham, The Washington Post, October 22, 2014
Former Washington Post executive editor Benjamin C. Bradlee, who died on Tuesday, October 21st at age 93, had a reputation for speaking truth to power. He also had a reputation for speaking truth to spin doctors, powerful or not. In tribute, this article’s author shares a letter he wrote in response to a “pestering flack” who complained about the publication not running a profile of the circus in its Style section. […read more]