![]() ![]() Bradlee received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013.ĭavid Remnick, once a young reporter for The Post and now the editor of The New Yorker, wrote that Bradlee ruled the newsroom "at a time before Craigslist, before newsroom cutbacks, before Politico, before the sullen loss of confidence," and before the Graham family sold The Post to Amazon ( AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos for an underwhelming $250 million.īradlee was on top when newspapers were on top. Still, it is worthwhile to reflect on what's changed, now that the notion of publishing "the best, most honest newspaper you can today" feels like it belongs to a prior generation. ![]() Last year The Post was among the newspapers and web sites that turned Edward Snowden's cache of NSA documents into compelling stories about mass surveillance - a clear example of "impact." I think that's a premise that Bradlee would have ripped up.Īs Graham said in a statement on Tuesday, Bradlee's "drive to make the paper better still breathes in every corner of today's Post newsroom." ![]()
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