All about the story : news, power, politics, and the Washington post /

Downie, Leonard, Jr.,

All about the story : news, power, politics, and the Washington post / Leonard Downie Jr. - First edition. - viii, 385 pages ; 25 cm

Includes index.

Ben and Len -- Accidental intern -- Muckraker -- Washington burning -- A reluctant editor -- Inside the Watergate story -- The legend of deep throat -- Encountering terror -- Tragedy in Jonestown -- Foreign correspondent -- Charles and Diana -- Public lives, private lives -- Confronting the Clintons -- The resort hotel bunker -- The unabomber's ultimatum -- The buck stops here -- 9/11 -- Preparing for war -- Iraq -- Woodward and plame -- Exposing a CIA secret -- Legacy -- Farewell -- The Post -- The rest of the story -- Afterword.

"At a time when the role of journalism is especially critical, Leonard Downie, the former executive editor of the Washington Post writes about his nearly 50 years at the newspaper and the importance of getting at the truth"--

9781541742284 1541742281

2020007418


Downie, Leonard, Jr.


Washington post.


Journalists--United States--Biography.
Newspaper editors--United States--Biography.


Autobiographies.

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