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

"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"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Downie, Leonard, Jr (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : PublicAffairs, Hachette Book Group, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Downie, Leonard, > Jr.
Washington post.
Journalists > United States > Biography.
Newspaper editors > United States > Biography.
Journalists.
Newspaper editors.
United States.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 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.