Journalism lost a giant today. Former Washington Post Executive Editor Ben Bradlee has died. He was 93. Bradlee stood up to the U.S. government, pursued the story which brought down a president, and shaped a generation of journalists. <\/p>\n
\"I just do not believe the first version of events in this city,\" he once said. \"I don't believe it.\" <\/p>\n
As Executive Editor of the Washington Post, Ben Bradlee brought skepticism to the paper's daily reporting. <\/p>\n
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\"People don't tell the truth,\" says Ben Bradlee, former executive editor of The Washington Post. And Bradlee knows a thing or two about lies, hav... <\/p>\n
\"People don't tell the truth. They don't tell the truth a hundred different ways,\" he said on \"60 Minutes\" in 1995. \"And it's become so easy to lie.\" <\/p>\n
Bradlee was born August 26, 1921 in Boston, Massachusetts, a member of the well-heeled Crowninshield family. He attended college at Harvard University, and he married his first wife, Jean Saltonstall, while he was there. <\/p>\n
He joined the Navy shortly after graduating. As part of the Office of Naval Intelligence, Bradlee served as a communications officer in the Pacific during World War II. <\/p>\n
In 1951, Bradlee became a press attach at the U.S. Embassy in Paris. After several years, he made the jump to Newsweek, remaining in Paris as a European correspondent for the magazine. There he became friendly with a neighbor, Sen. John F. Kennedy. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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