There isn’t much that The Laurel can add to the body of tributes to Washington Post Executive Editor Ben Bradlee. But we do recall a vignette from the 1990s when Post/Newsweek still owned WFSB-TV. A newly-appointed Assistant News Director had already proved to have little journalism cred. That deal was sealed when Ben Bradlee’s name was mentioned, and New Guy looks puzzled and says, “Who’s Ben Bradlee?” Jaws dropped. Then-reporter Diane Alverio, searching for some connection, said with exasperation, “Jason Robards played him in All the President’s Men??!”
New Guy didn’t last too long at Channel 3.
