person of the week on abc - Katharine Graham was the lady dan rather kept

[2Design]

praising last night on larry king - they showed interview with her about the threats the wh was giving the paper and her during the watergate stories - it was great and definitely applauding what that paper did to help us in this country back then - that was the best person of the week I have seen -

Here is the link
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/PersonOfWeek/story?id=817335&page=1

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Graham was born to privilege. Her father bought the Post in the 1930s. Her husband ran the paper until he committed suicide in 1963. As a result, Graham suddenly stood at the helm of one of the country's media giants.

"Of course it was difficult because I didn't know what I was doing," Graham said. "I was stumbling around, learning and making mistakes."

In time, the paper would thrive under her leadership, and she would come to be called one of the most powerful women in America.

In 1974, after the revelation of incriminating White House tape recordings, Nixon resigned the presidency. The reporting of the Washington Post had withstood the pressure and the scrutiny. When it was over, Graham wrote a letter to her young reporters.

"She said, 'Keep loving, keep laughing, keep plugging.' Always the newspaper person," Woodward said.

Graham would later say she took no joy in the role her newspaper played in bringing down a president.

"It was a complete perversion of the democratic process and democracy was really in danger," said Graham. "We were doing what we should have been doing, which was to print the stories that they were trying to cover up."

Graham never knew the identity of Deep Throat. She once asked Woodward who it was and then said, "No, don't tell me."

Elizabeth Vargas filed this report for "World News Tonight."

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[faithnotgreed]

1. thats great. the sad part is the corporate media turn away from the irony

"we were doing what we should have been doing which was to print the stories they were trying to cover up"

!!!

[2Design]

2. that was a great line - I hope media is listening to these

stories to realize we have the same thing going on now - only worse -

[democrat in Tallahassee]

I believe Bob Graham former sen (FL) was her brother-in-law

she was married his brother, I think

[democrat in Tallahassee]

3. I believe Bob Graham former sen (FL) was her brother-in-law

she was married his brother, I think

[Beaverhausen]

4. Her autobiography was really interesting

Why is the title escaping me right now?

Edit- "Personal History"

[blue neen]

5. That is an excellent book.

I sooo admire that woman.