# HBO's "The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee"

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**Created:** [December 8, 2017, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-the-newspaperman-the-life-and-times-of-ben-bradlee/803952 "2017-12-08T20:32:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-the-newspaperman-the-life-and-times-of-ben-bradlee/803952/1 "2017-12-08T20:32:01Z")

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[Link.](https://www.hbo.com/video/documentaries/the-newspaperman-the-life-and-times-of-ben-bradlee/videos/preview.html)

Anyone else see this? I watched it last night, and I was floored at how good and how interesting it was. I knew a bit about the guy, but not all that!! What an amazing character and an amazing life. I highly recommend it.

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**Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-the-newspaperman-the-life-and-times-of-ben-bradlee/803952/2 "2018-04-23T13:56:06Z")

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I just saw this, and agree. One of the side stories that was left hanging was about the still-unsolved murder of Bradlee’s sister-in-law, Mary Pinchot Meyer. But, looking around a little, there wasn’t much to go on. There was a suspect (who would later turn out to be a really bad guy) who was tried and acquitted, and according to one thing I read subsequent research seems to bolster the case for acquittal. Still a mystery. (And, since the doc was about Bradlee, and not MPM, it wasn’t really relevant to the narrative.)

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**Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-the-newspaperman-the-life-and-times-of-ben-bradlee/803952/3 "2018-04-23T19:08:02Z")

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I haven’t seen the film, but I remember that Bradlee’s [autobiography](https://www.amazon.com/Good-Life-Ben-Bradlee-ebook/dp/B004QWZ5TO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1524509866&sr=8-1&keywords=autobiography+ben+bradlee) was a great read. I often recommend it to people looking for good biographies.