Katharine Graham

Katharine Graham (b June 16, 1917; d July 17, 2001) was the publisher of The Washington Post from 1963 until 1991.

Normal Solomon from the media watchdog group FAIR cites a November 1988 speech that she gave senior CIA officials at the agency headquarters in Langley: "There are some things the general public does not need to know and shouldn't. I believe democracy flourishes when the government can take legitimate steps to keep its secrets and when the press can decide whether to print what it knows." [1] On another occasion, he wrote, she stated "There have been instances in which secrets have been leaked to us which we thought were so dangerous that we went to them [U.S. officials] and told them that they had been leaked to us and did not print them." [2]

• Emeriti Trustee, National Campaign To Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy
• Member, Independent Commission on International Development Issues

Book

• Katharine Graham, "Personal History", Vintage; Reprint edition 1998. ISBN 10 0375701044 ISBN 13 978-0375701047

External links

• Doug Henwood, "The Washington Post: The establishment's paper", Extra!, January/February 1990.
• Norman Solomon, "After Pulitzer, Graham's Book Still Lacks Scrutiny", Media Beat, April 23, 1998.
• Norman Solomon, "The Pentagon Papers -- Media Praise Ringing Hollow", FAIR's Media Beat, June 15, 2001.
• Norman Solomon, "Katharine Graham and History: Slanting the First Draft", Media Beat, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, July 19, 2001.
• Norman Solomon, "Great Media Critics: Intrepid for Journalism and Labor Rights", Media Beat, February 22, 2005.