The late Katharine Graham on the 25th anniversary of the Watergate scandal

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  • On June 12, 1997, Katharine Graham, retired publisher of The Washington Post, was interviewed by former Newseum president Peter Prichard for the 25th anniversary of the Watergate scandal.
    Graham, who died in 2001, talked about how the scandal started with a break-in at the National Democratic Committee headquarters at the Watergate hotel and office complex.

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  • @2legit64
    @2legit64 9 років тому +55

    This woman's memoir is one of my all-time-favorite books ever. I had the opportunity to meet her and hear her speak while she was on her book tour in 1997. She truly was an example of the evolution of women in the 20th Century.

    • @s.apperly4007
      @s.apperly4007 9 років тому +4

      I agree with you - her book was fabulous!

    • @brianmilidrag2240
      @brianmilidrag2240 6 років тому

      2legit64 ...i also met her in 97 on her tour....got a signed copy of her book!

    • @LoriFeldmanTheDatabaseDiva
      @LoriFeldmanTheDatabaseDiva 6 років тому +2

      Best autobiography I've ever read!

    • @brianmilidrag2240
      @brianmilidrag2240 6 років тому +2

      Just a note....Katherine is my SECOND fav. Warren Buffett's biography, "Snowball" is my favorite! Warren was a great friend Katherine's and an investor in WPO companies.

  • @sgtmajvimy
    @sgtmajvimy 4 роки тому +9

    A grand lady, thank you for sharing this 🧐🥃

  • @MrJoeybabe25
    @MrJoeybabe25 2 роки тому +7

    I'm reading Katherine Graham's book now (November 2021) and I recommend it highly to anyone interested in newspaper history.
    Much of it covers the early years when her father Eugene Myers bought the paper, and through the years when her husband Phil was the publisher.
    I'm up to August 1963 and look forward to what's ahead.

  • @blairwilliams7759
    @blairwilliams7759 12 років тому +18

    OH Katharine Graham is one of my favorite people ever. Everyone should read her autobiography, Personal History.

    • @happycamper6888
      @happycamper6888 6 років тому

      I won't be reading it. Why is she so special as a person other than being a woman that did something only men did up until that point? What makes her so great to you

    • @glennjosephbrophy
      @glennjosephbrophy 5 років тому +1

      @@happycamper6888, Are You Blind And Deaf That You Could Not See And Hear Why Katherine Graham Is So Great...Probably A Millennial!!!

  • @danielepepin4257
    @danielepepin4257 2 роки тому +5

    One of the best movies I've seen - ever. Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks. How can you go wrong with such great actors and an amazing plot.

  • @TheStudioexpresso
    @TheStudioexpresso 6 років тому +7

    Can't wait to see "The Post" starring Meryl Streep as Kate Graham. Her capable leadership at The Post represents what we Americans value about our Freedom of Press.

    • @mark-shane
      @mark-shane 6 років тому

      the republicans and trump are out to stop the USA being a Free country.. DEAD REPUBLIC
      USA

  • @tenisfin
    @tenisfin 4 роки тому +6

    I've always been amazed that this woman who was raised in extreme, rarified wealth and privilege would grow up to become someone who felt at home in the profane boys' club of the newspaper business!

  • @KarlKrogmann
    @KarlKrogmann 3 роки тому +6

    A great woman and a greater American.

  • @3677danielr
    @3677danielr 11 років тому +11

    Remarkable lady and inspirational. I would like to get some interviews done with her on DVD. Where can I get some.

  • @rondierice4922
    @rondierice4922 6 років тому +5

    " The Post " is an excellent movie !

  • @elizabethgeoghegan5167
    @elizabethgeoghegan5167 2 роки тому +2

    Such a calm and measured mind.

  • @dstuart2918
    @dstuart2918 4 роки тому +6

    A legend

  • @dante1707
    @dante1707 6 років тому +25

    can't wait to see meryl play her

    • @abhishekharge6691
      @abhishekharge6691 6 років тому

      The Post coming December 22

    • @johnfarr2738
      @johnfarr2738 6 років тому +4

      She’s gonna win an Oscar, the trailer looks amazing

    • @johnfarr2738
      @johnfarr2738 6 років тому +2

      Abhishek Harge she was an incredible woman

    • @happycamper6888
      @happycamper6888 6 років тому

      Reminds me of Margaret Thatcher. I wish she would've chosen someone that is a more interesting and different character to play instead of just choosing any woman that is in power.
      I wanna see different characters, Miranda was also powerful but TOTALLY different character than Thatcher.
      This Graham thing...
      And then she did the Opera bad singer haha! I love that Meryl, the playful one has GREAT taste.

    • @dougal9439
      @dougal9439 6 років тому

      It is a grand portrayal of her played by such a skilled actor.

  • @LoriFeldmanTheDatabaseDiva
    @LoriFeldmanTheDatabaseDiva 6 років тому +4

    Tragic that she died before learning who Deep Throat was... Altho she doesn't seem too curious about who "he" was.

    • @pianobanter
      @pianobanter 5 років тому

      Not long before Deep Throat was revealed, I remember watching an interview with Katharine and Ben Bradlee together and the question came up again. Ben reiterated that he knew who it was and she said she didn't and she didn't want to know, even after all those years. The whole scandal at the time and the Nixon administration was an obvious dark cloud over her professional career, perhaps it was a question that didn't seem to matter to her anymore.

  • @pillettadoinswartsh4974
    @pillettadoinswartsh4974 Рік тому +2

    10:59 - SPOILER ALERT: Deep Throat was then FBI Deputy Director Mark Felt.
    He was married. They had two kids.
    Katherine got the "man" part right.

    • @KG12KG
      @KG12KG 12 днів тому

      "Single" meant not more than one conflated person, I think.

  • @billdunne5266
    @billdunne5266 2 роки тому +3

    really great woman and brave.

  • @emmarose4234
    @emmarose4234 8 годин тому

    WKMG in Orlando is named after her! ❤

  • @brianvivickers3712
    @brianvivickers3712 3 роки тому

    Which book of her is she speaking about?

  • @Jess561
    @Jess561 10 років тому +3

    Interesting interview. The older, edgier Newseum had a "wringer" on display that someone had given to her as a gag gift.

  • @jasn959
    @jasn959 3 роки тому +1

    Hey folks. Movies are great n all but why not pick up a good book. Here's a suggestion.
    Author: Deborah Davis. Title: Katharine the great.
    An excellent piece that could not be discredited. Not even by Katharine's lawyer team. No-one!
    Also. Peter Janney has some excellent insight in his book of those times...
    Available on Amazon and other good bookshops.
    "To understand the actual world as it is, not as we should wish it to be, is the beginning of wisdom."
    Bertrand Russell

  • @newtongrubby
    @newtongrubby Рік тому +1

    I love her accent.

  • @alexanderh9878
    @alexanderh9878 Рік тому +1

    Such a classy lady.

  • @jasonwright1779
    @jasonwright1779 2 роки тому

    Filling stations got rammed threw it to the sonics

  • @adelgado75
    @adelgado75 9 років тому

    They left her character out of the film The President's Men film?

    • @robertyates9500
      @robertyates9500 8 років тому +4

      +adelgado75 Yes, but there's one mention of Mrs. Graham when he threatens Dustin Hoffman on the phone, then Ben Bradlee asked did he really say that about Mrs. Graham?

    • @mthivier
      @mthivier 8 років тому

      +Robert Yates I'm wondering who might have played her, had she been in the movie. Patricia Neal, maybe? Beatrice Straight?

    • @pec2pec
      @pec2pec 8 років тому +3

      +Mar Thivierge: Mrs. Graham requested that she NOT be portrayed in the movie; at that point, there was a distrust of Hollywood's treatment of journalism and (needless to say) no one knew how Redford's film would turn out. But before Mrs. Graham made her feelings known, Redford had talked to Geraldine Page about playing her, and she was interested in doing it. So Page became the most likely candidate for the part, although Lauren Bacall's name was also mentioned.

    • @adelgado75
      @adelgado75 8 років тому

      +pec2pec Thank you

    • @EvaSofie
      @EvaSofie 7 років тому

      adelgado75 Well, Hollywood's getting another chance to tell her story as none other than Meryl Streep is playing her in the upcoming film The Papers.

  • @suzannecabral7861
    @suzannecabral7861 2 роки тому

    What happened at 16:28 when the sound was cut out and she then said, "Excuse me". Did she fart or something?

  • @andriajato
    @andriajato 6 років тому

    amazing wife. With cOurage

  • @steved8053
    @steved8053 2 місяці тому

    Mrs Daiisy