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...presidential campaign? The old rule - such indiscretions are off-limits as long as they do not interfere with official performance - has been breaking down in the wake of Watergate, Wayne Hays and Wilbur Mills. A new standard may evolve as the presidential campaign unfolds. Says Boston Globe Editor Thomas Winship: "We haven't yet thought out how far bedroom activity takes you into legitimate journalism...
...editors feel burned by what they regard as odious past attempts to muzzle them in the name of national security. "Once something leaks out, it's open season," says Editor Tom Winship of the Boston Globe. "I always regret it when we've played games. I got my head clear on the Pentagon papers." Over at the New York Times, the Bay of Pigs lesson was well learned. At President Kennedy's personal request, the Times did not print what it knew in advance of the invasion, only to be told afterward by a rueful Kennedy that had the story...
...clearly has enjoyed a full career that brought him in contact with the masters of the power game. Even now, his former Senate staff people move easily through Washington's marbled halls. Elliot Richardson '43, Jonathan Moore, a Richardson aide and director of the Kennedy Institute of Politics, Tom Winship, editor of The Boston Globe, former Rep. F. Bradford Morse, State Senator William Saltonstall (his son), and the repentant Chuck Colson all worked for Salty in the Senate...
Last week Redford showed the movie to a few politicians and a group of Boston journalists who had served as sources during the preproduction phase. Mayor Kevin White proclaimed: "That film is going to have an effect on the election. That film is powerful." Boston Globe Editor Tom Winship rose at an afterscreening dinner to toast Redford as "a fine reporter and a good street...
...Sure they did!" admits Globe editor Tom Winship, who calls himself a fan of the Real Paper and Phoenix. "We've been scooped many times by both of them. They're both good, lively, feisty publications that keep us on our toes...