Just saw The Post. Having lived through the time, living in downtown DC and as a regular reader of both the Washington Post and the NYTimes, the atmosphere was familiar. The movie's well-written and well-acted, possibly set for Oscar nominations.
A point and a nit: Kay Graham tells McNamara that her son, and all "their sons" (by which she means the sons of the people at her parties) went to Vietnam while he was lying about the policy. I'd be curious about the percentage of military age sons of members of Congress served in Vietnam. I'd also like to see a comparison with the same populations in this century. I'd bet both percentages are less than in 1942-45.
The nit: I swear I saw a sign "Fort Andrews" in the background of an early scene, a sign which should have been "Andrews AFB" (now "Joint Base Andrews").
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