Baron urged Woodward not to breach his arrangement with Kavanaugh and to protect his old source’s anonymity, three Post employees said. The three, as well as other Post journalists who spoke to me, insisted on anonymity because The Post prefers that its employees not talk to the media. That showdown became the movie “Spotlight,” in which Liev Schreiber played Baron as introverted, irascible, and unbending — a depiction that Post employees describe as uncannily accurate. Two Black editors, who spoke on the condition they not be named, said they’d felt that difference in treatment. Trent, who is Black, saw it as worth doing, three Post journalists said.

Source: bd News24 June 29, 2020 08:03 UTC