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Portrait of Edward "Ned" Mclean, taken amid the Teapot Dome scandal in 1924

When the Washington Post Covered Up a Presidential Scandal

12/22/2021
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in DC by Ben Miller

In 1923, Washington Post publisher Ned McLean became embroiled in the Teapot Dome scandal — and turned his paper into a national laughingstock in the process.

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