On May 19, 1991, journalist George Lardner published an article, "On The Set in Dallas in Wonderland," in the Washington Post that was quite critical of Oliver Stone's yet-to-be-released film JFK.
Oliver Stone wrote a reply, which you can read here.
Lardner then wrote a memo to Ben Bradlee, Editor of the Washington Post, and Meg Greenfield, who was the Editorial Page Editor, which was turned into an article. Here is his memo:
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