Corrected entry: Hot metal typesetting is used to print the Pentagon Papers story in 1971. That process had been obsolete for at least 5 years, probably longer at the Post.
The Post (2017)
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Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Bob Odenkirk, Sarah Paulson
Factual error: The opening caption stating the year as 1966 and Creedence Clearwater Revival's Green River is playing. The group was not formed until 1969 and Green River was released in August 1969. (01:00:00)
Meg Greenfield: From the majority opinion: 'In the First Amendment the Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to fulfill its essential role in our democracy. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors.'
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Correction: Hot Metal printing was used at the Washington Post until 1973. It was part of a labor negotiation.