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: Robert McNamara is wearing a multi colored Polo shirt talking to Mrs. Graham in 1971. The Ralph Lauren Company did not make the shirts until 1972.
Daniel Ellsberg: Wouldn't you go to prison to stop this war?
Ben Bagdikian: Theoretically, sure.
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Correction: Hot Metal printing was used at the Washington Post until 1973. It was part of a labor negotiation.