Why did Ben Bradlee specifically mention "91 words a minute"?

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The Post's managing editor, Ben Bradlee reads a paper:

BEN: All these guys sound like they sleep with a damn thesaurus. So McNaughton was secretly suggesting to McNamara...to provoke the North so we'd have grounds for escalation?

CHALMERS: Yep. Yeah, it was in The Times article. It was a good piece. You should check it out. It was well-written.

(Ben shows middle finger to Chalmers)

Ben hands a paper to another man that he had just read and says:

Ben: Give it to someone who can't type 91 words a minute... and have it proofed, okay?

Why did Ben Bradlee specifically mention "91 words a minute"?






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ABC Primetime Live - Ben Bradlee Interview - 1994




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