Tom Hanks Narrates WaPo Super Bowl Ad Promoting Journalists’ ‘Larger Importance to Society’

Actor Tom Hanks is set to narrate a TV commercial during Sunday’s Super Bowl meant to combat fake news and burnish the reputation of journalists for the Washington Post, according to reports.

The 60-second ad for the newspaper will contain images of some of the nation’s biggest stories from World War II to the present day and will feature Hanks talking about how important journalists are as “gatherers of fact, as well as the profession’s larger importance to society,” the Post said in a Friday announcement.

“The Super Bowl is a remarkable moment to recognize the courage and commitment of journalists around the world that is so essential to our democracy,” Post publisher and CEO Fred Ryan said. “We decided to seize the opportunity to make this a milestone moment in our ongoing campaign.”

The spot will end with the paper’s recent slogan, “Democracy Dies in Darkness.”

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