Deep Throat was a very unfortunate name given to the source by the managing editor of The Washington Post.
BOB WOODWARDI have written things that Republicans and Democrats and all kinds of figures have either hated or felt very uncomfortable about. Because in doing these long projects and books, you get close to the bone. And they’re not calling me up and asking me for dinner.
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[Clinton] believes that the Washington press corps is so out of touch that it is absolutely inconceivable that reporters will understand the issues that people are really dealing with in their lives.
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It would be absurd for me or any other editor to review the authenticity or accuracy of stories that are nominated for prizes.
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We’re not going to have another Watergate in our lifetime. I’m sure.
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The biggest rap on me is that I don’t find a Watergate every couple of years. Well, Watergate was unique. It’s not something Carl Bernstein, I, or the Washington Post caused.
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Good work is always done in defiance of management.
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I gave my word that this source would not be identified unless he changed his mind. He has not…
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Watergate is not the sort of issue that changes the vote. I don’t know anyone who has changed their vote because of it.
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The failure of the system to deal quickly was attributable to Nixon’s lying, stonewalling and refusal to come clean. So it took 26 months for the final truth to be known.
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The fact of the Watergate cover-up is not nearly as interesting as the step into making the cover-up. And when you understand the step, you understand that Richard Nixon lied. That he was a criminal.
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There is a garbage culture out there, where we pour garbage on people. Then the pollsters run around and take a poll and say, do you smell anything?
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Watergate provides a model case study of the interaction and powers of each of the branches of government. It also is a morality play with a sad and dramatic ending.
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Lawyers didn’t seriously get involved in the Watergate stories until quite late, when we realized we were on to something.
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Even now there is no evidence that anyone involved in the Nixon operation was going to threaten us.
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When you practice reporting for as long as I have, you keep yourself at a distance from True Believers. Either conservatives or liberals or Democrats or Republicans.
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I believe there’s too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read or see on television.
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