I don’t think it’s useful for somebody to argue with reviews.
BOB WOODWARDIt 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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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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I recently read some of the transcripts of Nixon’s Watergate tapes, and they spent hours trying to figure out who was leaking and providing information to Carl and myself.
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Good work is always done in defiance of management.
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Finally, the president added, ‘The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic…’
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…Obama said, ‘I welcome debate among my team, but I won’t tolerate division’.
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Nixon had some large achievements in foreign affairs. They will be remembered. But a president probably gets remembered for one thing, and Watergate will head the Nixon list, I suspect.
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They need to review this secret world. We have an incredibly powerful government that gets on automatic pilot.
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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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After Nixon resigned in 1974, he engaged in a very aggressive war with history, attempting to wipe out the Watergate stain and memory. Happily, history won, largely because of Nixon’s tapes.
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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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I 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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Deep Throat’s information, and in my view, courage, allowed the newspaper to use what he knew and suspected.
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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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I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it.
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We need to police ourselves in the media.
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