I believe there’s too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read or see on television.
BOB WOODWARDI believe Watergate shows that the system did work. Particularly the Judiciary and the Congress, and ultimately an independent prosecutor working in the Executive Branch.
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Reporters may believe they control the story, but the story always controls the reporters.
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The Washington Times wrote a story questioning the authenticity of some of the suggestions made about me in Silent Coup. But as a believer in the First Amendment, I believe they have more than a right to air their views.
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…Obama said, ‘I welcome debate among my team, but I won’t tolerate division’.
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I’m not going to name some of my colleagues who are very well-known for their television presentation, but they wouldn’t know new information or how to report a story if it came up and bit them.
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I believe Watergate shows that the system did work. Particularly the Judiciary and the Congress, and ultimately an independent prosecutor working in the Executive Branch.
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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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Some newspapers have a hands-off policy on favored politicians. But it’s generally very small newspapers or local TV stations.
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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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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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Even now there is no evidence that anyone involved in the Nixon operation was going to threaten us.
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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 need to police ourselves in the media.
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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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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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