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.
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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…Obama said, ‘I welcome debate among my team, but I won’t tolerate division’.
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I deal with first-hand sources. And give the people, even John Sununu, the opportunity to respond to what I’ve been told by first-hand sources.
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We need to police ourselves in the media.
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If there’s one thing that Trump does, he never quits.
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Reporters may believe they control the story, but the story always controls the reporters.
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I think that everyone is kind of confused about the information they get from the media and rightly so. I’m confused about the information I get from the media.
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I don’t think voters give a hoot about the character of their political advisors, except to the extent that character reflects on the candidates.
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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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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 don’t think it’s useful for somebody to argue with reviews.
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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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I think the problem in the Republican Party is really not money. I think they’ve got lots of it. I think it is theory of the case – why are we here, what is our message, how to connect to the real world.
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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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Newspapers that are truly independent, like The Washington Post, can still aggressively investigate anyone or anything with no holds barred.
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We’re not going to have another Watergate in our lifetime. I’m sure.
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