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.
BOB WOODWARDI 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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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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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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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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Reporters may believe they control the story, but the story always controls the reporters.
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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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If there’s one thing that Trump does, he never quits.
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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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I don’t think it’s useful for somebody to argue with reviews.
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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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I think journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama or the pyrotechnics associated with us.
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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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The source known as Deep Throat provided a kind of road map through the scandal. His one consistent message was that the Watergate burglary was just the tip of the iceberg.
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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 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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I recently did the David Letterman Show about my book. He was very serious and made no jokes and it caught me off guard a little bit. He was much more serious than some of the joke shows that journalists get on.
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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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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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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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They need to review this secret world. We have an incredibly powerful government that gets on automatic pilot.
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Not a season passes without new disclosures showing Nixon’s numerous attempts at criminal use of his presidential powers and in fact the scorn he held for the rule of law.
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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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Good work is always done in defiance of management.
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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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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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Nixon’s grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he had admitted error early and apologized to the country, he would have escaped.
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