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It was accountability that Nixon feared.
We need to police ourselves in the media.
Sometimes,doing nothing is the best reaction.
There's hostility to lying, and there should be.
Good work is always done in defiance of management.
If there's one thing that Trump does, he never quits.
Rawhide Down is full of spectacular, original reporting.
I don't think it's useful for somebody to argue with reviews.
We're not going to have another Watergate in our lifetime. I'm sure.
I have found people don't want to be told. That they can figure it out.
Suppose Watergate had not been uncovered? I'd still be on the City Desk.
Way before Watergate, senior administration officials hid behind anonymity.
The central dilemma in journalism is that you don't know what you don't know.
...Obama said, 'I welcome debate among my team, but I won't tolerate division'.
Reporters may believe they control the story, but the story always controls the reporters.
I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it.
Deep Throat did serve the public interest by providing the guidance and information to us.
Because of Watergate in part, I am kind of a magnet for calls and information and suggestions.
I gave my word that this source would not be identified unless he changed his mind. He has not.
Nixon's attempts to order subversion of various departments was bound to come out in some form.
I gave my word that this source would not be identified unless he changed his mind. He has not...
Even now there is no evidence that anyone involved in the Nixon operation was going to threaten us.
Clinton feels a profound alienation from the Washington culture here, and I happen to agree with him.
Watergate is an immensely complicated scandal with a cast of characters as varied as a Tolstoy novel.
The cloud of doubt that surrounds political figures tends to remain and never dissipate or be clarified.
Deep Throat was a very unfortunate name given to the source by the managing editor of The Washington Post.
The legislator learns that when you talk a lot, you get in trouble. You have to listen a lot to make deals.
Deep Throat's information, and in my view, courage, allowed the newspaper to use what he knew and suspected.
I believe there's too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read or see on television.
I always am very aggressive and putting out much more than people would like, but that's the business I'm in.
They need to review this secret world. We have an incredibly powerful government that gets on automatic pilot.
Using these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government.
Finally, the president added, 'The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic...'
Watergate is not the sort of issue that changes the vote. I don't know anyone who has changed their vote because of it.
It would seem that the Watergate story from beginning to end could be used as a primer on the American political system.
Lawyers didn't seriously get involved in the Watergate stories until quite late, when we realized we were on to something.
If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's too soft or too hard, about 999 would say too hard.
People like to pigeonhole and say, Well, I'm a Washington insider, and you know, that's quite silly. What does that even mean?
It would be absurd for me or any other editor to review the authenticity or accuracy of stories that are nominated for prizes.
Some newspapers have a hands-off policy on favored politicians. But it's generally very small newspapers or local TV stations.
A reporter's ability to keep the bond of confidentiality often enables him to learn the hidden or secret aspects of government.
I think journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama or the pyrotechnics associated with us.
In Haig's presence, Kissinger referred pointedly to military men as "dumb, stupid animals to be used" as pawns for foreign policy.
Any suggestion that I'm writing about political operatives because I'm interested in political operatives misses the entire point.
If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's "too soft" or "too hard," about 999 would say "too hard."
When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making.
Newspapers that are truly independent, like The Washington Post, can still aggressively investigate anyone or anything with no holds barred.
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.
Certain political figures think when you call them and ask them for a comment; that you are somehow doing something that you shouldn't be doing.
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.