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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. (Bob Woodward)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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We need to police ourselves in the media. View quote
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I have gone on the air and announced my telephone number at the Washington Post. I go into the night, talking to people, looking for things. The great dreaded thing every reporter lives with is what you don't know. The source you didn't go to. The phone call you didn't return. View quote
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Deep Throat's information, and in my view, courage, allowed the newspaper to use what he knew and suspected. View quote
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Deep Throat was a very unfortunate name given to the source by the managing editor of The Washington Post. View quote
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Deep Throat did serve the public interest by providing the guidance and information to us. View quote
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Clinton feels a profound alienation from the Washington culture here, and I happen to agree with him. View quote
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Watergate is an immensely complicated scandal with a cast of characters as varied as a Tolstoy novel. (Bob Woodward)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I believed it, we published it. Official questions had been raised, but we stood by the story and her. Internal questions had been raised, but none about her other work. The reports were about the story not sounding right, being based on anonymous sources, and primarily about purported lies [about] her personal life -- [told by men reporters], two she had dated and one who felt in close competition with her. View quote
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I think that the decision to nominate the story for a Pulitzer is of minimal consequence. I also think that it won is of little consequence. It is a brilliant story - fake and fraud that it is. View quote
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When you hear in the tape recordings Nixon's own voice saying, We have to stonewall, We have to lie to the Grand Jury, We have to pay burglars a million dollars, it's all too clear the horror of what went on. View quote
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People like to pigeonhole and say, Well, I'm a Washington insider, and you know, that's quite silly. What does that even mean? View quote
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Clinton... believes that the Washington Press Corps is so out of touch that it is absolutely inconceivable that reporters would understand the issues that people are really dealing with in their lives. View quote
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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. View quote
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I have found people don't want to be told. That they can figure it out. View quote
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I don't believe you on the 'Jimmy' story. No, I don't, and I'm going to prove it if it's the last thing I do. (Bob Woodward)
It's all over," he said to Cooke. "You've got to come clean. The notes show us the story is wrong. We know it. We can show you point by point how you concocted it. View quote
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I gave my word that this source would not be identified unless he changed his mind. He has not. View quote
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Reporters may believe they control the story, but the story always controls the reporters. View quote
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To say that the press brought down Nixon, that's horseshit. The press always plays a role, whether by being passive or by being aggressive, but it's a mistake to overemphasize. View quote
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