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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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Bob Woodward
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 26
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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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...Obama said, 'I welcome debate among my team, but I won't tolerate division'.
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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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Even now there is no evidence that anyone involved in the Nixon operation was going to threaten us.
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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?
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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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The number of illegal activities were so large that one was bound to come out and lead to the uncovering of the others. Nixon was too willing to use the power of government to settle scores and get even with enemies.
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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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I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it.
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Deep Throat's information, and in my view, courage, allowed the newspaper to use what he knew and suspected.
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In Haig's presence, Kissinger referred pointedly to military men as dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy.
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If there's one thing that Trump does, he never quits.
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I think people are smart enough to sort it out. They know when they're watching one of these food fight shows where journalists sit around and yell and scream at each other, versus serious issue reporting.
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I don't think it's useful for somebody to argue with reviews.
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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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They need to review this secret world. We have an incredibly powerful government that gets on automatic pilot.
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