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- Congress
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe Watergate shows that the system did work. Particularly the Judiciary and the Congress, and ultimately an independent prosecutor working in the Executive Branch.
- Clean
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Failure
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Beginning
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- Nov 07, 2020
It would seem that the Watergate story from beginning to end could be used as a primer on the American political system.
- Journalism
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- Nov 07, 2020
The central dilemma in journalism is that you don't know what you don't know.
- Conspiracies
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- Nov 07, 2020
I suspect there have been a number of conspiracies that never were described or leaked out. But I suspect none of the magnitude and sweep of Watergate.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Departments
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nixon's attempts to order subversion of various departments was bound to come out in some form.
- Independent
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- Nov 07, 2020
Newspapers that are truly independent, like The Washington Post, can still aggressively investigate anyone or anything with no holds barred.
- Policy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some newspapers have a hands-off policy on favored politicians. But it's generally very small newspapers or local TV stations.
- Media
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's too soft or too hard, about 999 would say too hard.
- Patience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe there's too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read or see on television.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think there will ever be a permanent truce, but I believe the media needs to be more careful and be willing to count to 10 before rushing on the air or into print.
- Dissipate
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- Nov 07, 2020
The cloud of doubt that surrounds political figures tends to remain and never dissipate or be clarified.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
I gave my word that this source would not be identified unless he changed his mind. He has not.
- Bond
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- Nov 07, 2020
A reporter's ability to keep the bond of confidentiality often enables him to learn the hidden or secret aspects of government.
- Information
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- Nov 07, 2020
If information is true, if it can be verified, and if it's really important, the newspaper needs to be willing to take the risk associated with using unidentified sources.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
Using these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I 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.
- Feared
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was accountability that Nixon feared.
- Map
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
Deep Throat was a very unfortunate name given to the source by the managing editor of The Washington Post.
- Going
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even now there is no evidence that anyone involved in the Nixon operation was going to threaten us.
- Guidance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Deep Throat did serve the public interest by providing the guidance and information to us.
- Deep
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- Nov 07, 2020
Deep Throat's information, and in my view, courage, allowed the newspaper to use what he knew and suspected.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
There may yet be another Watergate book. I have thought a book about the aftermath of Watergate and its impact could be done, perhaps by me or someone else.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Complicated
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- Nov 07, 2020
Watergate is an immensely complicated scandal with a cast of characters as varied as a Tolstoy novel.
- Attempting
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Information
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Journalism
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama or the pyrotechnics associated with us.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many people have their reputations as reporters and analysts because they are on television, batting around conventional wisdom. A lot of these people have never reported a story.
- Information
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Give
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- Nov 07, 2020
I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need to police ourselves in the media.
- Nov 07, 2020
The legislator learns that when you talk a lot, you get in trouble. You have to listen a lot to make deals.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Lying
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's hostility to lying, and there should be.
- Because
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- Nov 07, 2020
Any suggestion that I'm writing about political operatives because I'm interested in political operatives misses the entire point.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fact of the Watergate cover-up is not nearly as interesting as the step into making the cover-up. And when you understand the step, you understand that Richard Nixon lied. That he was a criminal.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because of Watergate in part, I am kind of a magnet for calls and information and suggestions.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
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?
- Give
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are people who take rumors and embellish them in a way that can be devastating. And this pollution has to be eradicated by people in our business as best we can.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
People like to pigeonhole and say, Well, I'm a Washington insider, and you know, that's quite silly. What does that even mean?
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020