Bob Woodward
Bob Woodward
Robert Upshur "Bob" Woodwardis an American investigative journalist and non-fiction author. He has worked for The Washington Post since 1971 as a reporter and is now an associate editor of the Post...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth26 March 1943
CityGeneva, IL
CountryUnited States of America
patience believe television
I believe there's too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read or see on television.
disclose effort joe organized publicly sort undercover wife
Was there some sort of conspiracy, or organized effort, or effort by one person to out, to disclose publicly that Joe Wilson's wife was an undercover operative?
people leader president
Finally, the president added, 'The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic...'
silly mean people
People like to pigeonhole and say, Well, I'm a Washington insider, and you know, that's quite silly. What does that even mean?
distance practice long
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.
media politician euthanasia
If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's too soft or too hard, about 999 would say too hard.
power numbers illegal-activities
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.
book impact aftermath
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.
lying voice dollars
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.
independent newspapers stills
Newspapers that are truly independent, like The Washington Post, can still aggressively investigate anyone or anything with no holds barred.
order subversion form
Nixon's attempts to order subversion of various departments was bound to come out in some form.
running smell people
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?
literature lifetime watergate
We're not going to have another Watergate in our lifetime. I'm sure.
work believe independent
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.