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.
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Way before Watergate, senior administration officials hid behind anonymity.
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Using these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government.
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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.
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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.
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I think journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama or the pyrotechnics associated with us.
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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.
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Di hadapan Haig, Kissinger dengan tegas menyebut orang militer sebagai hewan bodoh dan bodoh yang akan digunakan sebagai bidak untuk kebijakan luar negeri.
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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.