If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's too soft or too hard, about 999 would say too hard.

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Even now there is no evidence that anyone involved in the Nixon operation was going...

Even now there is no evidence that anyone involved in the Nixon operation was going...

The source known as Deep Throat provided a kind of road map through the scandal....

The source known as Deep Throat provided a kind of road map through the scandal....

Clinton feels a profound alienation from the Washington culture here, and I happen to agree...

Clinton feels a profound alienation from the Washington culture here, and I happen to agree...

I have written things that Republicans and Democrats and all kinds of figures have either...

I have written things that Republicans and Democrats and all kinds of figures have either...

Nixon's grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he...

Nixon's grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he...

I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make...

I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make...

If information is true, if it can be verified, and if it's really important, the...

If information is true, if it can be verified, and if it's really important, the...

Deep Throat was a very unfortunate name given to the source by the managing editor...

Deep Throat was a very unfortunate name given to the source by the managing editor...

We need to police ourselves in the media.

We need to police ourselves in the media.

Certain political figures think when you call them and ask them for a comment; that...

Certain political figures think when you call them and ask them for a comment; that...

I believe there's too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read...

I believe there's too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read...

The central dilemma in journalism is that you don't know what you don't know.

The central dilemma in journalism is that you don't know what you don't know.

I don't think voters give a hoot about the character of their political advisors, except...

I don't think voters give a hoot about the character of their political advisors, except...

There may yet be another Watergate book. I have thought a book about the aftermath...

There may yet be another Watergate book. I have thought a book about the aftermath...

I don't think there will ever be a permanent truce, but I believe the media...

I don't think there will ever be a permanent truce, but I believe the media...

When you hear in the tape recordings Nixon's own voice saying, We have to stonewall,...

When you hear in the tape recordings Nixon's own voice saying, We have to stonewall,...

Watergate provides a model case study of the interaction and powers of each of the...

Watergate provides a model case study of the interaction and powers of each of the...

The cloud of doubt that surrounds political figures tends to remain and never dissipate or...

The cloud of doubt that surrounds political figures tends to remain and never dissipate or...

After Nixon resigned in 1974, he engaged in a very aggressive war with history, attempting...

After Nixon resigned in 1974, he engaged in a very aggressive war with history, attempting...

It was accountability that Nixon feared.

It was accountability that Nixon feared.