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"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."
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"Journalism never admits that nothing much is happening."
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"The First Amendment does not guarantee the press a constitutional right of special access to information not available to the general public, nor does it cloak the inmate with special rights of freedom of speech."
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"Journalism largely consists in saying "Lord Jones is dead" to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive."
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"The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind."
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"It's no longer just reporting the headlines of the day, but trying to put the headlines into some context and to add some perspective into what they mean."
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"The Nixon administration really put a lot of pressure on CBS not to run the second broadcast."
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"It's all quotes, anyway, and it all sounds the same to me."
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"Local television news, on both radio and television, is so appalling. Makes print journalism look like the greatest stuff ever written."
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"I always felt more emotionally attached to Cambodia than I did to Vietnam."
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"An investigation may take six months. A quick interview, profile, a day."
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"Clinton... believes that the Washington Press Corps is so out of touch that it is absolutely inconceivable that reporters would understand the issues that people are really dealing with in their lives."
People
"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."
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"Using these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government."
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"If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's too soft or too hard, about 999 would say too hard."
Media
"When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making."
Policy
"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."
Government
"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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"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."
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"Any suggestion that I'm writing about political operatives because I'm interested in political operatives misses the entire point."
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"A reporter's ability to keep the bond of confidentiality often enables him to learn the hidden or secret aspects of government."
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