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"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."
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"It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information."
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"I think around the world, our agents are the best collectors of information you'll find."
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"When disinformation is running rampant, there are two ignorances that may emerge: the one is actually positive, a sort of pure and intentional emptying of the mind; but the other is of course negative and clogged and polluted."
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"Disinformation is duping. Misinformation is tricking."
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"When we hear news we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation."
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"A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself."
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"Since signing with Universal, I have been working closely with Gary Ross, the director, producer and screenwriter. We have spent many hours on the phone, and I've been sending him information and items that have been useful to the writing process."
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"How easy it is for so many of us today to be undoubtedly full of information yet fully deprived of accurate information."
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"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."
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"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."
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"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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"When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making."
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"Deep Throat did serve the public interest by providing the guidance and information to us."
Journalism
"Using these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government."
Government
"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
"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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"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."
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"Some newspapers have a hands-off policy on favored politicians. But it's generally very small newspapers or local TV stations."
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"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."
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"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."
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