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
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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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I think there are people out there who just kind of say, let's repot the plant. Let's give somebody else a chance. And it's not just anger or disappointment in their lives, it's the sense of, let's shake this up. And no one is shaking it up as much as Trump.
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Reporters may believe they control the story, but the story always controls the reporters.
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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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The central dilemma in journalism is that you don't know what you don't know.
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If there's one thing that Trump does, he never quits.
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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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It was accountability that Nixon feared.
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Getting up in the morning and having work you love is what makes life different for people. If you get into a position where you don't love what you're doing, get off it.
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the protection of a confidential source, and aggressive reporting, and they do go hand in hand.
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over the summer, or as we get closer to the election, they could increase production several million barrels a day and the price would drop significantly.
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They rise to this office. They want a big-time presidency.
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According to Prince Bandar, the Saudis hoped to fine-tune oil prices over 10 months to prime the economy for 2004. What was key, Bandar knew, were the economic conditions before a presidential election, not at the moment of the election.
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That's for other people to judge. I think the biggest mistake you can make in this sort of situation as a reporter is to worry about yourself.