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
guidance help people provide
It's astonishing how you can get people to help you who in a sense probably shouldn't help you, who will make admissions and provide guidance endangering to themselves.
media people trust
It's very important that people trust the media.
people leader president
Finally, the president added, 'The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic...'
silly mean people
People like to pigeonhole and say, Well, I'm a Washington insider, and you know, that's quite silly. What does that even mean?
running smell people
There is a garbage culture out there, where we pour garbage on people. Then the pollsters run around and take a poll and say, do you smell anything?
business people rumor
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.
believe issues people
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 want found
I have found people don't want to be told. That they can figure it out.
wisdom people stories
Many people have their reputations as reporters and analysts because they are on television, batting around conventional wisdom. A lot of these people have never reported a story.
people aggressive
I always am very aggressive and putting out much more than people would like, but that's the business I'm in.
biggest mistake people reporter situation sort worry
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.
contact journalism knew people shoot
Journalism is a contact sport, ... I was 29 when people who really knew how to shoot were around.
ask case draw economic group hand line nixon people quite raise rule straight terms
If you were to ask the same group of people 25 years ago, after Nixon resigned, 'Are you better off?' ... most people would raise their hand because it established the rule of law, ... But I wonder. You can't quite draw a line from (Nixon resigning) to the well-being of everyone. In the case of Greenspan, in terms of people's economic well being, it's a pretty straight line.
taken
I should have, as I have many, many times, taken him into my confidence. And I did not.