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No journalist or historian can capture 100 percent of what happened. Neither journalism nor history provide an engineer's drawing of events. And participants often disagree. Memory, perspective, and self-interest play their parts.

— Bob Woodward The Agenda (1994)

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All good work is done in defiance of management.

CBS News' 20th-anniversary Watergate documentary (1994)

In Haig's presence, Kissinger referred pointedly to military men as "dumb, stupid animals to be used" as pawns for foreign policy.

To say that the press brought down Nixon, that's horseshit. The press always plays a role, whether by being passive or by being aggressive, but it's a mistake to overemphasize.

As America and the world know, Trump is an overpowering presence. He loves spectacle. In a time of crisis, the operational is much more important than the political or the personal. For tens of millions the optimistic American story has turned into a nightmare.

Rage (2020)

It would be absurd for me or any other editor to review the authenticity or accuracy of stories that are nominated for prizes.

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