I believe there's too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read or see on television.

Deep Throat did serve the public interest by providing the guidance and information to us.

When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making.

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.

I think that everyone is kind of confused about the information they get from the media and rightly so. I'm confused about the information I get from the media.

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?

Suppose Watergate had not been uncovered? I'd still be on the City Desk.