Because of Watergate in part, I am kind of a magnet for calls and information and suggestions.

Some newspapers have a hands-off policy on favored politicians. But it's generally very small newspapers or local TV stations.

It was accountability that Nixon feared.

I believe Watergate shows that the system did work. Particularly the Judiciary and the Congress, and ultimately an independent prosecutor working in the Executive Branch.

Reporters may believe they control the story, but the story always controls the reporters.

If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's "too soft" or "too hard," about 999 would say "too hard."

The central dilemma in journalism is that you don't know what you don't know.