If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's "too soft" or "too hard," about 999 would say "too hard."
Bob WoodwardMany 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.
Bob WoodwardDeep Throat's information, and in my view, courage, allowed the newspaper to use what he knew and suspected.
Bob Woodward