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?

I recently read some of the transcripts of Nixon's Watergate tapes, and they spent hours trying to figure out who was leaking and providing information to Carl and myself.

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

I don't think there will ever be a permanent truce, but I believe the media needs to be more careful and be willing to count to 10 before rushing on the air or into print.

A reporter's ability to keep the bond of confidentiality often enables him to learn the hidden or secret aspects of government.

I think journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama or the pyrotechnics associated with us.

The failure of the system to deal quickly was attributable to Nixon's lying, stonewalling and refusal to come clean. So it took 26 months for the final truth to be known.