“I think people are smart enough to sort it out. They know when they're watching one of these food fight shows where journalists sit around and yell and scream at each other, versus serious issue reporting.” PeopleThinkingKnowsEnoughShowsFightingLiteratureIssuesSeriousSmartJournalistScreamVersusSerious Issues Author:Bob Woodward
“The central dilemma in journalism is that you don't know what you don't know.” KnowsLiteratureMediaJournalismDilemma Author:Bob Woodward
“I have gone on the air and announced my telephone number at the Washington Post. I go into the night, talking to people, looking for things. The great dreaded thing every reporter lives with is what you don't know. The source you didn't go to. The phone call you didn't return.” PeopleKnowsNightFearNumbersTalkingGoneAirSourceReturnPhonesPostsReportersTelephonesPhone Calls Author:Bob Woodward
“I'm not going to name some of my colleagues who are very well-known for their television presentation, but they wouldn't know new information or how to report a story if it came up and bit them.” IfsKnowsWellsStoriesLiteratureNamesBitsKnownInformationTelevisionCollegeReportsColleaguesWell KnownPresentationNew Information Author:Bob Woodward
“Watergate is not the sort of issue that changes the vote. I don't know anyone who has changed their vote because of it.” KnowsPoliticsIssuesChangedVoteWatergate Author:Bob Woodward
“People like to pigeonhole and say, Well, I'm a Washington insider, and you know, that's quite silly. What does that even mean?” PeopleKnowsWellsMeanDoeLiteratureStupidSillyInsiders Author:Bob Woodward
