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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWoodward In A Nutshell
The real rap on Woodward isnt that he makes things up. Its that he takes what powerful people tell him at face value; that his accounts are shaped by who coöperates with him and who doesnt; and that they lack context, critical awareness, and, ultimately, historic meaning.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/johncassidy/2013/02/bob-woodward-throws-an-interception.html?mobify=0
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Woodward In A Nutshell (Original Post)
kpete
Mar 2013
OP
Woodward ceased being a journalist more than 30 years ago. He is irrelevant and is nothing
madinmaryland
Mar 2013
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Faygo Kid
(21,477 posts)1. How long until he gets his own Fox News show?
Being a Hannity regular won't be enough. I have lost all respect for Woodward as a reporter and a person. Sorry I ever gave him a pass for his cushy reporting about the Bush administration.
madinmaryland
(64,931 posts)2. Woodward ceased being a journalist more than 30 years ago. He is irrelevant and is nothing
more than a paid shill for the republican party.
whopis01
(3,491 posts)3. That is what nuts come in. n/t
The Magistrate
(95,241 posts)4. But That He Does Make Things Up, Ma'am, Is Still Worth Remembering
Because he does make things up.