"Many 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."
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"I believe there's too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read or see on television.“
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"After Nixon resigned in 1974, he engaged in a very aggressive war with history, attempting to wipe out the Watergate stain and memory. Happily, history won, largely because of Nixon's tapes."
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"Watergate provides a model case study of the interaction and powers of each of the branches of government. It also is a morality play with a sad and dramatic ending."
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"I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it."
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"Using these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government."
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