Bob Woodward:Understimate Him at Your Peril
Bob Woodward's latest book "State of Denial" has caught the Bushies completely off guard. They were patronizingly complimenting him after his first two books on Bush's Iraq War. Now, even before the new book is published, they already vilifying him for not toeing the party line.
The conventional wisdom on Woodward among GOPers was that if you gave him access he would treat you sympathetically. This wisdom was based on his first two books on the Iraq War.
Surprise! The Bushies forgot that this is the guy who broke the Watergate scandal. He is still an "investigative journalist". He and Bernstein almost invented the title.
Every ambitious young reporter, especially in TVland, wants to use that title because of Woodward and Bernstein's work. Many are titled investigative journalists, but few are chosen to be so talented.
It serves the Bushies right. The guy they thought they were manipulating was actually manipulating them all along.
The conventional wisdom on Woodward among GOPers was that if you gave him access he would treat you sympathetically. This wisdom was based on his first two books on the Iraq War.
Surprise! The Bushies forgot that this is the guy who broke the Watergate scandal. He is still an "investigative journalist". He and Bernstein almost invented the title.
Every ambitious young reporter, especially in TVland, wants to use that title because of Woodward and Bernstein's work. Many are titled investigative journalists, but few are chosen to be so talented.
It serves the Bushies right. The guy they thought they were manipulating was actually manipulating them all along.
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