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Woodward's disgrace
He was once a great journalist, but his obsession with "access" turned him into a palace courtier and shill for the GOP.
By Joe Conason [2005-11-19]
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  • The Rich Get Richer and Bob Woodward Shills for Corruption

    Bob Woodard is "rich and famous" or so says Deborah Howell, the Post's public ombudsman. In that description lies Bob's problem; he made/makes a lot of money. He hobnobs with the powerful. He is in a higher tax bracket, and I would guess he likes the Republican approach to wealth: more for us, and the rest of you slobs wait for the "trickle-down." Why would Bob expose corruption in an administration that continues to make him wealthier and provides him with ACCESS? For Bob its a win-win situation. 30 years and a lots of dollars later, Bob knows who butters his bread.

    -- bodacious
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    Monday, November 21, 2005 05:55 PM

  • Joe Conason's Piece on Woodward

    If I were Leonard Downie, my response to Woodward would've been the same as that of the Editor of the New Republic to Stephen Glass:

    "You're fired. You have 30 minutes to clean out your desk. Leave everything except your law books. If you don't leave within that time frame, I will call security."

    -- nitestik
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    Tuesday, November 22, 2005 06:37 AM

  • SELF-SERVING WOODWARD

    Editor:

    Bob Woodward is a nice legend, but it's not true, it was never true. The "Deep Throat" conservative probably picked Woodward to do the expose, along with the other "sacred cow" Ben Bradlee.

    There was a Republican gang-up to get Nixon out of the future, to make room for the die-hard right wingers: Cheney and Rumsfeld to be at the top.

    Nixon's foreign policy was disasterous and cruel. His domestic policy, however, was moderate Republicanism. The right-wing group of that party was ascending in power already planning to put Reagan in the presidency. They had planned since the late 60's to take over the U.S. and pursue imperalism.

    Woodward's adherence to Bush is obvious under the false guise of being a Democrat. When did he ever act like a Democrat? Furthermore, the Washington Post is frightening in its longtime bias against Democrats, against liberal thinking which is simply open and progressive.

    Now, we know major newspapers are corporate dominated, and want the U.S. firmly on the right to benefit their companies, patriotically working against the rights of the average working American.

    Bob Woodward and WaPo reflect the current administration's stench.

    Oakland, CA

    -- Lucretia Helmly
    Friday, November 25, 2005 02:45 PM

  • Woodward

    You become what you hate.

    -- LindaAnne
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    Saturday, November 26, 2005 05:45 AM

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