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coeur_de_lion

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15. This article from WaPo was a bit more balanced
Sun May 28, 2017, 12:28 PM
May 2017

than others I've seen where Woodward was quoted as saying reporters need to stop being so smug.

To me this scandal is so much worse than Watergate so to read that Woodward wants to downplay Russiagate compared to Watergate is ludicrous.

In this article he says Trump will be around a long time and it worries me.

[link:https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/05/24/bob-woodward-digs-at-smug-media-weighs-in-on-president-trump-odds-finishing-first-term/22107194/|
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Legendary Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward spoke out against "smug" media on Wednesday, saying too many members of the media treat President Trump's White House tenure as a "try out."

The comments from half of the team that broke the Nixon Watergate scandal in 1973 came during a News Shapers interview with Axios' Mike Allen.

"I think there's so many people treating the Trump presidency as if it's a try out, as if it's provisional," Woodward said. "Odds are, he's probably going to be president for a full term, four years, maybe even more."

Who Spies on Presidents [View all] H2O Man May 2017 OP
Obama! moondust May 2017 #1
Interesting. H2O Man May 2017 #2
Yep a knockout is coming soon malaise May 2017 #3
I think so. H2O Man May 2017 #4
666 5th Avenue malaise May 2017 #5
There you go! H2O Man May 2017 #6
I watched "All the President's Men" last night coeur_de_lion May 2017 #7
I've tried H2O Man May 2017 #9
Here you go, hope I am not breaking any rules coeur_de_lion May 2017 #10
Thanks for this. H2O Man May 2017 #13
This article from WaPo was a bit more balanced coeur_de_lion May 2017 #15
He's wrong. H2O Man May 2017 #16
Why only in 2016? coeur_de_lion May 2017 #17
The synergy H2O Man May 2017 #19
Very interesting! coeur_de_lion May 2017 #23
"Yet, I recall his less-than-honest coverage per the Plame scandal" Me. May 2017 #25
Oh, yes. Of course. H2O Man May 2017 #26
They May Now Find Me. May 2017 #27
Interesting that you posted about this today eleny May 2017 #8
I think that the H2O Man May 2017 #11
Well, their hypocrisy is humorous - to a point eleny May 2017 #22
I also wonder if coeur_de_lion May 2017 #12
If we had the H2O Man May 2017 #14
Well lets just put it out in the Universe coeur_de_lion May 2017 #18
Right. H2O Man May 2017 #20
Who spies on presidents? coeur_de_lion May 2017 #21
Bookmarked For Reading After Me. May 2017 #24
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