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Bob Woodward: Benghazi Is Like Watergate

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 05.17.2013 | Media

The Washington Post's Bob Woodward had a somewhat contradictory set of responses on Friday's "Morning Joe" about whether or not President Obama is the...

The Week to Week News Quiz for Friday, April 5, 2013

John Zipperer | Posted 04.05.2013 | San Francisco
John Zipperer

The post-Roger Ebert era likely will be less enjoyable and snappy, but we've got to try. Take our quiz and find out how much you know about the week's news.

Woodward Still Upset At Al Gore For Taking Him To Task On Iraq Failures

The Huffington Post | Gabrielle Dunkley | Posted 04.05.2013 | Politics

During a lecture at Youngstown State University on Thursday, the Washington Post's Bob Woodward described an encounter with former Vice President Al G...

Bob Woodward, Gene Sperling Made Amends

Posted 04.04.2013 | Media

After February's highly public fracas, Washington Post reporter and White House economic adviser Gene Sperling met for lunch to put the whole feud beh...

Watergate's Lessons, Washed Away

Michael Winship | Posted 04.01.2013 | Politics
Michael Winship

Combined with the ongoing tragedy of Vietnam -- including the secret bombing of Cambodia and the violent squelching of antiwar protest -- Watergate shook the public's confidence in government as it hadn't been since the bleakest days of secession and the Civil War.

Bob Woodward's Shoddy Reporting Exposed

Slate | Posted 05.12.2013 | Media

A little more than a week ago, during an interview with Politico, Bob Woodward came forward to claim he’d been threatened in an email by a ā€œsenior...

Obama Lays Into The Media

Posted 03.10.2013 | Media

President Obama teased members of the media Saturday night during the annual Gridiron Club Dinner. The event brings together top political leaders and...

Obama Shows His Humorous Side At D.C. Dinner

Reuters | Posted 05.10.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON, March 9 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama poked fun at himself, Bob Woodward and Washington reporters on Saturday at a dinner that brou...

No Regrets: Covering Government as a Contact Sport

David Westin | Posted 05.08.2013 | Media
David Westin

If the press is doing its job, those high up in government should always be a bit uneasy because journalists should be asking some uncomfortable questions -- and sometimes coming up with answers that are equally uncomfortable.

The Myth Of Bob Woodward

The Daily Beast | Posted 05.08.2013 | Media

For the past week Washington has found itself debating Bob Woodward. The occasion: his very public argument with White House senior official Gene Sper...

Jason Linkins

Not Many People Noticed Or Cared About That Spat Between Bob Woodward And The White House

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.06.2013 | Politics

Hey, everybody. Remember last week's huge kerfuffle over Bob Woodward, and his spat with the White House over an obsequious, groveling apology that Ge...

Why Obama Is to Blame for Sequester Cuts

Matt Jones | Posted 05.05.2013 | Politics
Matt Jones

I fear that Obama has decided to fight every battle with the goal of crushing the opposition, rather than seeking conclusions that benefit the American people. His decision to continually campaign, rather than govern, could have negative and lasting consequences on our country.

Does Washington Need a Real Code of Conduct?

Stuart Muszynski | Posted 05.04.2013 | Politics
Stuart Muszynski

Listening and talking are the only things that work when it comes to resolving disputes. That approach needs to be at the center of a real, useful Washington code of conduct.

Friday Talking Points -- When Universes Collide

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.01.2013 | Politics
Chris Weigant

The big news in Washington "journalism" circles this week was not the side issue of "did Obama personally come up with the sequester idea?" but the side-side issue of "did Obama personally take Bob Woodward out to the woodshed and beat him mercilessly with a tire iron?" Or something like that...

If You Threaten Someone Over Email, You Should Explain Yourself

Danny Rubin | Posted 05.01.2013 | Technology
Danny Rubin

It's a mistake to assume the other person will read between the lines and figure out what we mean in email. That's a big-time gamble, especially when writing to clients, a boss or Woodward, whose investigative work led to the downfall of President Nixon.

Axelrod Presses Woodward On Feeling 'Threatened'

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 03.01.2013 | Politics

Former White House adviser David Axelrod pressed reporter Bob Woodward over his comments about a White House official who said he'd "regret" accusing ...

'Another Ginned Up Distraction'

The Huffington Post | Katla McGlynn | Posted 03.01.2013 | Comedy

Jon Stewart finished out this week of "The Daily Show" with a segment on Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward's recent email exchange with the White ...

Rep. Conyers Needs our Support to Kill the Sequestration's Austerity

William K. Black | Posted 05.01.2013 | Business
William K. Black

President Obama can easily break with this strategy of choking our economic recovery by supporting a clean bill that would kill the sequester instead of our economy.

Why Did Dems Give Jack Lew a Pass?

The New Republic | ALEC MACGILLIS | Posted 03.01.2013 | Politics

While Washington was obsessing Wednesday over whether or not the oh-so-intimidating Gene Sperling had threatened Bob Woodward over his deeply misguide...

"Low Budget": A Rather Sad Soundtrack For Sequestration

David Wild | Posted 04.30.2013 | Entertainment
David Wild

"Sequester" sounds significantly sexier than it is. As in, "Sequester"? I don't even know 'er. See, I was right.

Woodward: I Never Said 'Threat,' But...

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 03.01.2013 | Media

Bob Woodward set about trying to defend himself on Thursday night from the widespread derision that has greeted his account of his hostile exchange wi...

White House Apologizes for Putting Horse's Head in Bob Woodward's Bed

Spencer Green | Posted 04.30.2013 | Comedy
Spencer Green

White House spokesman Ronald Gilliott commented, "How Mr. Woodward interprets a bloody horse head and that note as a threat is beyond me."

Bob Woodward Threat Level Omega

John McQuaid | Posted 04.30.2013 | Comedy
John McQuaid

A team of six Deputy Special Counsels spent five months gathering and vetting evidence, including Mr. Sperling's White House and personal email and social media accounts. The evidence shows a troubling pattern of passive-aggressive behavior and a trail of bruised feelings.

Woodward Does Duty With the Phony Outrage Machine

Eric Boehlert | Posted 04.30.2013 | Media
Eric Boehlert

Why Woodward decided to stage a media tour based on a false premise of a non-existent threat remains to be seen. But we do know Woodward's now an honorary practitioner of the far right's Phony Outrage Machine.

Some Threat! Bob Woodward's White House Claims Fall Apart

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 04.30.2013 | Media

Bob Woodward may have thought that top White House economic adviser Gene Sperling was threatening him in an email exchange, but that's certainly not h...