I think journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama or the pyrotechnics associated with us.
The central dilemma in journalism is that you don't know what you don't know.
I don't think it's useful for somebody to argue with reviews.
The biggest rap on me is that I don't find a Watergate every couple of years. Well, Watergate was unique. It's not something Carl Bernstein, I, or the Washington Post caused.
I have gone on the air and announced my telephone number at the Washington Post. I go into the night, talking to people, looking for things. The great dreaded thing every reporter lives with is what you don't know. The source you didn't go to. The phone call you didn't return.
