My one caveat on Woodward is that he really doesn't DO much at The Post--at one time, he was assistant managing editor and viewed as a potential Bradlee successor, but he oversaw the Janet Cooke debacle and he realized the money to be made in book writing. I'm not saying he shouldn't have shared things sooner if he knew them but that his…
My one caveat on Woodward is that he really doesn't DO much at The Post--at one time, he was assistant managing editor and viewed as a potential Bradlee successor, but he oversaw the Janet Cooke debacle and he realized the money to be made in book writing. I'm not saying he shouldn't have shared things sooner if he knew them but that his role at the paper is more honorary and emeritus. The ones who REALLY annoy me are the ones who are out covering the campaigns daily and save all their stuff for later, as in the entire political campaign staffs of The Post and The New York Times.
My one caveat on Woodward is that he really doesn't DO much at The Post--at one time, he was assistant managing editor and viewed as a potential Bradlee successor, but he oversaw the Janet Cooke debacle and he realized the money to be made in book writing. I'm not saying he shouldn't have shared things sooner if he knew them but that his role at the paper is more honorary and emeritus. The ones who REALLY annoy me are the ones who are out covering the campaigns daily and save all their stuff for later, as in the entire political campaign staffs of The Post and The New York Times.