Tanner Colby: Deconstructing Bob Woodward

National Post ^ | March 24, 2013 | Tanner Colby

[Mean Daddy]

Earlier this month, during an interview with Politico, Bob Woodward came forward to claim he’d been threatened in an email by a “senior White House official” for daring to reveal certain details about the negotiations over the budget sequester. The White House responded by releasing the email exchange Woodward was referring to, which turned out to be nothing more than a cordial exchange between the reporter and Obama’s economic adviser, Gene Sperling, who was clearly implying nothing more than that Woodward would “regret” taking a position that would soon be shown to be false.

A rather trivial scandal, but the incident did manage to raise important questions about Woodward’s behaviour. Was he cynically trumping up the administration’s “threat,” or does he just not know how to read an email? Pretty soon, those questions tipped over into the standard Beltway discussion that transpires anytime Woodward does anything. How accurate is his reporting? Does he deserve his legendary status?

[Mean Daddy]

Good article that demonstrates that Woodward's biases are such that what he's told by people are a reflection of his beliefs, not theirs.

[Paladin2]

Woodward has achieved Hack Emeritus status.

[BradyLS]

He and Bernstein have milked their claim to fame for all it’s worth. Any chance to re-serve yesterday’s mashed potatoes with today’s meatloaf, they take it.

[Trumpnado2016]

My sense is that Bob Woodward is already yesterdays news like Omarosa.

[Jimmy Valentine]

Woodward’s credibility went after his “solo” interview with William Casey while Casey was in a death bed coma.