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'''Robert ("Bob") Woodward''' (b. 1943) is assistant managing editor of the [[liberal]] ''[[Washington Post]]''.  He is best known for investigative reporting about the [[Watergate]] scandal that contributed to [[liberal]] efforts to force [[Richard Nixon]] out of the presidency.
 
'''Robert ("Bob") Woodward''' (b. 1943) is assistant managing editor of the [[liberal]] ''[[Washington Post]]''.  He is best known for investigative reporting about the [[Watergate]] scandal that contributed to [[liberal]] efforts to force [[Richard Nixon]] out of the presidency.
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Woodward is also known for writing about a dozen non-fiction books, many of which have been best-sellers.  He wrote ''The Brethren'', an unprecedented expose of internal workings at the [[Supreme Court]] in the late 1960s and early 1970s as apparently told by clerks who violated their duty of confidentiality.  The book embarrassed the Court, and reportedly angered Chief Justice [[Warren Burger]].
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Woodward is also known for writing about a dozen non-fiction books, many of which have been best-sellers.  He wrote ''The Brethren'', an unprecedented exposé of internal workings at the [[Supreme Court]] in the late 1960s and early 1970s as apparently told by clerks who violated their duty of confidentiality.  The book embarrassed the Court, and reportedly angered Chief Justice [[Warren Burger]].
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Woodward wrote a glowing review of [[Democratic]] presidential candidate [[Gary Hart]]'s 1985 book, "The Double Man." But a few years later the ''[[Washington Post]]'' played a central role in forcing [[Gary Hart]] out of the 1988 presidential race:<ref>http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEEDC1F39F93BA35756C0A961948260</ref>
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Woodward wrote a glowing review of [[Democratic]] presidential candidate [[Gary Hart]]'s 1985 book ''The Double Man''.  But a few years later the ''[[Washington Post]]'' played a central role in forcing [[Gary Hart]] out of the 1988 presidential race:<ref>http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEEDC1F39F93BA35756C0A961948260</ref>
    
:The [[Washington Post]] reported today that [[Gary Hart]] decided to withdraw from the Presidential campaign hours after the newspaper presented a top campaign official with "documented evidence of a recent liaison between Hart and a Washington woman."
 
:The [[Washington Post]] reported today that [[Gary Hart]] decided to withdraw from the Presidential campaign hours after the newspaper presented a top campaign official with "documented evidence of a recent liaison between Hart and a Washington woman."
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