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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 his Pulitzer Prize winning coverage about the [[Watergate]] affair that contributed to [[liberal]] efforts to force [[Richard Nixon]] out of the presidency.
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]].
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]].
In 1980, the ''Washington Post'' published a dramatic story called "Jimmy's World",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/markport/lit/litjour/spg2002/cooke.htm |title=Washington Post Archives: Article |publisher=Uncp.edu |date=1980-09-28 |accessdate=2009-04-04}}</ref> describing the life of an eight-year-old [[heroin]] addict in Washington, for which reporter [[Janet Cooke]] was nominated for a [[Pulitzer Prize]] by Woodward. Cooke subsequently won the prize. An investigation, however, revealed the story to be a fabrication. The Pulitzer Prize was returned.
After the publication of [http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/markport/lit/litjour/spg2002/cooke.htm 'Jimmy's World'], in 1981 for which ''Post'' reporter [[Janet Cooke]] had been nominated by [[Bob Woodward]] for the [[Pulitzer Prize]], which she subsequently won and later returned after it was established the story was a fabrication, ''Post'' [[Ombudsman]] Bill Green concluded an investigation with several comments and recommendations, including "The scramble for journalistic prizes is poisonous. The obligation is to inform readers, not to collect frameable certificates, however prestigious. Maybe The Post should consider not entering contests."[http://academics.smcvt.edu/dmindich/Jimmy%27s%20World.htm]
Woodward, responding to the Ombudsman's report, stated,
{{cquote| It would be absurd for me or any other editor to review the authenticity or accuracy of stories that are nominated for prizes.}}
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>
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."''
Another candidate who enjoyed greater support by the [[liberal]] [[media]], [[Michael Dukakis]], was then able to win the [[Democratic]] nomination, but he subsequently lost in the general election to President [[George H.W. Bush]].
Another candidate who enjoyed greater support by the [[liberal]] [[media]], [[Michael Dukakis]], was then able to win the [[Democratic]] nomination, but he subsequently lost in the general election to President [[George H.W. Bush]].
In 1998 the ''Post'' newsroom under Woodwards management printed a series of denials regarding public leaks of depositions given by [[President Clinton]] in the Jones v Clinton case contrary to an Order of the Court. Dr. Deni Elliot of the Practical Ethics Center after reviewing the matter concluded the Washington Post knew the source of the illegal leaks yet "knowingly deceived its readers" by alleging the leaks could have come from the Court or the opposing councels office. Dr. Elliot wrote in the Organization of News Ombudsmen’s publication , “The Post intentionally lied to its readers in printing this set of denials", and "None of this sounds like the making of ethical principals". [http://www.newsombudsmen.org/elliott.html]
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