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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.  

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]  

''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,

 

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.}}

{{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>