There are people who take rumors and embellish them in a way that can be devastating. And this pollution has to be eradicated by people in our business as best we can. 177
Many people have their reputations as reporters and analysts because they are on television, batting around conventional wisdom. A lot of these people have never reported a story. 179
Deep Throat’s information, and in my view, courage, allowed the newspaper to use what he knew and suspected. 280
