But much like a president, Woodward let his audience ask the tough questions after his speech. Those questions dealt with the Watergate era that made him famous. Woodward first came to national prominence for his investigative reporting, with colleague Carl Bernstein, on the infamous Watergate break-in, for which they were awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Watergate led to the resignation of President Nixon. It could take two to three weeks or even more.
Speed is the driving force now.
Speed defeats truth. Speed or having the latest does not lead to getting to the bottom of things. And with the spin doctors positioned in White House administrations and their attempts to manage news, it would be even more difficult, he said. There were 5,000 fragile threads holding it together or connected to one larger thread. It was not something that was inevitable.