Lamentably, Woodward has become the template of success in the journalistic profession: cultivate powerful connections, break one big story, then sit back, let interns write your books for you, and ride the talk show circuit.
Perhaps the greatest damage Woodward did, however, was his investigative work on Watergate back in the 70s. He, as much as anyone else in the media, led us to adopt the grand illusion that our free press would always protect us from our government. Now, we can't even condemn FOX News as the government propaganda network because it's all FOX News.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Leading us to adopt the grand illusion
Blogging at the invaluable Pen and Sword web site, Jeff Huber concludes his "Y I+8 Bob Woodward" piece with this stunning indictment of the fourth estate and one of its best known icons.
