Bob Woodward |
“A number of reporters have at times become emotionally unhinged about it all, one way or the other,” Woodward told Newsweek in an interview published Thursday, citing cable news networks Fox News and MSNBC as examples.
“You will see those continually either denigrating Trump or praising him,” he added. “I think the answer is in the middle … it’s important to get your personal politics out.”
Reporting from Woodward and Post colleague Carl Bernstein on the Watergate scandal eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974.
According to Joe Concha at The Hill, This isn't the first time the 74-year-old legend has appealed directly to reporters to keep personal feelings out of their work.
"We need to calm it down and listen more," the 18-time New York Times best-selling author told The Atlantic in March 2017. "Be on the surface respectful, but never stop the inquiry.”
"I worry, I worry for the business, for the perception of the business, not just Trump supporters, they see that smugness… I think you can ride both horses, intensive inquiry, investigation, not letting up… at the same time, realize that it's not our job to do an editorial on this," Woodward also told Axios last year.
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