04 October 2006

All the President's Men

So Bob Woodward has written another book. The Guardian even has an editorial:
"Compared with most young journalists, Bob Woodward made quite a start. Two years after stumbling into the trade he began uncovering a scoop that would bring down a US president and see himself played by Robert Redford in a Hollywood blockbuster...
Now, impressively, he has exploited his insider status with State of Denial, a book which has Republicans up in arms with its exposés of a dysfunctional administration's desperate efforts to cover up unfolding disaster in Iraq. After decades close to power, Woodward is showing he has not forgotten the duties of journalism."

All very well, but as you can see from the photograph here, Mr Woodward looks nothing like Robert Redford. How can we be expected to take him seriously?

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