Comments on: Scowcroft Claims Woodward Made Up Quotes

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 21:17:33 +0000

I predict the "fake but accurate" defense coming up.

By: legion

legion — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 14:37:35 +0000

Wasn't there an earlier thread where someone suggested using the phrase "According to Woodward..," to mean "Here's something I pulled out of my ass..."

By: Anderson

Anderson — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 14:11:17 +0000

Let's see a lawsuit, which would force Woodward to shine a light on his sourcing.

I suspect he relies sometimes on 3d/4th-hand hearsay ... compare the "telephone" game where kids relay a message to each other, & it's hopelessly garbled after a few steps.

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