If so, our posture would be as follows: we published the story and said it was true, but now we are going to nominate it for a Pulitzer -- now that's serious business.

I believed it, we published it. Official questions had been raised, but we stood by the story and her. Internal questions had been raised, but none about her o…

I don't believe you on the 'Jimmy' story. No, I don't, and I'm going to prove it if it's the last thing I do.

It would be absurd for me or any other editor to review the authenticity or accuracy of stories that are nominated for prizes.

I think that the decision to nominate the story for a Pulitzer is of minimal consequence. I also think that it won is of little consequence. It is a brilliant …

The reality is that the media are probably the most powerful of all our institutions today and they, or rather we [journalists], too often are squandering our …

Perhaps the place to start looking for a credibility gap is not in the offices of the Government in Washington but in the studios of the networks in New York!