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Bob Woodward
Robert Upshur Woodward is an American investigative journalist. He started working for The Washington Post as a reporter in 1971 and now holds the honorific title of associate editor there, though the Post no longer employs him.
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culture · American investigative journalist (born 1943) · writer · journalist · also Bob Woodward, Robert Upshur Woodward, Robert Woodward, Woodward
Born 26 March 1943 · Q312782
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2026· 3 entries
“s identity until the man died or allowed his name to be revealed. For more than 30 years, only Woodward, Bernstein, and a handful of others knew the informant”
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Hartford Courant: Bob Woodward to ‘lift the lid’ on decades of reporting in new memoir ‘Secrets’
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2025· 2 entries
Bloomberg L.P.: Trump Suit Over Bob Woodward’s Recordings Dismissed for Now
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USA Today rated the claim “Image shows Bob Woodward post mocking Trump” Altered.
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2024· 7 entries
Yahoo: Bob Woodward Recalls What Donald Trump Told Him In 2016 And Why ‘We Better Be Frightened’
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Bob Woodward Tweeted About Donald Trump's Incontinence Issues” Satire Origin.
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CNN: Bob Woodward issues a stark warning on Trump weeks from Election Day
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CBS News: Book excerpt: "War" by Bob Woodward
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The Hill: Bob Woodward’s next book, ‘War,’ will focus on conflict abroad and politics at home
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New York Post: Bob Woodward calls Biden’s dismal debate performance a ‘political H-bomb’
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Deadline.com: Bob Woodward Says Donald Trump “Does Not Understand Democracy”; Journalist Joins ‘Anna’ Post-Screening Panel To Talk Press Freedom, 2024 Election
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2023· 3 entries
Reuters: Bob Woodward seeks to end Donald Trump's lawsuit over audiobook
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Newsweek: Read Donald Trump’s Lawsuit Against Bob Woodward in Full
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Trump sued, saying he had not given Woodward permission to release the audio
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2022· 1 entry
Snopes.com rated the claim “A picture shows journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein watching U.S. President Richard Nixon resign on television.” Miscaptioned.
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2020· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “The German edition of Bob Woodward's 2020 book "Rage" is titled "Wut."” True.
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2018· 2 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “Donald Trump once wrote that "only the Obama White House can get away with attacking Bob Woodward."” True.
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Of Fear: Trump in the White House, he spoke to an overflow crowd of students, faculty, and guests at Virginia Commonwealth University
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2014· 1 entry
Robert Gates, the former director of the CIA and Secretary of Defense, said that he wished he'd recruited Woodward into the CIA, saying, "He has an extraordinary ability to get otherwise responsible adults to spill [thei
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2013· 1 entry
Shortly before the United States federal budget sequester took effect, The Washington Post published a column by Woodward in which he criticized the Obama administration for their statements in 2012 and 2013 that the seq
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2012· 2 entries
Awarded Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award (2012).
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Colby College presented Woodward with the Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for courageous journalism as well as an honorary doctorate
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2008· 1 entry
As a part of the Talks at Google series, Woodward, who was interviewed by Google CEO Eric Schmidt, said that he had a fourth book in his Bush at War series in the making
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2005· 3 entries
And was the first time Woodward revealed publicly that he had any special knowledge about the case
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Woodward gave a two-hour deposition to Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald
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John Dean and Ed Gray, in separate publications, used Woodward's book All The President's Men and his published notes on his meetings with Deep Throat to argue that Deep Throat could not have been only Mark Felt
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2004· 1 entry
Bob Schieffer of CBS News said, "Woodward has established himself as the best reporter of our time
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2003· 1 entry
Al Hunt of The Wall Street Journal called Woodward "the most celebrated journalist of our age
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2002· 1 entry
Awarded Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting (2002).
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2001· 2 entries
Awarded Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism (2001).
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Woodward won the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism
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1996· 1 entry
Campaign: 1996 election finance controversy.
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1995· 1 entry
Woodward also received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement
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1992· 1 entry
Awarded Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting (1992).
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1989· 1 entry
Married for a third time to Elsa Walsh (b
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1986· 1 entry
Awarded Worth Bingham Prize (1986).
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1973· 2 entries
Awarded Pulitzer Prize for Public Service (1973).
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Awarded The Hillman Prize for Newspaper Journalism (1973).
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1972· 3 entries
Awarded Worth Bingham Prize (1972).
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Awarded George Polk Award (1972).
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Woodward teamed up with Carl Bernstein, and the two did much of the original news reporting on the Watergate scandal
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1971· 1 entry
And now holds the honorific title of associate editor there, though the Post no longer employs him
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1965· 1 entry
Studied at Yale College (1965).
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1961· 1 entry
Woodward enrolled in Yale University with a Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) scholarship and studied history and English literature
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1943· 1 entry
Born 1943-03-26.
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