primary campaign season. nixon was running for office again. the bureau was empty. i was brand new at cbs news. the assignment editor looks around, he s like, ah, let the new girl go. i bought into the idea that it was a nothing burger. i went to the court and the room was empty. there was one other reporter, this guy from the washington post metro page. it was bob woodward. in come the five burglars, dressed in business suits. nine months on the police beat, i ve never seen a burglar who was well dressed. it just telegraphed mystery. there were these little things that cropped up that were suspicious. our police reporter had learned that first day that they had sequential 100-dollar bills in their pockets. says to me that somebody
who would be dumb enough to come in and work on it on this beautiful day, and my name immediately came to their lips. i saw all this commotion on the city desk, and it was about this break-in. and it looked like a better story than what i was writing. and so i said, hey, i d like to make some cheques on this. well, i did have an apartment in the watergate, but i was far away from where the break-in took place. it was the height of the 72 primary campaign season. nixon was running for office again. the bureau was empty. i was brand new at cbs news. the assignment editor looks around and he s like let the new girl go. i bought into the idea that it was a nothing burger. i went to the court, and the room was empty. there was one other reporter, this guy from the washington
political communications as information warfare, and democrats view it as public relations, and we have to get on a war footing, build up our army and weapons. we have to communicate on our terms. i don t think disinformation would not work as a strategy for democrats, our coalition is different, but we have to find ways to have our message not get drowned out because republicans pick the topic. they are the assignment editor for the american political conversation on a daily basis. look at how critical race theory was used in virginia. it s exactly that. rick? so, one of the things congratulations on the book. it s really important. the timing is great. one of the things you talk about, too, which is a kind of a structural issue, is the democrats are a big tent party. there s senator manchin and there s aoc and there s lots of people in between. the republican party is more homogenous. it has a narrower point of view. so when you have a party that has that diverse points of vi
in the watergate, but i was far away from where the break-in took place. it was the height of the 72 primary campaign season. nixon was running for office again. the bureau was empty. i was brand new at cbs news. the assignment editor looks around and he s like let the new girl go. i bought into the idea that it was a nothing burger. i went to the court, and the room was empty. there was one other reporter, this guy from the washington post metro page, and it was bob woodward. in come the five burglars dressed in business suits. nine months on the police beat i had never seen a burglar who was well-dressed. it just telegraphed mystery. you would little things that cropped up that were suspicious. our police reporter had
it was the height of the 72 primary campaign season. nixon was running for office again. the bureau was empty. i was brand new at cbs news. the assignment editor looks around and he s like let the new girl go. i bought into the idea that it was a nothing burger. i went to the court, and the room was empty. there was one other reporter, this guy from the washington post metro page, and it was bob woodward. in come the five burglars dressed in business suits. nine months on the police beat i had never seen a burglar who was well-dressed. it just telegraphed mystery. you would little things that cropped up that were suspicious. our police reporter had