

Reporter Bob Woodward was among those interviewed for a lengthy Columbia Journalism Review report published this week.

He then reached out to unnamed Washington Post reporters - but claims they had no interest in his harsh criticism, according to the CJR report. Woodward had dismissed the files, which were funded by Hillary Clinton’s campaign and compiled by ex-British spy Christopher Steele, as a “garbage document” during a January 2017 Fox News appearance. In the interview, the 79-year-old reporter - famous for breaking the Nixon White House scandal for the outlet in the early ’70s - recalled how he was quick to slam the largely-discredited Trump dossier when it was first published in 2017.

Woodward was among those interviewed for a lengthy Columbia Journalism Review report published this week about the media’s handling of the unproven allegations that Trump colluded with Russia amid the 2016 election. Veteran Watergate journalist Bob Woodward says he tried to warn Washington Post reporters about the infamous, discredited “Steele dossier” when the RussiaGate coverage first took off - but they weren’t interested, a new report says. Washington Post Watergate editor dead at 87 ‘Deep Throat’ at 50: Still hard for America to swallowįrom Watergate to whinegate: The Washington Post is a hot mess Trump sues Bob Woodward for nearly $50M over release of interview recordings
