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kpete

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Wed Feb 12, 2014, 11:15 AM Feb 2014

Hillary Clinton Regretted Speaking With Bob Woodward & thought the press were "complete hypocrites"

Report: Hillary Clinton Regretted Speaking With Bob Woodward

Hillary Clinton regretted speaking with famed reporter Bob Woodward after his chronicle of the Clinton White House's early days hit bookshelves, CNN reported Wednesday.

A note dated July 1994 from the archive of deceased Arkansas-based political scientist Diane Blair, whom Clinton described as her "closest friend" in a 2003 memoir, revealed that the former first lady rued speaking with the Watergate scandal reporter after his book "The Agenda" went on sale.

“She said twice or more that she now regrets having spoken to Woodward, said she felt she had to (because) he was writing it anyway; I guess that’s his schtick,” Blair wrote, as quoted by CNN.

Other notes from Blair's archive showed how deeply Clinton distrusted the media throughout her time in the White House. Blair wrote in 1996 that Clinton thought the press were "complete hypocrites," according to CNN, and elsewhere Blair described her attitude towards the press corps' attention as contemptuous.


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Hillary Clinton Regretted Speaking With Bob Woodward & thought the press were "complete hypocrites" (Original Post) kpete Feb 2014 OP
I haven't trusted the media since 1965 or so. bemildred Feb 2014 #1
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