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Bradlee asks the two to make absolutely sure they have confirmation that Haldeman is involved, and if they cannot get confrirmation, they paper will have to hold the story.
Because so many sources were afraid of going on the record, Bernstein had to resort to more creative methods of confirming facts.
"If you there's some way you could warn us to hold on the story we'd appreciate it," Bernstein says to a source at the FBI.
The source refused to confirm anything, so Bernstein was forced to rely on creativity.
"Look," Bernstein says, "I'm going to count to 10, alright? If there's any reason we should hold on the story, hang up the phone before I get to 10." In reporting, all that really matters is that the reporter finds out exactly whappens and tells the reader about it.
Journalism is nothing without accurate reporting.
Whether it means writing notes on napkins and the backs of matchbooks, "All the President's Men" shows what it takes to report hard news accurately and what can happen if the story is told the way it happened.
Woodward even explains to Deepthroat how seriously the two reporters take accuracy.
"And if we're wrong," Woodward says, "we're resigning."

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