Franklin Foer, editor of The New Republic, is given a page in the New York Times Book Review to tell us what he thinks about Bob Woodward's most recent book State of Denial:
“…State of Denial isn’t a continuation of his previous work as much as a repudiation — the installment in which [Woodward] takes a mulligan and attempts to correct for past obsequiousness. …
After writing All the President’s Men, Woodward became one of them…
With State of Denial, you sense this (somewhat overwrought) critique has rattled Woodward. It has forced him to change his style. There’s less of his signature omniscience here — a style that not only reflected his proximity to power, but captured the self-confidence of the Washington Establishment. In its place, he has grown self-referential, nervously mentioning his past books, as well as inserting himself as a character into his own tale. That Bob Woodward has strayed from the Bob Woodward method tells you a lot about the state of American journalism.”
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