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...long ago, after several journalists covering the war in Cambodia had been captured by hostile forces, TIME Correspondent Robert Anson speculated that, come what may, newsmen would still be venturing out into the hazardous Cambodian countryside. In isolated Phnom-Penh, he explained in a cable to New York, reliable information is so hard to come by that even diplomats "would start an interview by asking the correspondent: 'Now what can you tell...
...damage was already done. It was not until half an hour after Nixon spoke that Press Secretary Ron Ziegler reappeared before the newsmen. After some minutes of verbal fencing, Ziegler agreed that Nixon's words about Manson should be retracted. When Ziegler told Nixon what had happened, the President was surprised: "I said 'charged,' " he replied. During the 3½-hour flight back to Washington, Mitchell persuaded Nixon to put out a statement backing Ziegler up. It read in part: "The last thing I would do is prejudice the legal rights of any person in any circumstances...
...battery of microphones and television cameras in front of him and this easygoing man will tighten up and become self-conscious." Instead, the Bill Rogers whom Diplomatic Correspondent Herman Nickel usually sees is a pleasant, relaxed man who enjoys talking, and just as important, listening to the newsmen who cover the State Department...
...interested to read your letter and I am pleased to respond. You suggest that: "The Soviets are indeed eight feet tall. But so are we." I agree. Perhaps if you had asked a question as did many other newsmen at my appearance before the Washington Overseas Writers Club, I could have better clarified my essential concern...
Such stories helped make the two newsmen, Arnett in particular, the target of Pentagon ire. But both insist they have been more than fair. "Our mistake," says Arnett, "was in not being pessimistic enough." One military complaint was that he avoided talking to generals. Says Arnett: "All they can give me is their interpretation of events. I'd rather make my own. I don't want Abrams whispering to me about the goddam Thais and telling me I can't quote him. That restricts my reportage...