. >> but, you know, you have to be in a position where you're open and you are unfeddered in a way as a reporter so people will come to you if that's what they decide. because there are lots of things, there were lots of things in watergate where people would come to us not with big stories but with supporting information and the newspaper has to be an environment where we say to people come and tell us the truth. and if you need to be protected, we will protect you. >> what do you say to people that say wootwa waroodward is a reporter and bernstein is a better writer? >> brilliant sentences, brilliant paragraphs. then there is time i come up with the information. i think it really -- that's -- >> is that your favorite question, bradley? >> yeah. >> the collaboration, yeah, but there is real collaboration. you have to -- i mean in the end when you work with somebody like carl who is so resourceful and so aggressive and so tough minded, you are humbled because you see -- i mean i quite honestly come into the office at 8:00 or 9:00 and carl would be there. didn't eat dinner. was just ch