is told without verification.
He contradicts himself between books.
http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2006/10/why_oh_why_cant.html
Woodward submitted a story for a Pulitzer prize and after it won it turned out to be fake. How did Woodward respond?
http://academics.smcvt.edu/dmindich/Jimmy's%20World.htm
""In a way, both she and the story were almost too good to be true. I had seen her go out on a complicated story and an hour later turn in a beautifully written piece. This story was so well-written and tied together so well that my alarm bells simply didn't go off. My skepticism left me. I was personally negligent."
"I think that the decision to nominate the story for a Pulitzer is of minimal consequence. I also think that it won is of little consequence. It is a brilliant story -- fake and fraud that it is.
"It would be absurd for me or any other editor to review the authenticity or accuracy of stories that are nominated for prizes.