Ms. Davis takes a shot at identifying "Deep Throat," the primary source of The Post's Watergate coverage.

Barry Sussman, who was the editor in charge of The Post's Watergate coverage, will become the news agency's managing editor for national news.

It was the first public service Pulitzer for The Post since 1973, when it won for its Watergate coverage.

But one widespread view of the Watergate coverage is that the press, whether fair or unfair, could at some point just shut up.

Tells about reaction to Watergate coverage on radio & TV.

It was Watergate coverage, I remember.

But contrasting Watergate coverage to "hyperventilating" Lewinsky coverage, he concluded: "The press isn't trying to inform us but rather to jump on the entertainment wagon.

After his dispute with the company arose, he says he called Bob Woodward, the Washington Post reporter famous for his Watergate coverage.

Under the fold of the front page, there was a story about the television networks adjusting their Watergate coverage to allow the showing of soap operas.

As Deputy Metropolitan Editor, Downie supervised much of The Post's Watergate coverage.