In Belushi widow's book,Woodward is no hero

joeybee12

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Wed Nov-30-05 06:54 PM
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In Belushi widow's book,Woodward is no hero

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/col/story/370291p-314989c.html

Bob Woodward is getting it from all sides. You've heard the uproar over the famed Watergate sleuth's taking two years to reveal that he was leaked the name of CIA agent Valerie Plame. Now the widow of John Belushi has recruited a gang of the late comic's friends to pay back Woodward for "Wired," his grim 1985 bio of her husband.

After the "SNL" player OD'd, Judy Belushi Pisano encouraged all of his pals to talk to Woodward, who, like John, had grown up in Wheaton, Ill.

She now tells us: "Woodward was the wrong guy . I was foolish." So she and Tanner Colby have assembled "Belushi: A Biography," a just-published collection of affectionate memories of John — and unaffectionate ones of Woodward.

"It was my first experience of getting tricked by a journalist," says Belushi's "Continental Divide" co-star Blair Brown. "I really felt betrayed, and it made me question all of his other work."

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Wed Nov-30-05 07:04 PM
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1. Didn't you think it strange ....

that All the Presidents Men was ramped up and in theaters just two years after Watergate/ Resignation.Other than Raid on Entebbee, I can't think of a faster expose on an incident of this weight.I had always contended that Ben Bradlee gave that story to Woodward and Bernstein as a part of the coverup to the realities of the situation. The burglary was a staged affair to ultimately get Nixon out of office.Who was head of the C.I.A. at this time?.. GHW Bush

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Cha

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Wed Nov-30-05 07:08 PM
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4. Too bad we can't

ask Mark Felt(Deep Throat) about that.

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Cha

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Wed Nov-30-05 07:04 PM
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2. Sweet Revenge..

Edited on Wed Nov-30-05 07:05 PM by zidzi

this sounds like traitorbob's treatment of Fitz..

"Writer Tony Hendra says Woodward "certainly gave the impression he didn't like Belushi very much. He wasn't interested in the guy's achievements in any way. He was out to prove that Belushi was symptomatic of some generational defect, which I felt was contemptible."

So glad Judy Belushi Pisano got this together!

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joeybee12

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Wed Nov-30-05 07:08 PM
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3. Yeah, that part sticks out...Woodward really is a pro-establishment

Repuke...doesn't surprise me he had an agenda going into writing the book.

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burythehatchet

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Wed Nov-30-05 07:10 PM
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5. agreed!

JB was my favorite comic ever.

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Rick Myers

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Wed Nov-30-05 07:18 PM
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6. I remember her comments when the book came out

She didn't like Woodward one bit.

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kweerwolf

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Wed Nov-30-05 07:58 PM
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7. I can't blame Belushi's widow.

Woodward could not have been a worse choice to write about Belushi. Woodward and Belushi may have shared the same hometown, but Woodward is the quintessential Beltway insider while Belushi was the quintessential L.A. "bad boy."

I remember reading "Wired" and finding it ironic that Woodward seemed downright shocked that there were drugs in Hollywood. It seemed like writing the book was the first assignment that ever took Woodward beyong the Beltway ... and he was completely lost outside his "comfort zone."

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