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All the President's Men · 1976 — 第 17 / 18 章 · 3'05" · B2

Woodward and Bernstein Name Haldeman, Explained：fair game

Woodward and Bernstein know Haldeman is the fifth man controlling the fund, but they can't print a guess. Their source says, "No, you get nothing about Haldeman out of me." The newsroom wants proof, and deadline is twenty minutes away.

あらすじ

In the Washington Post newsroom, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein press to confirm that Haldeman was the fifth man controlling the Watergate fund. They call one source, then another; the editors, Harry Rosenfeld and Howard Simons, weigh whether the story is solid enough to print before deadline.

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注目の表現

fair gamebe about toname namesput it this way

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このシーンの表現

fair game

a legitimate target

When the desk worries the story is too harsh, the editor insists wrongdoing once done is fair game.

Once he lied on the record, he was fair game for the press.

このシーンの他の表現

  • be about to

    on the verge of doing

  • name names

    to identify people by name

  • put it this way

    to phrase it differently

  • the second most powerful man

    the number two in power

  • grand jury

    a grand jury

このシーンのメモ一覧

68 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ

表現 · B2finance something

to fund something

The cash that financed the Watergate break-in.
発音control of

Link control and of into one run across the l.

Five men had control of the fund.
表現 · B1find out something

to discover

- We found out Haldeman's the fifth. - I'm not your source.
発音source on

Run source and on together and keep on weak.

- All we're asking you to do is confirm. - I'm not your source on Haldeman.
表現 · B2name names

to identify people by name

The reporters remind the source that in front of the grand jury he had to name names.

You had to name names.
表現 · B2put it this way

to phrase it differently

The source will not confirm directly, so he rephrases and slips the answer through a hypothetical.

Let me put it this way.
表現 · B1have no problem with something

to be fine with

I would have no problems if you wrote a story like that.
文法 · B2if you wrote a story like that

unreal conditional: The past-tense wrote marks a hypothetical: should you write it, I would not object.

I would have no problems if you wrote a story like that.
文法 · B2in its entire inquiry

parenthetical: The phrase is set off by commas to add scope, and the sentence still stands without it.

And I am curious of the fact that the FBI, in its entire inquiry...
表現 · B2the second most powerful ...

the number two in power

The reporters note the FBI never questioned the second most powerful man to the president.

...never talked to or did inquiries into the second most powerful man to the president.
表現 · B1seem to do something

to appear to

JOE [OVER PHONE]: You don't seem to understand.
表現 · B2just about

almost, nearly

...that you guys just about blew the whole investigation.
スラング · A2gotta

have got to — Casual speech for have got to; avoid it in writing.

Look. Now, look, I'm very busy. I gotta go. I gotta go put the kids to bed.
表現 · B2feel thin

to feel weak or flimsy Thin here means flimsy or unconvincing, not slim.

I don't know, it still feels thin.
文法 · B2Once they did

time clause: Once introduces the time clause, and did stands in for the whole earlier verb phrase.

We didn't make them do these things. Once they did, they're fair game.
表現 · B1have nothing to do with something

to be unrelated to

One has nothing to do with the other.
表現 · B1be about to do something

on the verge of

We're about to accuse Haldeman...
スラング · B1Jesus

wow, for heaven's sake — A casual exclamation of exasperation, not for formal use.

You double-checked your sources? - Jesus.
表現 · B1get another source

to find one more source

Get another source.
スラング · B2fucking

damn, bloody — A strong intensifier in frustration, never in formal settings.

How many fucking sources do they think we've got?
発音minutes to

The t in minutes nearly vanishes before to.

Twenty minutes to deadline.

「Woodward and Bernstein Name Haldeman」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene isn't really about the fifth name; it's about how much proof a newspaper needs before it accuses the second most powerful man in the country. Woodward and Bernstein have the name and a source's nod — "I would have no problems if you wrote a story like that" — but the editors hear how thin it sounds. "I'm not. Still seems thin," the editor answers when asked if he's sure. Their phone source even trips over the exact name, saying "John Haldeman," and the reporters seize on the slip as confirmation. Rosenfeld, though, refuses to treat guilt by association as enough: after all, "We didn't make them do these things. Once they did, they're fair game." The tension is professional, not personal: the reporters want to publish, the editors want to survive being wrong.

Theme

PowerThe reporters are trying to accuse the second most powerful man in America; the scene measures how much evidence it takes to challenge power.
JusticeRosenfeld draws the line at fair game: if the powerful broke the law themselves, going after them is legitimate.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Be about to puts the accusation right at the deadline.
  • Fair game means the wrongdoing is fair to report.
  • Name names is the pressure to identify people.
  • Thin means the story lacks enough proof.

発音のポイント

  • control of — Link control and of into one run across the l.
  • source on — Run source and on together and keep on weak.
  • minutes to — The t in minutes nearly vanishes before to.
We didn't make them do these things. Once they did, they're fair game.

The Post isn't framing anyone: the men broke the law themselves, so holding them to account is legitimate. 'Fair game' means going after them is acceptable.

It would be nice if we were right.

A worried editor's line. They're about to accuse the country's second most powerful man, and being correct is the only thing that would justify it.

No, you get nothing about Haldeman out of me.

A source flatly refuses to be quoted on Haldeman, protecting himself while denying the reporters the on-record confirmation they want.

I would have no problems if you wrote a story like that.

Said carefully, this is a source signaling the reporters can publish the claim without ever actually confirming it himself.

このシーンについての質問

Why won't the source confirm Haldeman on the record?

He's protecting himself. Saying Haldeman's name would make him a known source, so he signals what he believes without ever granting confirmation the Post could cite.

What does "fair game" mean here?

It means the men are legitimate targets. Rosenfeld argues that because they committed the crimes themselves, investigating them isn't unfair persecution — it's accountability.

Why do they need another source before printing?

Haldeman is the second most powerful man in the country. A wrong story would be catastrophic, so the editors want independent corroboration beyond a phone slip and a grand jury mention.

Is the "John Haldeman" slip really confirmation?

Not by itself. The reporters treat it as a tell, but Woodward notes there's only one Haldeman, and the editors still call the evidence thin and demand another source.

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