HEARTBURN, INDEED: "Bob [Woodward] has always had trouble seeing the forest for the trees. That’s why people love to talk to him; he almost never puts the pieces together in a way that hurts his sources." (Via Ann Althouse.)

MORE.... Jane Hamsher sums up the Ephron piece nicely -- well, accurately, anyway -- with this: "[Y]ou can trust Bob Woodward to tell the truth because he's too dumb to lie."

Dumb? Well, that's possible, I guess. But let's not overlook the more likely explanation: too much online reading.