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In reply to the discussion: Nixon 'Far Worse' Than Thought Say Watergate Reporters [View all]pacalo
(24,721 posts)2. I no longer see Woodward as credible or trustworthy, after he turned a blind eye to Bush.
Bush was far worse than Nixon.
If Woodward could treat Bush as an untouchable, then I question Woodward's motive in exposing Nixon. There's got to be a story behind that, unless Woodward is actually incapable as an investigative reporter if he isn't being spoon-fed information about illegal activities.
There were many whistleblowers who worked in Bush's cabinet who exposed crime after crime in their own books -- enough eyebrow-raising illegalities to have motivated the co-writer of "All the President's Men" to write an expose that would have topped those written about Nixon.
My guess is that Woodward is a tool. He's missed a lot of major opportunities since Watergate.
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I no longer see Woodward as credible or trustworthy, after he turned a blind eye to Bush.
pacalo
Jun 2012
#2
this is a little like criticize someone for eating salad with the wrong fork while Jeffrey Dahmer
yurbud
Jun 2012
#26
"the 4th estate is NOW a major propaganda tool" - More info: Google Operation Mockingbird
AnotherMcIntosh
Jun 2012
#24
Short answer for '68: democracy was undermined by the continuation of the Viet Nam war; the
AnotherMcIntosh
Jun 2012
#22
I agree. Excellent interview about Waldron's new book Watergate: The Hidden History
Overseas
Jun 2012
#35
people inside the Beltway have lost all sense of shame and think the rest of us are retarded or at
yurbud
Jun 2012
#27