Today's bloggers are the MSM's whistleblowers who introduce a badly needed external review of shoddy journalistic practices. One such abuse highlighted by the "Deep Throat" affair is the indiscriminate use of unnamed sources who can say anything a reporter like Woodward wants him/her to say.
What Everybody's Missing About Deep Throat (He Would Have Buried Watergate)
More and more of these idiots are calling him a "whistleblower". He was not. He was violating the trust of his position, in other words, breaking the law by revealing factoids about an on-going investigation.
It was important to the establishment of the MSM as the real power in Washington.
People keep saying how brave this guy was. He may have been right and just, proper and helpful toward salvation. He wasn't brave, at least as far as this story is concerned. He reported in secret and operated from the shadows.
I'm not sure what you do when the top cop is a crook. He may have felt he had no other viable path than to get it all in the public eye.
Nevertheless, when you can go to the local saloon and pound down a few with the object of your reporting, knowing full well he hasn't a clue you are the guy opening the trap door, well, this is NOT and act of bravery.
"Following sentence, I would appreciate the opportunity to talk with you privately in chambers. Since I cannot feel confident in talking with an FBI agent, in testifying before a Grand Jury whose U.S. Attorneys work for the Department of Justice, or in talking with other government representatives, such a discussion with you would be of assistance to me." (Highlighting is mine)
Deep Throat talked about the clockwork craziness the White House had become, about the sound of Nixon angry and the character of individuals involved in the cover-up. These insights were presented with the certainty of personal experience. But they were not within the first-hand knowledge of an FBI official, even a senior one.
He provided convenient cover for W&B to make up some of their story and to have other leakers provide info without fear of discovery.
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What Everybody's Missing About Deep Throat (He Would Have Buried Watergate)
Self | June 2, 2005 | JohnRobertson
Posted on 06/02/2005 8:21:22 PM PDT by John Robertson
While many MSM'ers (sorry, most) are lionizing this guy as "a hero," someone who "did what he had to do," something big is being missed.
Our side has pointed out that he authorized/engineered illegal breakins himself...
And that he turned on the Whitehouse because he didn't get the top FBI job. Now think about that....
Felt became a snitch because he didn't get something he wanted! He was an opportunist, plain and simple (and it runs in the family, apparently, as they shamelessly say they urged the old man to do it so they could all get some money). Yeah, a real hero.
But here's what I haven't seen....
If they had made him the head of the FBI, he WOULD NOT have turned on the Whitehouse.
In fact, as head of the FBI....
HE WOULD HAVE HELPED THEM BURY WATERGATE!
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