No, DJ. Big in history. You may have to just once admit that major events occur that are world shaking, or in this case nationally important that do not come out the way we want.
Watergate reshaped politics for the foreseeable future. It also (as Rush Limbaugh himself noted many times) reshaped the “news” industry in how reporters viewed the advancement of their careers.
Your argument is akin to those who tried to say the Beatles didn’t revolutionize music just because they didn’t like the sound.
Consider who was writing the history. It only demonstrated once again the two-tiered system of justice and coverage of corruption (or alleged corruption). Demonrat Presidents like FDR/JFK/LBJ could flagrantly engage in misconduct and the media would ignore and cover it up (and continuing on through to today), but one instance is connected to Nixon and the same media hypocrites thump their chest on morality, virtue and integrity in government, for which they give nary a $hit about.
As I said, the media had a hard-on for nearly 3 decades before Watergate in hating Nixon. From Voorhis to defeating Gahagan-Douglas and the exposure of “golden boy” Alger Hiss, I’d say Nixon was only second to Trump in a concerted effort to attack, undermine and completely destroy. Watergate was absolute hysterics on speed. Had a similar event occurred under a President Humphrey instead, it would never have seen the light of day, period.
As for the comparison to the Beetles, I completely reject your argument. Their appearance on the scene and influence on the culture was quite self-evident. I’d say had the Beetles been a scandal by the Dems instead of a music group, you’d have never known they existed. Same with ChinaGate under Bubba the Rapist. How many people know about that ? 10% of the public ? Less ? Yet at the same time in the ‘90s, 90% of the public remembered that Dan Quayle spelled potato with an “e.”
Yep, now journalists want to “change the world” instead of reporting facts.