How soon we forget how duplicitous the press was back in the Clintoon era.
The press that is attacking Trump is probably a hold-over from the days of Watergate. The leftist press and broadcaster figured they were doing important work.
But Watergate was proven to be a sham since Woodward and Bernstein were simply passing along the intelligence from Deep Throat, Feld, who was nothing more than a bitter guy passed over for promotion at the FBI and wanted to get revenge on Nixon.
So the Washington Post’s self-professed mission of protecting our democracy was merely Fake News. WaPo was merely taking side for an internal Deep State battle between Nixon and Feld. No wonder Woodward and Bernstein hid Deep Throat’s identity. And the Editor and Publisher must have also been duplicitous.
Now you can chalk all this up to a “corrupt press”. But a press cannot stay corrupt for decades unless the public tolerates that corruption.
Another reason Trump’s extreme vetting of the press is bound to do some long term good.
An interesting story about Felt by Woodward.
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