Nixon's greatest crime was beating McGovern in an historic nationwide landslide. No one in the media voted for Nixon or knew anyone who did, so he must have stolen the election and had to be punished.
The media reacted to Trump in the same way. How DARE he beat Hillary? It was her turn, dammit! No one in the media voted for Trump or knew anyone who did, so he must have stolen the election and had to be punished.
They wanted Nixon's scalp ever since HUAC. They thought they were done with him after 1960, but he came back.
But he had a target on his back from Day One of his Presidency. They'll successfully indoctrinated people into believing Vietnam was "Nixon's War". It was like Kennedy and LBJ never existed.
Payback. Kennedy's greatest crime was beating Nixon in 1960, full of election fraud and illegalities. Nixon was too decent to challenge the results in court, as he should have. Would have changed history. Closest election since 1916. Kennedy won the reported national popular vote by 112,827, a margin of 0.17 percent.