Watergate Journalism: The Seeds of Our Discontent
24th January 2018
The dog-whistle message received by young wannabe journalists was that they should take sides, as did the highly praised Post, wearing invisible jerseys while presenting themselves as objective arbiters of truth. As part of its long campaign reviling Nixon’s cover-up, the Post has perpetuated its own dishonest cover-up for these same 45 years.
Today’s media investment in partisanship and ‘fake news’ all comes from the Watergate era. Everybody who graduates from journalism school wants to be another Woodward/Bernstein.