- Lawyers
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Congress
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe Watergate shows that the system did work. Particularly the Judiciary and the Congress, and ultimately an independent prosecutor working in the Executive Branch.
- Clean
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- Nov 07, 2020
The failure of the system to deal quickly was attributable to Nixon's lying, stonewalling and refusal to come clean. So it took 26 months for the final truth to be known.
- Failure
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nixon's grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he had admitted error early and apologized to the country, he would have escaped.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Watergate provides a model case study of the interaction and powers of each of the branches of government. It also is a morality play with a sad and dramatic ending.
- Beginning
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- Nov 07, 2020
It would seem that the Watergate story from beginning to end could be used as a primer on the American political system.
- Journalism
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- Nov 07, 2020
The central dilemma in journalism is that you don't know what you don't know.
- Conspiracies
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- Nov 07, 2020
I suspect there have been a number of conspiracies that never were described or leaked out. But I suspect none of the magnitude and sweep of Watergate.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
The number of illegal activities were so large that one was bound to come out and lead to the uncovering of the others. Nixon was too willing to use the power of government to settle scores and get even with enemies.
- Departments
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nixon's attempts to order subversion of various departments was bound to come out in some form.
- Independent
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- Nov 07, 2020
Newspapers that are truly independent, like The Washington Post, can still aggressively investigate anyone or anything with no holds barred.
- Policy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some newspapers have a hands-off policy on favored politicians. But it's generally very small newspapers or local TV stations.
- Media
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's too soft or too hard, about 999 would say too hard.
- Patience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe there's too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read or see on television.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think there will ever be a permanent truce, but I believe the media needs to be more careful and be willing to count to 10 before rushing on the air or into print.
- Dissipate
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- Nov 07, 2020
The cloud of doubt that surrounds political figures tends to remain and never dissipate or be clarified.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020