The Lessons of Deep Throat! (Froomkin) Will Brighten DU'ers Day! Must Read

[KoKo]

washingtonpost.comThe Lessons of Deep Throat
By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Thursday, June 2, 2005; 12:29 PM

How relevant are the lessons of Deep Throat and Watergate today -- to the modern press corps, in particular?

Opinion writers are finding plenty to say about that.

David Sarasohn, an associate editor at the Portland Oregonian, writes: "Along with the always-useful 'Follow the money,' Watergate left us another message: When the White House goes on the attack against reporters, it's probably because there's something it doesn't want reported. . . .

"Deep Throat may now seem a distant figure, but deep pressure seems a familiar attitude. . . .

"Taking on Nixon, after all, was not an inviting prospect. Just re-elected, citing a mandate, he'd purged most of his Cabinet and replaced them with White House loyalists. He denounced opponents as elitists, and claimed the support of a 'silent majority,' while his vice president stumped the country attacking newspapers and TV networks for not saying that Vietnam was going splendidly."

{More of this Great Read at Froomkin's Blog where he quotes other currecnt articles comparing Bush to Nixon and the failure of the press):
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/04/11/LI2005041100879.html

[AuntiBush]

1. There is major similarities, in deed. It was PERFECT timing.

[knowbody0]

2. i hear bag pipes and drums

the timing is elegant. weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[Cha]

3. Excellent review!

"It was downright eerie on Tuesday that as the Felt disclosure emerged, President Bush was denouncing a critical report by the human rights group Amnesty International as based on the word of 'people who hate America.' It was a hallmark of the Nixon White House to see criticism or questioning as reason to put the dissenter on an 'enemies list.' It was the hallmark of those times, too, for Nixon to purge independent thinkers and replace them with unquestioning loyalists."

My personal fave.

[1956]

4. I was very hopeful

dreaming that our current Deep Throat whoever you are, wherever you are will come forward soon! You will be hailed as a hero if you can help to nail the chimp!! Please, Please come forward and help us de-nazi AMERICA!