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Originally Posted by Charlatan
Ultimately, I don't think it is anything new. We now have an increasingly aggressive media as well as increasingly agressive prosecutors. Since Watergate, there has been a growing (and I'd argue healthy) lack of respect for governemental institutions.
The key is finding a balance between oversight and needlessly hassling.
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Its definately nothing new and it happens all over the spectrum. But I think you hit the nail on the head with watergate - since then, the media has felt empowered, that they were able to topple an administration, and now I think they see watergate as their posterchild, their ultimate goal with any republican administration.
But its funny in a way. Watergate is always mentioned, always brought up. It was a republican administration that was brought down and that is a big black eye. What's funny is what happened before watergate, the Pentagon papers that basically laid out kennedy's and johnson's true involvement and knowledge about vietnam. But the democrats aren't demonized for this, the media basically forgot about it come watergate. Just a side note I suppose.