Heroes of journalism
Poor Bob Woodward. There’s nothing sadder than an establishment figure falling out of favor with the establishment. I find it instructive that the Washington political class perceives his greatest crime last week (when he accused an administration official of threatening him) to have been jeopardizing his access to power. To the "insiders," access is the currency that matters most. Bob’s the most “serious” of journalists, you understand. He doesn’t bring a left-wing or right-wing "agenda" to the table. He's not a "blogger" lounging around at home in his bathrobe. No, he dines with fellow insiders at the swankiest restaurants in Georgetown, and the power elite, even within the corridors of the White House, take his calls.---
Very coincidentally, Watergate was in the news this week-- at least in some ghettos of our journalism metropolis. It seems that President Nixon put the burglars to use against the Democrats because of his fear that they had evidence he had sabotaged the Vietnam peace talks in pursuit of victory in the '68 campaign.
Newly-discovered documents (linked again above) also show that Ronald Reagan and the Republicans, as long rumored, did have a secret deal with the Iranians then in 1980 not to release the American hostages until after that year's election. This covert agreement between Reagan and the Ayatollah got two aides to Iranian president Abolhassan Bani-Sadr executed when they moved to make it public. It's the Iranian hostage conspiracy that makes the Argo plot line look like a church picnic.
The establishment media today doesn't cover the new evidence that's being uncovered (and declassified) in these criminal cold cases. Just think of all the Bob Woodwards that could have their journalistic reputations damaged if they did.
Why does shit in American politics always have to be worse than even you think it is?
posted by CM @ 7:17 PM
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