If Watergate taught us anything, it’s that the system works.
Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter imagines how Watergate would play out today:
Those of us who hoped it would end differently knew we were in trouble when former Nixon media adviser Roger Ailes banned the word “Watergate” from Fox News’s coverage and went with the logo “Assault on the Presidency” instead. By that time, the American people figured both sides were just spinning, and a tie always goes to the incumbent.
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Just as in the Valerie Plame case, the Justice Department subpoenaed Woodward and Bernstein to testify before the grand jury about their sources. When they declined, they were jailed for 18 months on contempt charges.
Cartoonist Tom Tomorrow does the Time Warp, and Ward Sutton looks at Woodward and Bernstein, the Next Generation.
Well, heck. I’m just about positive this system used to work.
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