Letters to the Editor
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It's too late, the die is cast
"If you tell a lie long enough, it becomes the truth."
Here's the real Nixon-Dubya connection: Karl Christian (oh irony, have you no shame even when it comes to nomenclature?) Rove.
Ole Turdblossom was head of the College Republican National Committee in 1972, which is not an easy feat when you're also busy ducking the draft. As far back as August 9, 1974, Rove swore never again would a Republican administration's crimes be brought to light by real investigative reporting. He, along with Richard Viguerie, Roger Ailes, Lee Atwater and a gaggle of nasty Far Right carbunkles took it upon themselves to destroy the media at the roots. All those snarling Dobermans would be pliant lapdogs in conservative hands. It took time, of course, but year after year the wingnuts chanted the mantra: Liberal Media... Liberal Media... Liberal Media...
Flashforward almost thirty-seven years later from the day Nixon resigned. Today's "journalists" now come in two varieties. One, those who are simply part of the Republican echo chamber, regurgitating the latest GOP talking points. And two, those who may actually wish to do some real reporting but are stymied by corporations who dictate what is and isn't reported, topped with the fear of ostracization by their fellow colleagues as being labelled (gasp) "liberal" if they dare to even sniff at right-wing impropriety.
Joseph Goebbels, you were only ever an amateur to Karl Rove.