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Our Nixonian press

And it is in dealing with the fact that nobody cares that David Freddoso makes a big mistake. “I don’t have a fix for liberal media bias,” he writes near the end of Spin Masters. “But even if it can’t be fixed — so what? No amount of slanted coverage — whether it comes in the form of subtle bias or the overt propaganda from 2012 that was designed to drive fear and resentment — can forever overcome the soundness of a truly good idea.”

I’m sorry, but that’s just not true. Propaganda, lies, slander, and derision of an opponent can indeed overcome the soundness of a good idea, and if not forever, than at least long enough to see the long, slow deterioration of a country and a culture.

Recently Senator John McCain was on Meet the Press talking about his fight to discover the facts about Benghazi. In what was one of the most bizarre examples of role-reversal I’ve ever seen, McCain fired off several unanswered questions about the massacre to the Meet the Press moderator, award-winning and establishment journalist David Gregory.

Forty years after the fact, we had a complete mirror image of the Watergate hearings. In 2013, it was a U.S. government official who was hunting for facts, and a reporter who was trying to hide them. “Do you care, David?” Senator McCain plaintively asked. “Do you care?” Gregory, like Nixon before him, had no answer.

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This is the most important area for conservatives to concentrate on.

IR-MN on February 25, 2013 at 9:08 PM

All these stories about the “manipulated” press recently, many of which (not this one) written by the manipulated press. They’re not being manipulated; they’re compliant. It’s willful. A matter of practice. However, as they can’t maintain the people’s trust forever being so doughy, I suspect they’ll regain their objectivity when the next Republican manages to win the White House.

BKeyser on February 25, 2013 at 9:23 PM

In 2013, it was a U.S. government official who was hunting for facts, and a reporter who was trying to hide them. “Do you care, David?” Senator McCain plaintively asked. “Do you care?” Gregory, like Nixon before him, had no answer.

Comparing Nixon to Obama and his slavish media doesn’t do justice to the destruction in the present tense. I suppose the reputation of Nixon will have to do.

Feedie on February 25, 2013 at 11:30 PM