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5. Yes, Watergate was the beginning

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 4, 2013, 02:27 PM

Oct 2013

It's the reason why the monied conservative elite began buying up and creating media empires almost immediately after. They were going to make sure that kind of accountability was never going to happen again.

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When did the conservative "liberal media" meme get started ? [View all] steve2470 Oct 2013 OP

Spiro Agnew started it as I recall. Kingofalldems Oct 2013 #1

Yup, Zero called them the "nattering nabobs of negativism" and "an effete corps of impudent snobs". 11 Bravo Oct 2013 #13

Perhaps Watergate with Woodward and Bernstein? Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2013 #2

Yes, Watergate was the beginning 1000words Oct 2013 #5

Watergate also contributed to the Cult of Reagan. Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2013 #6

I remember it during the Nixon years, but I wasn't paying much attention until then. landolfi Oct 2013 #3

I think answers to this will always be subjective. Mine: when I was in high school. immoderate Oct 2013 #4

Probably around the time of the Alien and Sedition Acts (1798). leveymg Oct 2013 #7

good point steve2470 Oct 2013 #8

I associate it with Agnew Recursion Oct 2013 #9

Depends on how you define "start", but... JHB Oct 2013 #10

excellent post thanks nt steve2470 Oct 2013 #11

I concur with steve2470 1000words Oct 2013 #12

I don't remember reading about Eisenhower's people using it. So I'd guess Nixon (after VP tenure). Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2013 #14