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WillyT

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19. It Becomes Part Of The Larger Narrative No Matter If It Can Be "Proven"...

Sat Jan 18, 2014, 09:55 PM

Jan 2014

Most of the howling against WaPo, Woodward, and Bernstein were accusations that they cannot be "proved".

And there were real and serious threats againts journalists and publishers as well:

Katherine Graham:

In conjunction with the Watergate scandal, Graham was the subject of one of the best-known threats in American journalistic history. It occurred in 1972, when Nixon's attorney general, John Mitchell, warned reporter Carl Bernstein about a forthcoming article: "Katie Graham's gonna get her tit caught in a big fat wringer if that's published." The two words "her tit" were cut on publication.

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Graham

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"If you tell anyone I said it, I will deny it." - And They Certainly Are... [View all] WillyT Jan 2014 OP

and BOOM goes the dynamite! VanillaRhapsody Jan 2014 #1

There's a local proverb malaise Jan 2014 #2

Put a fork in Christie. He's done. nt Laffy Kat Jan 2014 #3

Should we be shifting the conversation to how long he'll spend in prison? TroglodyteScholar Jan 2014 #4

jaded Calista241 Jan 2014 #5

very sad, but probably true. northoftheborder Jan 2014 #7

Yeah, but in Illinois governors who do this go to prison mucifer Jan 2014 #21

Hey, a couple years in Rahway, plenty of workout time and the food sucks mountain grammy Jan 2014 #6

This really is becoming more like Watergate everyday. Brigid Jan 2014 #8

Yep... "A Third Rate Burglary"... Drip... Drip... Drip... WillyT Jan 2014 #10

We must be about the same age. Brigid Jan 2014 #11

I Turned 58 Years Young, November 9th, 2013... WillyT Jan 2014 #12

55 here. Brigid Jan 2014 #13

Youngie... WillyT Jan 2014 #14

I remember the Watergate hearings on TV. Brigid Jan 2014 #15

ROFL !!! WillyT Jan 2014 #16

Sam Ervin? Oh gross! Brigid Jan 2014 #18

BOOM! Rex Jan 2014 #9

I saw this as well davidpdx Jan 2014 #17

It Becomes Part Of The Larger Narrative No Matter If It Can Be "Proven"... WillyT Jan 2014 #19

Kick !!! WillyT Jan 2014 #20

G'Night Kick !!! WillyT Jan 2014 #22