would you : political : WHY AREN'T THE 'LIBERAL MEDIA' DOGGING BUSH THE WAY THEY DOGGED NIXON 30 YEARS AGO? [+] ballot by mojo created Sun Jul 17, 05 Back in 1972, Nixon had his helpers break into Democratic headquarters to obtain information on their campaign. For that and the subsequent cover-up attempt, he was threatened with impeachment and decided to resign. The initial event that raised suspicion against Nixon was almost laughably trivial. On June 17, 1972, a security guard was making his rounds at the Watergate Hotel, which served as the Democratic National Committee Headquarters, when he noticed a piece of duct tape affixed to the latch of a stairway door. The tape prevented the door from locking. The guard ripped the tape from the door and continued his rounds. By the time he circled back, a new piece of tape had been affixed to the door, arousing his suspicions. He called in the police, who found a group of five burglars on the sixth floor of the building. The police arrested the burglars at gunpoint, igniting what would become the Watergate scandal, which was front-page news for at least a year and a half. If the media are so liberal, why aren't they dogging Bush the same way, 30 years later? There are stories that the media have failed to run with - stories that have much more punch than the initial Watergate one. For example, the Downing Street Memo, a dated document which seems to indicate that the Iraq war was based on lies; the disappearance of the black boxes at 9/11 ground zero (discovered by 2 firefighters who wrote a book about it); and now Karl Rove's outing of a CIA operative to a journalist. None of these stories has merited much attention - especially if you compare this with the kind of relentless coverage the Watergate scandal received. So, if the media are so 'liberal' in the new millenium, why are they being so nice to George W. Bush? The media aren't 'liberal' any more. The media, however liberal, can't touch someone who is pure and innocent like angels. Corporations dictate what the news should be Cowardice Register to submit choices Ballot #77525 : SEE RESULTS Comment: Register to submit comments You may still vote without registration show your vote with comment?

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