And again, it is the media's responsibility, ultimately, to alert us to these crises of democratic values and they've failed us to the highest extent possible.

I'm curious as to whether the coverage of Nixon was this piss poor during the Watergate scandal. Obviously this prez and admin are corrupt at a level galaxies beyond that of Nixon and his admin, but I'd like to try and compare and contrast. Maybe I'll research that this wknd.


>RE: think about how evidence/data/fact-free republican policy is now.
>if dems wanna push for a simple gun safety plan thats
>approved by 80% of americans like universal background
>checks...they gotta roll out pie charts, nonpartisan studies,
>spreadsheets, pivot tables, etc.
>
>if repubs wanna push for basically any of their entire agenda
>thats only supported by 1/3 of americans...they just say 'job
>killing regulations', 'guns dont kill people, people kill
>people', 'the wall will stop drugs and coyotes', etc. they
>never get asked to back up the initial premise with any form
>of supporting truth.
>
>our politics have become a completely uneven farce
>masquerading as a serious forum/exchange of ideas.