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The NYT never reported, for instance, the ethnic makeup of the victims of the nazi holocaust. They dropped that story because the Sulzbergers were afraid it would sound like special pleading and thus annoy their racist customers.
There was a reason the Grey Lady dropped the Watergate hammer ...
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Had the NYT followed through on this tip, it might have been a footrace to the end (especially with Sy Hersh on the case), but who knows...
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Could have used a lot more like you over these last ten years or so, heaven knows...
Equal measure guts, smarts, and integrity is a hard combo to come by, although I guess the real legacy of Watergate is how the system amended itself to make successfully pulling an emergency break that much harder... if not impossible.
Just ask Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer.
12/19/08
(You could call that Sourcegate, but then we'd have to suggest the practice of adding "-gate" to every minor misdeed be buried along with Deep Throat.)
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(I'd like to dedicate this conspiracy theory to Mark Felt.)
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Watergate wasn't directly about the war, but there's a clear line from the war to Watergate.
12/19/08
DEATH BE-CUMS DEEP THROAT