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In reply to the discussion: Obama vs Hersh [View all]H2O Man
(73,536 posts)Hence, as I noted, Presidents do not tell the truth about issues such as this. Good journalists, on the other hand, do try to.
I find myself thinking back to Watergate. Call me a skeptic, but I believe Nixon lied about it. I think that most journalists attempted to tell the truth about it. Yet, because there was a dependence upon intelligent officials for much of the information, the public never heard the whole truth about Watergate. The Senate Committee brought out a lot of valuable information, but certainly not all of it.
That raises an interesting item to consider: not the "how" of those know collectively as "Deep Throat" communicated their information -- Woodward told a mighty entertaining story --but more importantly, Why? What agenda did they have?
Mr. Hersh is, in my opinion, an honorable man. I'm not questioning why he wrote the article. Rather, I'm talking about his sources. It seems to be interesting timing.