philrenatoMar 4, 2023
Kai Ryssdal
RT @peterbakernyt
Just for perspective: The entire Watergate scandal, from the burglary to Nixon's resignation, took less time than the investigation into the Jan. 6 attack has now taken.
Mar 3, 2023 at 9:42pmWeb
Show threadVictor ForbergerMar 3, 2023
@kairyssdal
We were all so much on the ball back in the 70s.
Show threadMattMar 3, 2023
@kairyssdal Peter Baker continues his project to make Democrats look bad while pretending to be neutral. Watergate was trivial compared to Jan 6. For differences:
https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/109960754329585152
Show threadStr8ngerMar 4, 2023

@MattFerrel @kairyssdal Nixon would never have been forced to resign if #FoxPropagandaNyetwork existed during Watergate. Which btw, is exactly what Roger Ailes intended.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/may/18/roger-ailes-career-history-nixon-fox-news

Roger Ailes career timeline: from trusted Nixon ally to Fox News kingpin

The influential television executive, who has died aged 77, made his name in the 1960s with Richard Nixon and became a formidable cog in the Murdoch machine

The Guardian
Show threade Riley CaseyMar 3, 2023
@kairyssdal There was a willingness to seek the responsible party at the top of the conspiracy in Watergate. There is a concerted effort to avoid pointing fingers at any but the foot soldiers in the Jan 6th enquires.
Show threadStr8ngerMar 4, 2023
@kairyssdal Watergate & Nixon’s resignation are the reason #FoxPropagandaNyetwork was created IMHO… So that RepubliCONS would never be held accountable again.
Show threadPixburghgrrlMar 4, 2023

Love you, mean it, Kai, but have you asked Peter Baker if he remembers how Republicans went to the WH & told Nixon he had to go, @kairyssdal?

If you do, plz ask him what the difference is between 5 burglers + RMN & 2000 bodies aimed at the Capitol by a despot & his co-conspirators who have collaborators in the media.

Asking for a country.