Name: The big problem with comparing Trump to Nixon
Uploaded: 2018-05-14T09:22:06.000Z
Duration: 8 min 44 s
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Both presidents faced major FBI investigations,

Basic passive voice

called their investigations "witch hunts,"

but the similarities have led some to argue that,

I was in the Nixon administration, as you know.

I think we're in impeachment territory now.

these two are living in totally different worlds.

The media and the Democrats have lied to you.

Trying to create a Watergate out of this.

Desperate to get back to the days of Watergate.

The elite media is part of the “deep state.”

You, the American people, should never trust

But during Watergate, things were way different.

there were three national nightly broadcast news shows,

Big cities typically had one or two major papers.

No 24-hour cable news, no push notifications,

And that meant that, Democrat or Republican,

Americans were basically getting the same news.

This is the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite.

And they by and large believe the news that they hear.

Messengers of the Right: Conservative Media

and the Transformation of American Politics.

We'll get to that "transformation" in a second.

Hemmer says there is conservative media in 1970;

but they're so much smaller than they are today.

Like, when I talk about Human Events and National Review,

And while that might seem like a supply problem,

In the 1970s, Americans had incredible trust

a great or fair amount of trust in the media.

And that trust meant there wasn't really an appetite

Most Americans have faith in the objectivity

It's seen as, here's this guy who knows something,

who's telling us something objective and true

As the investigation turned into a national story,

Nixon lashed out, calling it a witch hunt

I have never heard or seen such outrageous reporting

And conservative outlets came to Nixon's defense.

One conservative radio personality said the press

had turned a prosecution into a persecution.

An article in National Review even suggested

that Watergate was a trap set up by the CIA.

They definitely didn't use the language of the “deep state,”

conservative media just couldn't change people's minds

or to shape the conversation about Watergate.

because they're not just going up against Democrats;

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The big problem with comparing Trump to Nixon

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