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Episode 102: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE, 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 2 ) The Press is the Enemy 1

May 18, 2022 Randal Wallace Season 6 Episode 102

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President Nixon captured discussing the press on the White House taping system

Sally Quinn, girlfriend of the Washington Post Editor Ben Bradlee an gossip columnist, compares Richard Nixon with a dog and fleas from a MSNBC Special on "The Chennault Affair with Rachel Maddow"

Host Randal Wallace welcomes you to our two part in-depth look at the press and its role in dealing with President Nixon and the Watergate Scandal

brief segment from "Nixon" a CNN special report with a quote from Joe Califano, aid to Lyndon Johnson , in which he claims LBJ hated Nixon

Host Randal Wallaces discusses the quote and reads from LBJ's memoirs on his opinion of Richard Nixon

Phone call between President Richard Nixon and Former President Lyndon Johnson on January 02, 1973

Host Randal Wallace renders an opinion on the call and relationship

segment from CNN's "Nixon" narrated by Frank Sesno with a quote from General Alexander Haig about a warning from Joe Califano in 1973

Host Randal Wallace introduces the relationship between The Graham family (owners of the Washington Post) and the Johnson family

Phone call between President Lyndon B. Johnson and Katherine Graham , owner of the Washington Post.

Host Randal Wallace introduces a clip from an interview with Katherine Graham, owner of The Washington Post

segment from a PBS Documentary "LadyBird" narrated by Historian Michael Beschloss in which Mrs Graham discusses vacationing at the LBJ Ranch

Host Randal Wallace talks about the obvious double standard of the Post with LBJ and Nixon

Prager University Video with Hugh Hewitt " What was Watergate?"

Host Randal Wallace returns to introduce the segments from the Washington Posts 40th anniversary of Watergate

Washington Post panel addresses 40th anniversary of Nixon’s resignation posted on August 1, 2014 , date of event not posted

segment from the address of President Nixon to the White House Staff on August 9, 1974

Washington Post panel addresses 40th anniversary of Nixon’s resignation posted on August 1, 2014 , date of event not posted

Host Randal Wallace exposes nonfactual information told by reporter Elizabeth Drew at the event

Washington Post panel addresses 40th anniversary of Nixon’s resignation posted on August 1, 2014 , date of event not posted

Host Randal Wallace explains who Sargent Shriver was so that the audience knows exactly that he was George McGovern's running mate in 1972, a fact Bob Woodward and the rest omitted to tell the audience.

Washington Post panel addresses 40th anniversary of Nixon’s resignation posted on August 1, 2014 , date of event not posted

Host Randal wallace again exposes non-factual information told by reporter Elizabeth Drew, and backs his version with the words of historian Richard Reeves

Segement from CNN's "Nixon" with Historian Richard Reeves

Washington Post panel addresses 40th anniversary of Nixon’s resignation posted on August 1, 2014 , date of event not posted

Host Randal Wallace again exposes non-factual information told by reporter Elizabeth Drew

Washington Post panel addresses 40th anniversary of Nixon’s resignation posted on August 1, 2014 , date of event not posted

Host Randal Wallace tells the "Peter Rodino Autographed Gavel Story" told to him by his Facebook friend Bob Bostock

Washington Post panel addresses 40th anniversary of Nixon’s resignation posted on August 1, 2014 , date of event not posted

President Nixon addresses the White House staff on August 9, 1974, segment

Host Randal Wallace again exposes a non-factual statement made this time by reporter Bob Woodward

Segment from an interview on ABC News program "This Week with David Brinkley" with Alexander Haig, former Nixon Chief of Staff, with Cokie Roberts

Segment from the same broadcast aired just after Alexander Haig's interview with reporter Bob Woodward

Host Randal Wallace airs out his disgust with the reporter Bob Woodward and his claims

Washington Post panel addresses 40th anniversary of Nixon’s resignation posted on August 1, 2014 , date of event not posted

Phone call between President Richard Nixon and press Secretary Ron Ziegler where Nixon bans the Washington Post from the White House with the exceptions of official briefings.

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Ruth Marcus, a writer for The Washington Post, makes one of the most laughable, ridiculous, misleading claims ever uttered by someone claiming to be serious I have ever heard in my life (this is my OPINION)

Host Randal Wallace sets the record straight about the the tapews of Richard Nixon and Lyndon Johnson, when he stops laughing out loud.

Host Randal Wallace gives a final, editorial comment, about his thoughts on The Washington Post

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George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History

Episode 102: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE, 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 2 ) The Press is the Enemy 1

May 18, 2022 Season 6 Episode 102

Randal Wallace

*** This episode was divided into two episodes, the second will post tomorrow morning

In our second episode of RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE: 1973 Enemies at the Gate , rather than dive right into our storyline we decided to take an in-depth two-part look at those enemies at the gate, or at least the important ally the Democratic Party could count on in their campaign to undermine President Nixon, THE PRESS, or more specifically The Washington Post.

In this episode, we will look closely at the cozy relationship between Katherine Graham and former President Lyndon Johnson, Sally Quin and Ben Bradlee and the relationship they had to the Kennedy family. The ties between Kennedy and Johnson aid Joe Califano and his client The Washington Post, and on and on.

It will definitely leave you with a sickening feeling about the motivations the paper had to go after the man in the White House who had just won a 49 state landslide and gotten our troops and POW's home from a long protracted war in Southeast Asia.

But , just in case you think we here at "Bridging the Political Gap" are to swayed by our obvious editorially positive opinion of President Nixon, we will be taking a trip back in time to one of the most sickening displays of liberal journalistic arrogance ever recorded and saved for posterity, (and saved by the very rag-sheet whose journalistic integrity is being called into question, The Washington Post, no less.) They actually hosted a 40th anniversary celebratory event with Elizabeth Drew, Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, Ken Hughes, and Ruth Marcus and when they are done you will be filled with absolute disgust.

It is all here for you to listen too, the mocking of the President, the totally inaccurate claims, the the obvious disdain, and from Ruth Marcus one of the most outrageously laughable claims ever made about comparing the tapes of Richard Nixon to the apparently saintly Lyndon B. Johnson. It will make you sick.

BUT we do invite you to our second part of this analysis of the press, when we look at more of the journalists of the Watergate era, some awful, but not all. The press is after all not a monolithic entity and there are good folks in the media and in the next episode we will introduce you to some of them as well, in part two of "The Press is the Enemy"

Questions or comments at , Randalrgw1@aol.com , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/
Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcasts
Thanks for listening!!

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*** This episode was divided into two episodes, the second will post tomorrow morning

In our second episode of RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE: 1973 Enemies at the Gate , rather than dive right into our storyline we decided to take an in-depth two-part look at those enemies at the gate, or at least the important ally the Democratic Party could count on in their campaign to undermine President Nixon, THE PRESS, or more specifically The Washington Post.

In this episode, we will look closely at the cozy relationship between Katherine Graham and former President Lyndon Johnson, Sally Quin and Ben Bradlee and the relationship they had to the Kennedy family. The ties between Kennedy and Johnson aid Joe Califano and his client The Washington Post, and on and on.

It will definitely leave you with a sickening feeling about the motivations the paper had to go after the man in the White House who had just won a 49 state landslide and gotten our troops and POW's home from a long protracted war in Southeast Asia.

But , just in case you think we here at "Bridging the Political Gap" are to swayed by our obvious editorially positive opinion of President Nixon, we will be taking a trip back in time to one of the most sickening displays of liberal journalistic arrogance ever recorded and saved for posterity, (and saved by the very rag-sheet whose journalistic integrity is being called into question, The Washington Post, no less.) They actually hosted a 40th anniversary celebratory event with Elizabeth Drew, Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, Ken Hughes, and Ruth Marcus and when they are done you will be filled with absolute disgust.

It is all here for you to listen too, the mocking of the President, the totally inaccurate claims, the the obvious disdain, and from Ruth Marcus one of the most outrageously laughable claims ever made about comparing the tapes of Richard Nixon to the apparently saintly Lyndon B. Johnson. It will make you sick.

BUT we do invite you to our second part of this analysis of the press, when we look at more of the journalists of the Watergate era, some awful, but not all. The press is after all not a monolithic entity and there are good folks in the media and in the next episode we will introduce you to some of them as well, in part two of "The Press is the Enemy"

Questions or comments at , Randalrgw1@aol.com , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/
Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcasts
Thanks for listening!!

President Nixon captured discussing the press on the White House taping system

Sally Quinn, girlfriend of the Washington Post Editor Ben Bradlee an gossip columnist, compares Richard Nixon with a dog and fleas from a MSNBC Special on "The Chennault Affair with Rachel Maddow"

Host Randal Wallace welcomes you to our two part in-depth look at the press and its role in dealing with President Nixon and the Watergate Scandal

brief segment from "Nixon" a CNN special report with a quote from Joe Califano, aid to Lyndon Johnson , in which he claims LBJ hated Nixon

Host Randal Wallaces discusses the quote and reads from LBJ's memoirs on his opinion of Richard Nixon

Phone call between President Richard Nixon and Former President Lyndon Johnson on January 02, 1973

Host Randal Wallace renders an opinion on the call and relationship

segment from CNN's "Nixon" narrated by Frank Sesno with a quote from General Alexander Haig about a warning from Joe Califano in 1973

Host Randal Wallace introduces the relationship between The Graham family (owners of the Washington Post) and the Johnson family

Phone call between President Lyndon B. Johnson and Katherine Graham , owner of the Washington Post.

Host Randal Wallace introduces a clip from an interview with Katherine Graham, owner of The Washington Post

segment from a PBS Documentary "LadyBird" narrated by Historian Michael Beschloss in which Mrs Graham discusses vacationing at the LBJ Ranch

Host Randal Wallace talks about the obvious double standard of the Post with LBJ and Nixon

Prager University Video with Hugh Hewitt " What was Watergate?"

Host Randal Wallace returns to introduce the segments from the Washington Posts 40th anniversary of Watergate

Washington Post panel addresses 40th anniversary of Nixon’s resignation posted on August 1, 2014 , date of event not posted

segment from the address of President Nixon to the White House Staff on August 9, 1974

Washington Post panel addresses 40th anniversary of Nixon’s resignation posted on August 1, 2014 , date of event not posted

Host Randal Wallace exposes nonfactual information told by reporter Elizabeth Drew at the event

Washington Post panel addresses 40th anniversary of Nixon’s resignation posted on August 1, 2014 , date of event not posted

Host Randal Wallace explains who Sargent Shriver was so that the audience knows exactly that he was George McGovern's running mate in 1972, a fact Bob Woodward and the rest omitted to tell the audience.

Washington Post panel addresses 40th anniversary of Nixon’s resignation posted on August 1, 2014 , date of event not posted

Host Randal wallace again exposes non-factual information told by reporter Elizabeth Drew, and backs his version with the words of historian Richard Reeves

Segement from CNN's "Nixon" with Historian Richard Reeves

Washington Post panel addresses 40th anniversary of Nixon’s resignation posted on August 1, 2014 , date of event not posted

Host Randal Wallace again exposes non-factual information told by reporter Elizabeth Drew

Washington Post panel addresses 40th anniversary of Nixon’s resignation posted on August 1, 2014 , date of event not posted

Host Randal Wallace tells the "Peter Rodino Autographed Gavel Story" told to him by his Facebook friend Bob Bostock

Washington Post panel addresses 40th anniversary of Nixon’s resignation posted on August 1, 2014 , date of event not posted

President Nixon addresses the White House staff on August 9, 1974, segment

Host Randal Wallace again exposes a non-factual statement made this time by reporter Bob Woodward

Segment from an interview on ABC News program "This Week with David Brinkley" with Alexander Haig, former Nixon Chief of Staff, with Cokie Roberts

Segment from the same broadcast aired just after Alexander Haig's interview with reporter Bob Woodward

Host Randal Wallace airs out his disgust with the reporter Bob Woodward and his claims

Washington Post panel addresses 40th anniversary of Nixon’s resignation posted on August 1, 2014 , date of event not posted

Phone call between President Richard Nixon and press Secretary Ron Ziegler where Nixon bans the Washington Post from the White House with the exceptions of official briefings.

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Ruth Marcus, a writer for The Washington Post, makes one of the most laughable, ridiculous, misleading claims ever uttered by someone claiming to be serious I have ever heard in my life (this is my OPINION)

Host Randal Wallace sets the record straight about the the tapews of Richard Nixon and Lyndon Johnson, when he stops laughing out loud.

Host Randal Wallace gives a final, editorial comment, about his thoughts on The Washington Post

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