Fair Warning! Rabbit Hole Argument. Should Woodward and Bernstein Have Mentioned Their Sources’ Motives for Leaking Information

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Let the mutherfuker burn!

I’m of the opinion that Watergate did a huge disservice to the American electorate in glorifying unnamed sourcing in stories without having to reveal possible motives for the source’s leaking. This review of a new book discusses Mark Felt’s rather Machiavellian actions in trying to secure the Directorship of the FBI. Did he do the country a service? I have to wonder.

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