Enemies: Press & Profs
“Never forget, the press is the enemy. The press is the enemy. The press is the enemy. The establishment is the enemy. The professors are the enemy. The professors are the enemy. Write that on the blackboard 100 times and never forget it.”
—President Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994) in taped conversation after his 1972 landslide reelection. A new 2,000 hours of Nixon audiotapes were released yesterday.
Nov. 25, 1972/AP photo
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The president had it right, Prof--imagine being in JOURNALISM classes! The press professor is the ENEMY!
ReplyDeletefearfully,
your student
Nixon and his ilk believed that anyone who did not cleave slavishly to their point of view was the "enemy." In his case, it was a self-fulfilling prophecy.
ReplyDeleteToday, his legacy is a right wing conspiracy against the credibility of the main-stream media. Once that is totally undermined (there's still a small distance to go), they reason that they can say anything they want without contradiction. The recent election may have set them back, but it didn't change their minds.
What they really want is Pravda. Worked well for about 80 years, didn't it?
Jim