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...Agnew case last year provided plenty...
...grand jury, the substance of their investigation was leaked and thoroughly laid out in the press. The disclosures drew vehement criticism from several sources, including the American Civil Liberties Union, which is hardly an enemy of press freedom. The case was being tried in the press, it was said. Agnew was being denied the protection that liberals demand for ordinary muggers. That argument is persuasive in most situations. But the Agnew case was so extraordinary that different standards might apply. The official who could have succeeded the President at any moment was implicated in gross venality. It can be argued...
...axis is hardly unanimous. During much of the Viet Nam War, there were significant editorial differences. In 1972 the Times supported George McGovern while Time Inc. endorsed Nixon. Among Times columnists last year, Tom Wicker and Anthony Lewis were more critical of Spiro Agnew than their colleague James Reston was. Further, the liberals?however that term is defined?hardly have a news monopoly, even in New York and Washington. U.S. News & World Report generally takes a conservative line, and the Washington Star-News is to the Post's right. New York is the editorial home of the Wall Street Journal...
...home, even before Viet Nam many newsmen were already emotionally committed to the civil rights movement. George Wallace foreshadowed one of the Spiro Agnew themes as he attacked the Northern liberal press for meddling in the South. As racial tension spread, whites in other regions who felt threatened by minority-group pressure also came to resent the press's role...
...considerable admiration during his first term. Even the cartoonist Herblock, long one of Nixon's cruelest antagonists, observed the traditional honeymoon accorded new Presidents by giving the man a decent shave. Nixon hardly reciprocated. He installed an arrogant press secretary who treated the press shabbily. He dispatched Spiro Agnew and other sappers to harass the enemy. Aides like Clay Whitehead and Charles Colson sought to stifle network commentary as unfair...