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...Americans want the Watergate cover-up trial to go through; indeed, 67% would oppose a presidential pardon of the defendants now. But people are not altogether at ease about the trial. The survey found that 46% believe that the defendants cannot get a fair trial at the present time, though 41% disagree...
...More than half (57%) of those surveyed believe that Ford was wrong to pardon Nixon; only 33% believe that the President did the right thing. Moreover, 46% reported that the pardon will be an important or fairly important factor in the way they decide to vote in 1976, if Ford runs...
...crux of Shaw's argument deals with the degree and tone of coverage. Neither he nor any other serious critic suggests that the press should have greeted Ford's accession with cries of alarm or should have treated the pardon routinely. News judgment is the most subjective of exercises; one editor's excess is another's sobriety. But Shaw's overall appraisal seems valid. Coverage of major running stories too often does take on a pendulum effect. The encouraging thing is that more and more journalists are worried about...
Boudin noted that a pardon had been granted during the Civil War for offenses specifically relating to the Confederate rebellion but that the Nixon pardon did not specify any type of offense...
...said Ford's original suggestion of a pardon for all Watergate offenders was "logical" because such a pardon would specify offenses. However, he said the American people would not accept such a broad measure to "wash Watergate down the drain...