Word: watchdogging
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nominate for Man of the Year the watchdog of the public trust, Jack Anderson. He deserves to be recognized for insisting upon honesty in Government and public service...
...Agnew's affair [Oct. 22] clearly showed the importance of the watchdog function of a free press in a democratic society. Congratulations for your action...
...James Ramey and Milton Shaw. Ramey, an AEC commissioner since 1962, was the liaison man with Congress. Shaw, director of reactor development and technology, was the supertechnocrat who got things done. Because of their persuasive lobbying, the Senate-House Committee on Atomic Energy, originally set up to be a watchdog group, never seriously cut the AEC'S budget or curbed its plans...
Wicker said the importance that the investigation of Agnew is receiving in the press is an example of how "an institution that is supposed to be a watchdog can be used by those with the power...
...with Watergate] the press has justified on a wide scale its reputation as a watchdog," Wicker said. "There has been no reliance on official spokesmen. The press has shown a great deal of imaginativeness and boldness--after a brief period of initial hesitation...