Watergate

As the public watches the various investigations unfold including those completed about Trump it is important to remember Watergate. Most people alive today were only children 50 years ago so they may not understand. When the story about the break in at the democratic headquarters in the Watergate Hotel broke it was poo pooed as a minor incident. It happened after the election and many thought it was just some sore losers. If it hadn't been for the dogged digging by a couple of reporters and a leaker the whole thing would have died on the vine. When reports surface about some alleged criminal activity the first response is to play it down. We don't have reporters in the main stream that dig. They just take the information they are given and regurgitate. There are muckrakers but they are only on small sites on the Internet and they are quickly discredited as conspiracy theorist