{"product_id":"postgate-how-the-washington-post-betrayed-deep-throat-covered-up-watergate-and-began-todays-partisan-advocacy-journalism","title":"Postgate: How the Washington Post Betrayed Deep Throat, Covered Up Watergate, and Began Today's Partisan Advocacy Journalism","description":"\u003cb\u003eDeep Throat's lawyer discovers the Washington Post betrayed his client--while covering up the real truth about the Watergate scandal. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe conventional wisdom of Watergate is turned on its head by \u003ci\u003ePostgate\u003c\/i\u003e, revealing that the \u003ci\u003ePost \u003c\/i\u003edid not uncover Watergate as much as it covered it up. The Nixon Administration, itself involved in a coverup, was the victim of a journalistic smoke-screen that prevented mitigation of its criminal guilt. As a result of the paper's successful misdirection, today's strikingly deceptive partisan journalism can be laid at the doorstep of the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter Deep Throat's lawyer, author John O'Connor, discovered that the \u003ci\u003ePost\u003c\/i\u003e had betrayed his client while covering up the truth about Watergate, his indefatigable research resulted in \u003ci\u003ePostgate\u003c\/i\u003e, a profoundly shocking tale of journalistic deceit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn an era when numerous modern media outlets rail about the guilt of their political enemies for speaking untruths, \u003ci\u003ePostgate\u003c\/i\u003e proves that the media can often credibly be viewed as the party actually guilty of deception. Americans today mistrust the major media more than ever. \u003ci\u003ePostgate\u003c\/i\u003e will prove that this distrust is richly deserved.","brand":"Post Hill Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48515663397113,"sku":"9781642932591","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/1811\/7625\/files\/imageloader_9ef43e55-9316-423f-a5b5-5f2cab097f24.jpg?v=1781208955","url":"https:\/\/hookeandplotte.com\/products\/postgate-how-the-washington-post-betrayed-deep-throat-covered-up-watergate-and-began-todays-partisan-advocacy-journalism","provider":"Hooke and Plotte Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}