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Mr.Bee

(1,246 posts)
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 09:50 AM Sep 3

Bravo PBS!

PBS (in my area) aired American Experience, Nixon
This three-hour program explores a fateful mix of strength and weakness that made him president,
and then brought him down.
Oh How History Repeats Itself...
It didn't work for Nixon,
It's Not going to work for you either, Don!

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Bravo PBS! (Original Post) Mr.Bee Sep 3 OP
Should be a warning to The Felon/Crime Minister,,,, lastlib Sep 3 #1
You can stream: Mr.Bee Sep 3 #2
I don't need to--I have the recording lastlib Sep 3 #3
With tips from shanti Sep 3 #15
The Epstein files malaise Sep 3 #4
As long as there's something that is! calimary Sep 3 #26
It was broadcast nationally. GoCubsGo Sep 3 #5
PBS is showing it again on Sept., 6 at 5AM (PST). BigmanPigman Sep 3 #24
All These People Mr.Bee Sep 3 #6
Except that Nixon was actually intelligent PatSeg Sep 3 #7
...and Nixon didn't have a Congress Mr.Bee Sep 3 #8
Oh yes, that's true PatSeg Sep 3 #9
Impeachment Mr.Bee Sep 3 #10
I agree PatSeg Sep 3 #16
Thom Hartmann makes the point ... rubbersole Sep 3 #12
That is a good point PatSeg Sep 3 #17
The Roberts Court has endorsed the notion of the Imperial Presidency, & Nixon lacked that Hekate Sep 3 #18
And Nixon also had to face Katharine Graham, Carl Bernstein, and Bob Woodward... CBHagman Sep 3 #19
At Least We Have PBS Mr.Bee Sep 3 #20
Roger Ailes formed Fox News as a followup to his desire that a future Nixon not have to resign andym Sep 3 #21
Times have changed, back then you had some republicans that still had some common sense and Bev54 Sep 3 #11
But, but... Mr.Bee Sep 3 #13
More like the 98% of the Epstein files that the republicans themselves are hiding. Bev54 Sep 3 #14
You Voted For It Again Mr.Bee Sep 3 #22
It is going to be on again on Sept., 6 at 5AM PST BigmanPigman Sep 3 #23
Hubby and I watched it last night.. It was awesome Peacetrain Sep 3 #25
Bravo PBS! Mr.Bee Sep 4 #27

lastlib

(26,723 posts)
1. Should be a warning to The Felon/Crime Minister,,,,
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 10:00 AM
Sep 3

but he will ignore it. We The People WILL bring him down--hard.

I didn't get to watch all of it, but I DVR'd it, will finish it when I can

lastlib

(26,723 posts)
3. I don't need to--I have the recording
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 10:04 AM
Sep 3

but Thanks!



Agree on the parallels, except that The Felon/Rapist is taking Nixon's playbook to the far extremes, practically into Nazi territory. But understanding Nixon and the path he took is a key to understanding the current regime.

GoCubsGo

(34,348 posts)
5. It was broadcast nationally.
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 10:08 AM
Sep 3

They'll likely repeat it during the next week or two, and it's probably on Amazon Prime already. At some point one will be able to watch it on PBS's YouTube channel. Meanwhile, they have a whole bunch of other pertinent "American Experience" documentaries there, Including "Nazi Town, USA" and "The Gilded Age." Also check out the trailer for "Hard Hat Riots," which premiers 9/30.

Also, as noted above, this stuff is also on pbs.org.

Mr.Bee

(1,246 posts)
6. All These People
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 10:09 AM
Sep 3
out of the Joe McCarthy witch-hunt era are going to do nothing
To make themselves or this country great!

enemies list indeed!

PatSeg

(50,984 posts)
7. Except that Nixon was actually intelligent
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 10:20 AM
Sep 3

and well informed. He even did a few good things as president, which isn't true of Trump.

Thanks for posting. I have that recorded and will watch it later.

PatSeg

(50,984 posts)
9. Oh yes, that's true
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 10:34 AM
Sep 3

His own party told him to resign or he would be impeached. It certainly was a different time.

Mr.Bee

(1,246 posts)
10. Impeachment
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 10:45 AM
Sep 3

was a lot stronger back then, nobody wanted that word associated with their legacy!
This one, not so much...
Twice impeached, criminal felon rapist pedophile.
Trained by Roy Cohn.

rubbersole

(10,574 posts)
12. Thom Hartmann makes the point ...
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 11:25 AM
Sep 3

..if Nixon had a faux news and rw echo chamber spewing propaganda 24/7 he would never have resigned. Good thing he didn't.

PatSeg

(50,984 posts)
17. That is a good point
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 12:19 PM
Sep 3

With the right backing and publicity, he could have become a dictator. He craved and loved power.

Hekate

(99,507 posts)
18. The Roberts Court has endorsed the notion of the Imperial Presidency, & Nixon lacked that
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 01:17 PM
Sep 3

CBHagman

(17,353 posts)
19. And Nixon also had to face Katharine Graham, Carl Bernstein, and Bob Woodward...
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 01:31 PM
Sep 3

...and not a Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post.

Mr.Bee

(1,246 posts)
20. At Least We Have PBS
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 03:13 PM
Sep 3

and Thom Hartmann
and Democracy NOW!
and DW News
and Farron Cousins
and Brian Tyler Cohen
and John Iadarola
and Robert Reich
and Cenk and Ana
and Rebel HQ
yes, a big shout out!

andym

(6,037 posts)
21. Roger Ailes formed Fox News as a followup to his desire that a future Nixon not have to resign
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 03:16 PM
Sep 3

"If Fox News had a DNA test, it would trace its origins to the Nixon administration. In 1970, political consultant Roger Ailes and other Nixon aides came up with a plan to create a new TV network that would circumvent existing media and provide "pro-administration" coverage to millions. "People are lazy," the aides explained in a memo. "With television you just sit — watch — listen. The thinking is done for you." Nixon embraced the idea, saying he and his supporters needed "our own news" from a network that would lead "a brutal, vicious attack on the opposition." Alas, his fantasy network did not come into being at that time, and the 37th president was soon engulfed in the Watergate scandal. At first, Republicans dismissed the scandal as a Washington Post "witch hunt." But then the White House tapes proved beyond doubt that Nixon had used the levers of government to pursue vendettas against his opponents and cover up his extensive skulduggery. Disgusted GOP leaders, including Sen. Howard Baker of the Senate Watergate committee, chose principles over party. Nixon was forced to resign.

We live in a far different country today, thanks to the vision originally outlined in that 1970 memo, which Ailes realized decades later with Rupert Murdoch's money. Fox News provides an alternative reality to the "fake news," providing daily talking points to Republican elected officials and policing them the way a sheepdog does its flock. Those who dare stand up to President Trump know they will be denounced as traitors on Fox, even if they're war veterans with a Purple Heart on their chests. In Foxworld, no evidence can prove that Trump tried to extort Ukraine into interfering in the 2020 U.S. presidential election — and if he did, so what? If the president beats the impeachment rap in the Republican Senate, as he's likely to do, he should send a thank-you card to Roger Ailes and Richard Nixon, wherever they may now be."

https://theweek.com/articles/880107/why-fox-news-created.
from 2019.

Bev54

(12,899 posts)
11. Times have changed, back then you had some republicans that still had some common sense and
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 11:14 AM
Sep 3

perhaps some integrity. Those days are long gone and Trump is getting away with it.

Mr.Bee

(1,246 posts)
22. You Voted For It Again
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 03:24 PM
Sep 3

Nixon Warned You - You Voted For It Again
Reagan Warned You - You Voted For It Again
Bush Warned You - You Voted For It Again
Trump Warned You - You Voted For It Again

Time To think of a different tactic.
second term - worst than the first!

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