Trump, Russia, Congress and the Media: Does an Untethed, Unaccountable Media Protect Our Freedom?
by Glenn A. Griffis. On May 31, 2005 a great mystery was solved. As many students of politics and history had long suspected Mark A. Felt was, Deep Throat. He was the secret source of information in Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's Watergate investigations that turned the public against President Richard Nixon. Among other things Felt informed Woodward and Bernstein of a secret campaign-dirty-tricks fund in Nixon's re-election campaign office to finance operations like the break in to the Democratic National Committee's offices in the Watergate building. What Felt did not know was how much Nixon knew about the campaign skulduggery. Felt famously told Woodward and Bernstein “follow the money.” Woodard and Bernstein kept their source's identity from everyone except their editor, Ben Bradley, until Felt came forward personally near the end of his life . Confidential sources have become the holy grail of American journalism. The curren...