As someone who's spent an ungodly amount of time reading, studying and writing about Richard Nixon, I am probably not the target audience for ABC's new 20/20 documentary, Watergate: Truth & Lies. Aired this Friday, just before the 45th anniversary of the "third-rate burglary" that triggered the scandal, it also comes as the country sinks into another Presidential scandal. Compared to numerous extant books and documentaries on Watergate (notably the BBC's 1994 documentary series) it's positively simplistic. Therefore, it's undoubtedly best for viewers who know Watergate only as ...
As someone who's spent an ungodly amount of time reading, studying and writing about Richard Nixon, I am probably not the target audience for ABC's new 20/20 documentary, Watergate: Truth & Lies. Aired this Friday, just before the 45th anniversary of the "third-rate burglary" that triggered the scandal, it also comes as the country sinks into another Presidential scandal. Compared to numerous extant books and documentaries on Watergate (notably the BBC's 1994 documentary series) it's positively simplistic. Therefore, it's undoubtedly best for viewers who know Watergate only as ...