It's interesting you would cite the example of the media's reporting on watergate RPJ. If you remember, those stories by Woodward and Bernstein weren't published until their "sources" were backed up by on the record officials. In fact if you watch the famous movie rendition about their investigative Journalism, "all the President's men" the entire story is about how painstaking and difficult it was for them to tie the story down based only on annoymous sources!
Often times they wanted to report 'leaks' or 'tips' without corroboration and Editor Ben Bradley made them go back and get sourced confirmations of their allegations before their stories were published.
There is nothing even remotely close to their detailed and thorough reporting compared to this side show going on now with the media and Trump. The New York Times publishes a story about a memo allegedly read to them over the phone by a former Comey aide who alleges obstruction of justice on the part of the President of the United States? This is reported as FACT?
Do youself a favor RPJ and go watch that movie, it might give you some perspective over how far the 4th estate has fallen.
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