Corrupt media protects corrupt establishment and nary a Woodward or Bernstein in sight
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As deeply and persuasively corrupt as the bureaucracy has become, the other great decay since Watergate has been the corruption of the elite media.
Newt Gingrich was Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995-1999 and a candidate for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. He is chairman of Gingrich 360.
As Congressman Jim Jordan said at the time, U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen was "us[ing] his power as a political weapon to undermine the rule of law." Jordan went on: "Mr. Machen… unilaterally decided to ignore the will of the House of Representatives. He and the Justice Department have given Lois Lerner cover for her failure to account for her actions at the IRS."
The signal had been sent that protecting the left would itself be protected.