“Trump's attacks on the American press as 'enemies of the American people' are more treacherous than Richard Nixon's attacks on the press," former Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein said Sunday on CNN. Bernstein — whose reporting of the Watergate break-in and coverup helped bring about Nixon's resignation — said Trump's rhetoric is potentially more dangerous than Nixon's attacks on the news media. Nixon's attacks on the press struck a chord with voters, helping carry him to power and encouraging more of the same, Feldstein wrote. “Nixon’s conduct in office presents a chilling example of what a President Trump could do." “The press is your enemy,” Nixon said during his first term.

Source: Washington Post February 19, 2017 21:44 UTC