Wallowing…

I really enjoyed Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History, which is a PBS special that retells the tale of the scandal that brought down Richard Milhous Nixon. It ran tonight on KCET in Los Angeles and airs on various PBS stations over the next few days. It was a bit rushed in the latter parts of the story and I think they left out my all-time favorite Watergate figure, Rabbi Baruch Korff. But it was still very well done and I think I'm going to order the DVD that was offered at the end.

Via newsreel footage, clips of Nixon's infamous tapes and interviews with most of the participants who are still alive, they laid out the story quite well. One cannot help but compare and contrast some elements of the whole mess to scandals (and their handling) by later Chief Execs. If you can catch it, do.

I also caught a little of an episode of American Masters that followed, profiling Gore Vidal. Saved it on the TiVo for when I have more time but it looked pretty interesting, as well.