David Frum

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David Frum @davidfrum

Or rather, it was not exactly true. There was a secret fund. HR Haldeman did have approval rights. But Sloan had not (yet) testified to that effect to the grand jury - he had just privately confirmed the news to the two reporters. So ... an error. 2/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 26, 2021

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David Frum @davidfrum

Three months into their Watergate reporting in 1972, Woodward & Bernstein slipped up. They reported that Nixon campaign treasurer Hugh Sloan *had told a grand jury* that top Nixon aide HR Haldeman had approval over the secret fund that paid the burglars. This was not true. 1/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 26, 2021

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David Frum @davidfrum

For the Nixon White House - and for its still-numerous supporters - this error arrived as a God-send. As with Trump defenders and the Steele dossier, they tried to leverage the reporting error of October 1972 to discredit *everything* that had been published since June. 3/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 26, 2021