Books like Poisoning the Press: Richard Nixon, Jack Anderson, and the Rise of Washington's Scandal Culture

The academic research that produced this book is astounding. A very well-written book that teaches us two things: Richard Nixon was an even bigger son of a bitch that we thought he was, and so was Jack Anderson.Absolutely fascinating.I used to read the Merry-Go-Round column as well as Maxine Cheshire's society column (now there's a ripe subject for a book)in the Washington Post when Drew Pearson wrote it and then Jack Anderson took the reins. There was no CNN then. If you really wanted to know what was going on in Washington you read the Merry-Go-Round and Maxine. They got it right about 95% of the time.To learn that Nixon went so far as to seriously consider having Jack Anderson assassinated was a revelation. I always thought he was a two-faced, sneaky SOB, but mostly with regard to money and power. To think he would actually try to have an annoying journalist murdered, though... Oh, wait, it's not a crime if the president does it, right, Dick?An excellent read, even for those too young to remember Tricky Dick and Jack Anderson. But be careful out there: G. Gordon Liddy is still around, and that is one scary dude.