How high does the Russia-collusion hoax rate on the scale of U.S. political scandals? Veteran journalist and author Lee Smith would say it tops them all. With the Watergate scandal, the American press uncovered corruption and crimes at the highest levels of government, leading to President Richard M. Nixon’s resignation. Fifty years on, we find the press fulfilling a much-altered purpose. Lee, author of “The Permanent Coup” and “The Plot Against the President,” joins me to explain why this event represents the darkest chapter in American politics, and the media’s complicity in this. What patterns do we see emerging in U.S. media that resemble Chinese Communist Party propaganda?   Follow EpochTV on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EpochTVus Twitter: https://twitter.com/EpochTVus Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/EpochTV Gettr: https://gettr.com/user/epochtv Gab: https://gab.com/EpochTV Telegram: https://t.me/EpochTV Parler: https://parler.com/#/user/EpochTV