News Media Verse : The Agnew Probe

When the press was fed leaks relating to the investigation of American Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew on unconnected charges of corruption, nepotism and tax evasion, just after the Watergate scandal had been broken by Woodward and Bernstein, no-one was sure what to believe. Was Agnew innocent - framed by his own President's administration to deflect public and press attention from the Watergate investigations - or was it badly timed coincidence that Agnew's murky past arose to haunt the Nixon administration at a time of national disillusionment with politics, resulting in the possibility that both the President and Vice-President of the United States would face impeachment and indictment on completely separate charges? This is a selection of newspaper articles charting the development of the Agnew scandal in a fascinating, compelling book.Vailes, Kenneth is the author of 'News Media Verse : The Agnew Probe', published 1999 under ISBN 9781858636818 and ISBN 1858636817.