It is quite impressive how Watergate’s most famous made-up line — “follow the money” — is so often cited by so many news outlets.
Canada’s Calgary Herald was the latest to indulge in the myth that “follow the money” was guidance offered by the high-level anonymous source code-named “Deep Throat.” The advice supposedly was offered to Bob Woodward, a Washington Post reporter covering Watergate.
The Herald invoked the made-up line in an article the other day about U.S. charitable organizations making donations to Canadian environmental groups.
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