Malek is most infamous for the fact that on Richard Nixon’s behest he compiled a list of Jews working at the Bureau of Justice Statistics so that the paranoid and anti-semitic president could keep tabs on alleged conspiracies against him. But there’s really much more! He helped politicize the administration of justice all up and down the land, bailing out racist universities and corrupt unions and everything in between.
Two years ago I found myself wondering here why we were being treated to hearing what was rattling around in Oliver North's brain. I always wondered how a man who gained his fame from lying to Congress was given a nightly television show on which to spread his ideas. How do these people get these gigs?
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In North's case--and G. Gordon Liddy's as well--it's because he's deemed a hero by some of the most reactionary wingnuts out there. And also, polarizing figures are always likely to draw significant ratings.
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