[IAmBroom]

Nixon was ONLY impeached because of overwhelming public outcry, even from the voters that put him in office.

It wasn't an "era" thing; the GOP had no intention of impeaching him until the tide turned on him.

[tstrimple]

And as a result Fox News was created to ensure that their base would never turn on them again. They certainly seem to have done a good job of inoculating their viewers against pesky things like reality.

https://theweek.com/articles/880107/why-fox-news-created

[howard941]

Nixon wasn't impeached. Had he not been pardoned the last 50 years would have been much different, probably better. Instead his goons moved into Reagan's WH.

[Kon-Peki]

And it was well on the way to falling out of the news until a plane crash that killed a sitting Congressman. And in the wreckage, they find the wife of one of the conspirators with $10k in cash in her purse. He eventually has a breakdown worrying about what happens to his kids if he goes to prison for a long time, and asks for a plea deal.