The Paralex Corporation

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In 1974, the Paralex Corporation was Hollywood's vision of a secret government-sanctioned murder ink. After sending in a test filled out by an actual sociopath, Joe gets an invitation to visit Paralex HQ. The movie ends with the assassination of a second independent senator. And to his horror, Joe discovers that he's not fooled and they have in fact fooled him. This time, he's the fall guy.

A remixed complete version of our two part Watergate series from last year: Journalists may write the first draft of history but Hollywood prints the legends and the myths. The 1976 film All the President’s Men remains our most authoritative account of Watergate. The film is also responsible for the myth of Deep Throat. Your host follows the myth… from 1976 to the present. Plus a reporter from the Washington Post newsroom who never made it into All the President’s Men yet did more to safeguard the free press and American democracy than Woodstein ever did.