Watergate scandal

=== United States ===
After the [[fall of Saigon]] ended the Vietnam War, Secretary of State [[Henry Kissinger]] said in May 1975 that, if the scandal had not caused Nixon to resign, and Congress had not overridden Nixon's veto of the [[War Powers Resolution]], [[North Vietnam]] would not have captured [[South Vietnam]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=soMuAAAAIBAJ&pg=1077%2C746828 |title=The name-calling in the wake of defeat |date=May 6, 1975 |work=[[New Straits Times]] |access-date=November 23, 2014 |location=Malaysia |via=Google News Archive |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114215143/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=soMuAAAAIBAJ&pg=1077%2C746828 |url-status=live }}</ref> Kissinger told the [[National Press Club (United States)|National Press Club]] in January 1977 that Nixon's presidential powers weakened during his tenure, thus (as rephrased by the media) "prevent[ing] the United States from exploiting the [scandal]".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kFwqAAAAIBAJ&pg=1509%2C3522410 |title=Scandal Hurt Policy – Kissinger |date=January 11, 1977 |work=The Pittsburgh Press |access-date=November 21, 2016 |agency=United Press International |page=A-4 |via=Google News |archive-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421144745/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kFwqAAAAIBAJ&pg=1509%2C3522410 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The publisher of ''[[The Sacramento Union]]'', John P. McGoff, said in January 1975 that the media overemphasized the scandal, though he called it "an important issue", overshadowing more serious topics, like a declining economy and an [[1970s energy crisis|energy crisis]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=75Q1AAAAIBAJ&pg=3236%2C2592713 |title=Publisher criticizes the media |date=January 30, 1975 |work=Lodi News-Sentinel |access-date=October 24, 2015 |agency=United Press International |via=Google News Archive |archive-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421144745/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=75Q1AAAAIBAJ&pg=3236%2C2592713 |url-status=live }}</ref>