Text: He has become as repetitious, pontificating, and slothful as the worst D.C. pundit--as ridiculous as the political reporters he mocked in Fear and  On the Campaign Trail '72 . Thompson poured acid on Nixon because he honestly believed Nixon was a devil.
Entailment: Thompson was certainly no fan of Mr. Nixon.
Contradiction: Thompson remained a humble and measured critic of the going-ons in D.C.