Carl Bernstein

The U.S. is said to have undergone a transformation of political culture in the early 1970’s. The Watergate hotel break-in at the Democratic campaign headquarters led directly to the White house. In 1972, President Nixon was seeking a second term and was facing Democrat George Mcgovern. Nixon was unsure that he would be re-elected, so he put in place several groups of specialized unlawful men to gather and uncover as much information that he could use against his opponent and party. Cover-ups,…

Although the word “Watergate” directly refers to the Watergate Hotel in Washington D.C., it is an umbrella term used to describe a series of complex political events and scandals between the years 1972 and 1974. These events started when Richard Nixon ran for reelection (“Watergate”). In such a harsh political climate, a forceful presidential campaign seemed essential to the president and some of his key advisers. Their aggressive tactics included what turned out to be illegal espionage. In May…

against him in order to save his own reputation and career, wrote The Nixon Defense: What He Knew and When He Knew it , which focuses entirely on the Watergate scandal, explained that The Washington Post, particularly reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein were some of the top names on Nixon’s “Enemy List” because they had a “collective mind-set at the Post, that Nixon & Company were somehow complicit in Watergate,” and relentlessly dragged him…

The screenplay, written by William Goldman based on the book by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, gives the audience a first-hand account of their investigation. Furthermore, the style of the filmmaking is drastically different from Pakula’s The Parallax View, the scenery and direction are realistic and documentary-like,…

However, this was with the American People, threats to National Security were made and barriers in National Security were breached. According to Washington Post writers Bob Woodard and Carl Bernstein, “The American Presidency will never be the same.” “Thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not covet anything of thy neighbor, and thou shalt not bear false witness.” All of these scriptural rules were broken during the Watergate Scandal. Is there…

only grown since then. The public no longer trusted politicians to be open. They began to feel that a separate organization was needed to ensure accountability. The publishers of this original article were two young journalists, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein of the Washington post in 1974. They have become associated with the Watergate scandal and their contribution to its ousting. Many young Americans saw what they did and aspired to achieve the same success. It began the era of celebrity…

power as a president and a “deliberate obstruction of justice”. (“Watergate Scandal”) Seven men were charged with charges that had to do with the Watergate affair. Five of them pleaded guilty and the other two were convicted. Many people such as Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, and the trial Judge, John J. Sirica, began to think that there was a much bigger situation going on. Conspirators that were involved began to come out because they were all under…

On August 8, 1974, President Richard Nixon became the first President to resign from his position. He was facing impeachment and criminal trial for the Watergate Scandal. With no where to turn and his options run out, Nixon gave his last speech as President, where he resigned and apologized to the nation. Nixon’s resignation speech does not meet the expectations of a fitting response, as defined by Lloyd Bitzer, for the rhetorical situation he was in following the Watergate scandal. Nixon…

Richard Nixon was in one of the most controversial issues that the United States has ever seen. The Watergate Scandal is now well known throughout history today. This issue led to Nixon resigning only 2 years in his 2nd term. Did President Nixon make the right decisions? Can anyone really trust the government after a situation like this? Some Historians believe that this changed the course of history, and that we can never truly trust the government again. While others believe that Nixon didn’t…

Throughout the many years in American history battles, conflicts, and turning points have shaped who we are and how we act today. But specifically the year of 1975 was the biggest defining year in U.S. History. Being the only President to resign from office, Richard Nixon was accused of being involved in a conspiracy to cover-up illegal espionage and sabotage of Democratic Presidential candidate George McGovern's campaign in 1972. This conspiracy known as the Watergate scandal created a…