“I Am Not a Crook”
Political leaders of the United States were once idolized. However, the publishing of the Pentagon Papers and the Vietnam War made the public wary of their government’s internal motives. In 1972, five men were arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters, who were linked to President Richard M. Nixon. The public’s opinion of a corrupt government was solidified. Politics and journalism changed forever. The Watergate Scandal led to government reform, an increase in popularity of journalism, and America’s distrust in their government.
On June 17, 1972, five men were captured and arrested in the Democratic National Committee Building (Tracy 8). A bag of bugging equipment and $2,300 in hundred-dollar bills with sequencing serial numbers were confiscated from the thieves (Tracy 8). One of the burglars, James W. McCord, was a security coordinator for the Republican National Committee and a former FBI and CIA agent. McCord was …show more content…
In 1973, The Washington Post received a Pulitzer Prize in Public Service for its investigation of the Watergate Case, led by Woodward and Bernstein (The Pulitzer). The Washington Post was applauded for its use of editorials, cartoons, and photographs for covering the scandal (The Pulitzer). According to Ed Zintel, a journalism student at the time of the Watergate Scandal, recalls, “Newspaper reporter became a sought-after career at the time, and we could thank the various whistleblowers around Watergate for that.” Woodward and Bernstein also published a non-fiction book reporting the scandal called All the President’s Men. The work was praised for being “the single greatest reporting effort of all time” (Harris 233). Two movies, Spotlight and All the President’s Men were made to showcase investigative journalism’s power (Susman). All the President’s Men is considered the best film ever made about journalism
Political leaders of the United States were once idolized. However, the publishing of the Pentagon Papers and the Vietnam War made the public wary of their government’s internal motives. In 1972, five men were arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters, who were linked to President Richard M. Nixon. The public’s opinion of a corrupt government was solidified. Politics and journalism changed forever. The Watergate Scandal led to government reform, an increase in popularity of journalism, and America’s distrust in their government.
On June 17, 1972, five men were captured and arrested in the Democratic National Committee Building (Tracy 8). A bag of bugging equipment and $2,300 in hundred-dollar bills with sequencing serial numbers were confiscated from the thieves (Tracy 8). One of the burglars, James W. McCord, was a security coordinator for the Republican National Committee and a former FBI and CIA agent. McCord was …show more content…
In 1973, The Washington Post received a Pulitzer Prize in Public Service for its investigation of the Watergate Case, led by Woodward and Bernstein (The Pulitzer). The Washington Post was applauded for its use of editorials, cartoons, and photographs for covering the scandal (The Pulitzer). According to Ed Zintel, a journalism student at the time of the Watergate Scandal, recalls, “Newspaper reporter became a sought-after career at the time, and we could thank the various whistleblowers around Watergate for that.” Woodward and Bernstein also published a non-fiction book reporting the scandal called All the President’s Men. The work was praised for being “the single greatest reporting effort of all time” (Harris 233). Two movies, Spotlight and All the President’s Men were made to showcase investigative journalism’s power (Susman). All the President’s Men is considered the best film ever made about journalism