Watergate Scandal Essay

The Outsider Archetype in Nineteen Eighty-four In every society, there are always those rare intellectuals who don’t quite fit in with the crowd. These are the kinds of people who tend to watch from a distance and question what is going on around them. The outsider archetype in George Orwell’s dystopian novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, is Winston Smith. Firstly, Winston uses his knowledge against the party instead of for it. Secondly, he is the only person that still holds an appreciation for…

Watergate began with the 1970s congressional elections because it created the fear that Nixon could lose the 1972 presidential election. The large antiwar demonstrations in Washington during 1971 caused the Nixon campaign to worry about Nixon’s reelection. For these reasons, White House special counsel Charles W. Colson made a list of enemies. To deal with the enemies on the list the Nixon administration recruited undercover agents and started plans for domestic surveillance. After the…

Gannon definitely ruffled some Democratic feathers and his opposition were determined to dig up more dirt from his past. To illustrate, Jeff Gannon wasn’t even the reporter’s real name! It was an alias for James Guckert and that’s where the details became much more interesting. It turned out that James Guckert’s private life embodied the polar opposite of what the Republican Party stood for. Guckert had owned, operated, and worked as an escort for his military-themed, homosexual escort websites,…

The Chappaquiddick Scandal Who would have known that a fun night at a party could turn into such a detrimental accident. Not only Ted Kennedy’s life, but several other people's lives were changed forever. As this incident shows, anyone's life can be changed in a split second. We should not take life for granted, but instead cherish every minute of our life. Earlier that night, Ted had attended a party at a cottage on an island known as, Martha’s Vineyard. He and five other married men met with…

Every year we hear of a sporting scandal that shocks fans around the world. In 2016 it was the FIFA corruptions scandal, the deflategate scandal of 2015, in 2012 the Lance Armstrong doping scandal, and many more in every sport imaginable. These events are horrible for fans, as their beloved sport become ruined by the greed and evil nature of just a select few. It spoils the image of a league or organization and makes all the parties involved look bad. In all these cases, the suspects are…

long time, Wells Fargo has managed to cultivate an excellent reputation as one of the most efficiently managed banking institutions in the United States. However, this immaculate reputation has been tarnished in the wake of the recent fake accounts scandal. Since the beginning of the decade, the employees of the bank have created millions of fake credit cards and bank accounts. From 2011 to 2016, this banking institution has managed to collect a staggering $2.6 million in consumer fees (Partnoy…

discussion with others just to avoid conflict. The main goal should be to find a medium between ignorance as bliss, and the constant absorption and worry about every little issue and dramatic scandal being reported and shared on social media. I think there is a huge imbalance in the media in regards to drama and scandals vs. conversation on real issues, and you don’t really realize it unless you do spend time away from it. There was a mention in one article about spending some time in isolation…

themes regarding how the respective decades viewed politicians, their campaigning, and most of all their behavior and actions while doing so. Every single main character in the four movies has at least one obvious affair, being the most consistent scandal throughout four decades of political campaign films. This is very telling of how the American people view politicians, and especially view their personal lives. The four decades were very different in terms of political climate, social issues,…

One of my greatest influences for pursuing an accounting major was the wide variety of career opportunities it could provide in the future. During my first two years of undergraduate studies I had absolutely no idea where I would fit in the business world or if I actually wanted to work in business in general. My accounting degree gave me the ability to pursue a degree that would be useful no matter where my potential career path would lead. Even if I did not want to obtain my CPA license, I…

Disaster capitalism, as coined by Naomi Klein in her book The Shock Doctrine, is the exploitation of a community suffering from a state of shock as a result of a natural, political, or biological disaster in order to make a monetary profit. The collective people sharing in this catastrophe are in a state of shock rendering them into a position of heightened vulnerability. This heightened vulnerability opened the door for major worldwide corporations to come in under the guise of providing aid…