Carl Bernstein

The Intelligence Committee is a select committee; it specializes in, and is responsible for, the oversight of intelligence activities and programs of the United States (GovTrack). Their prerogative is to ensure that the intelligence activities of the United States are within constitutional law. In order to execute and enforce this objective, they propose legislation and provide legislative oversight. Due to its importance, this committee is present in both the House and Senate (GovTrack). The…

June of 1972, five men with cameras and bugging equipment were caught and arrested in the Democratic National Committee’s offices in Washington DC. Which happens to be where Democratic Party members make decisions involving political campaigns. (streetlaw.org) The break in was eventually connected to the white house. Nixon had hired men to help him get information on how to be re-elected, but President Nixon denied any connection with the incident. After some time, the presiding judge got a…

A President’s Demise The Watergate scandal was definitely significant during the second of President Nixon’s’ two terms. At first, the public chose not to put too much attention towards the Watergate burglary. It was clear that the scandal required more attention than previously assumed. The more that people began to dig into the story, the more people realized how it seemed connected to the White House and more specifically, Nixon. The specific people hired for the burglary began suspicion.…

“I was 22 years old when it happened, and when you’re 22 years old, politics don’t really mean a whole lot to you. I didn’t really understand what Watergate was about, I basically just knew that the Republicans broke into the Democratic National Headquarters during election time in 1972. I remember that when the hearings were going on that I was driving back from Florida and listening to the hearings on the radio, just trying to understand what I was even hearing. At the time of Nixon resigning,…

NBC appropriately handled this crisis because they kept the NBC’s staff up-to-date throughout the scandal and quickly replaced Williams with Lester Holt in order to the limit the risk of substantial reputational damage. NBC president, Deborah Turness, sent a memo out to the entire NBC News staff regarding the growing scandal surrounding Brian Williams. In the memo, Turness addressed the impending investigation and stated, “As you would expect, we have a team dedicated to gathering the facts to…

Part 2 – Investigation The Watergate scandal is one of our country’s most notorious historical events, but there are still unresolved questions regarding President Nixon’s involvement in both the break-ins of the Democratic Party offices in May and June 1972 and the ensuing cover-ups. As with most conspiracies, the questions surrounding the Watergate scandal ask what did Nixon know and when did he know it. This investigation, in its attempt to understand the extent to which Nixon was…

scandal was a huge coverup, and the Administration went to great lengths to maintain President Nixon’s reputation and subdue the story all together. All the President’s Men does an amazing job at showing the process of how Bob Woodward and Richard Bernstein uncovered the truth about a shocking coverup of illegal actions from the Nixon Administration, and by showing a fresh perspective of the story, it makes the audience question the morals and legacy that President…

the President’s Men is a film adaptation of the true life account written by Woodward and Bernstein, two reporters for the Washington Post, of how they made public the ‘complex web of political scandals between 1972 and 1974’ surrounding President Nixon. (Watergate.info, 1995) When the story finally broke it resulted in the resignation of the president himself and universal reverence for Woodward and Bernstein. They were viewed as investigative crusaders after the truth, critics of the…

The Watergate Scandal is known for its enduring impact on American during the year of 1972. It grew into a wide-ranging political scandal of burglary at the Washington Complex office which eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. The Watergate involved illegal activity that was designed to help Nixon win the reelection in the 1972 presidential elections. A team was put together to commit burglary, wire-tapping and sabotaging during this election. Watergate also had a…

On June 16, 1917 in New York City, Katharine Graham was born. Coming from two successful parents, her father Eugene Meyer and Agnes Elizabeth Meyer, it seemed that she was destined to be a hard working and accomplished young women in the city of opportunity. Katharine Graham ended up being an incredibly influential woman in the field of journalism and women’s rights and will be remembered of her accomplishments for many years to come. She is a wonderful role model for young girls and hopeful…