Harry Bernstein

“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…

In the 1976 film, All the President’s Men , Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein find themselves investigating a seemingly routine story, the break in at the DNC office. However, in their pursuit of the facts, the two reporters discover a massive republican cover up, leading all the way to President Richard Nixon. Alan Pakula, director of All the President’s Men , isolates and focuses on Woodward and Bernstein’s investigation to illustrate: the importance of investigative…

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…

descent were apprehended by the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, DC, in the offices of the Democratic National Committee. The report revealed that the crew was in possession of wiretapping equipment and cameras . Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, junior staffers for the Washington Post were on hand to break the story to the American people . This was no ordinary burglary; it garnered…

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…

The First Woman CEO Katherine Graham is known as one of the most influential women ever in business. She was the first woman CEO in the U.S. taking over the position at the Washington Post previously held by her husband. Graham, however, is most known for her outstanding coverage of the Watergate scandal. This leadership she showed in these two aspects of her career, gave many other women the courage to pursue careers outside of being a housewife. Katherine Graham was so influential in fact, she…

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…