Precedent staff talks about Watergate

The American people ruin things. We ruined the Middle East, we ruine chinese food via Panda Express. However, the most controversial thing that Americans ruined was the Presidency of Richard Nixon. The citizens during the time forced Nixon to unnecessarily leave the oval office like they forced the United States to leave Vietnam. Even though at the time it was hailed at a journalism success, the inc...

The 70’s brought equal rights to minorities, women's rights, an anti-war movement, and Watergate. This time period is mostly forgotten over the darkness that the white house summoned upon it self. Watergate exposed the United States government in a way that invalidated its credit, but it also proved how great this country is. On June 17, 1972 the Washington Post published its first of several artic...

Watergate: the mere mention of that one word can spark the political fire that burns in many Americans. There is no doubt that Watergate changed the country, but the country was changed in more ways than just in politics. Journalism, among other things, evolved immensely due the effects of Watergate. On June 13, 1972, 5 Republican men were discovered trespassing and stealing documents  in the Democr...

  It is the middle of the night, five burglars creep around the offices of Watergate.Their intent was unknown as the time, until they were caught and arrested. The news media would have thought it to be a simple break-in, they would not be able to fathom the conspiracy behind this intrusion. The Watergate Scandal was a scheme pioneered by the Richard Nixon Administration. It was uncovered...

The Watergate scandal was one of much controversy especially in the journalism industry as well as in politics. When a burglary was reported around June 18, 1972, reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward were called to investigate and identify the details of the burglary. Determined to get the facts, Woodward and Bernstein went through grueling efforts to interview people which was difficult because...

The primary contribution of the Watergate scandal to the American political landscape was skepticism. Not to say that scandal did not exist before Nixon’s Plumbers broke into the Watergate Hotel, but the reaction to it was less severe, less destabilizing. The assumption that political leaders were essentially trustworthy was washed away, giving ground to a theory of “guilty until proven innocent...

The Watergate scandal of 1972 was not only a major eye-opener for America and a break in the trust put into the government, but also the beginning of a new era in journalism. The scandal centered around a break-in at the Democratic National Committee and the Nixon administration's attempt to cover it up. Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein’s series of articles that followed...

The United States is a nation that is constantly on the go, changing, adapting, and evolving with the times. Change is an inevitable occurrence, but what changed the nation so much that they no longer have faith in those who head the country? All the blame could easily be pinned on President Nixon’s involvement in the Watergate scandal. That would be simplifying the matter; Watergate was just...