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    The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s as a result of the June 17, 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement. When the conspiracy was discovered and investigated by the U.S. Congress, the Nixon administration's resistance to its probes led to a constitutional crisis.[1] The term Watergate

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    Analysis of All the President 's Men All the President 's Men, the 1976 film directed by Alan J. Pakula, is a detective thriller that portrays the story behind the Washington Post reporter 's Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein 's Pulitzer Prize winning relentless pursuit of the Watergate conspiracy. It initially started as a local burglary story and eventually led to the resignation of President Nixon. Over 40 years after Nixon 's resignation, the Academy Award winning film was shown on July 14, 2017

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    Pakula hit the nail on the head with his film, All the President’s Men, which does a fantastic job portraying the events of the Watergate scandal. Filmed in 1976, the movie encompasses the story of reporters Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) from The Washington Post as they try to uncover vital details about the scandal. To keep an engaging audience, Pakula starts his film off with an eerie and controversial scene that portrays a guard ripping off a piece of tape that

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    Journalism would never be the same after Carl Bernstein and his partner broke reporting boundaries by uncovering Watergate. On June 17, 1972, five burglars broke into the Democratic National Committee, sparking the interest of Bernstein and his partner Bob Woodward. The situation escalated as a corrupt conspiracy was uncovered by the two American journalists; and ultimately, along with the help of other journalists and news outlets, President Nixon was forced to resign before Congress in light of

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    made in the reporting of this story was getting the information from a second-hand source. According to a Democratic Party Investigator, Alfred Baldwin, a security guard for Nixon’s reelection committee, had named three men who saw these memos. Bernstein and Woodward did try to confirm this source through another party, a Justice Department official, but his confirmation was of incorrect information. As a result of this false report, William E. Timmons, Robert Odle, and Glenn Sedam were falsely

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    Olivia Sees Mrs. Shandera & Mr. Hill English pd. 3 & History pd. 9 10 February 2017 *Insert Title Here* The 1970 's: a decade of corruption, lies, and shadiness. It seemed impossible any good could come out of such a disaster. However, only one thing was certain: United States Government would never be the same. Republican President Richard Nixon ran for reelection in 1972, amidst the Vietnam War and a divided nation (History.com Staff). It was crucial that Nixon and his reelection team put forth

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    Investigative reporting has been a driving force in journalism for centuries. The reporting tradition of revealing misconduct was already well established much before the 20th Century. Its practise even predates the publication of the first successful colonial newspaper in 1704, demonstrating the press’ watchdog role has had deep historical roots in democracy much prior to the 1960s. Over the past three centuries, investigative reporters have tried to make a difference by raising public consciousness

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    Need Obstruction of Justice Code • Article Title: “Ex-liquor board director admits tipping off those in bribery scheme to FBI probe” • Source/Author/Date of Publication: The Washington Post/Lynh Bui/October 18, 2017 • Who? o David Dae Sok Son, liquor board commissioner of Prince George’s County in Maryland. o Liquor store and restaurant owners in Prince George’s County. o Liquor lobbyists in Prince George’s County. o Former delegates, William Campos and Michael Vaughn. • What? o During his

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    All the President’s Men revolves around the importance of free press and the power it holds in shaping America’s political landscape. Focusing on the Watergate Scandal, this film follows reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein as they try to uncover the significance behind the Watergate building break-in. All the President’s Men is more relevant today than it has ever been due to the increasingly severe allegations against the Trump Administration along with President Trump’s constant lecture about

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    After all this occurred, a lawyer/political propagandist came into play. He was discovered to be connected to the burglary and to writing The Canuck letter. The Canuck letter stated that Senator Edmund Muskie, a Democratic candidate running for president, held a prejudice against Americans of French or Canadian descent. This letter caused the Muskie’s campaign to shatter, taking one of the Democratic Party candidates out of the race. The topic of Nixon’s tapes resurfaced in a hearing on April

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