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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

Was Deep Throat Justified? If not for Bernsteins and Woodward's informant, “Deep Throat” it is very possible that the Watergate Scandal would have never fully been revealed and eventually discovered by the public. Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward who were assigned to the Watergate Scandal story, meet up with an anonymous source nicknamed “Deep Throat” who would eventually reveal and confirm new information regarding the cover up and scandal. Now officially known as Mark Felt, working for the FBI

Watergate Scandal There are many scandals in the world, but this one in particular is very different.There was people breaking into the Democratic headquarters.This is known as the watergate scandal.This leads to a president to resign from office. The misconduct surrounding Watergate is very misleading. In June 17th 1972 there was a break in at the Democratic National committee headquarters at the Watergate hotel(Klara 1).They were trying to wiretap the Democratic National Committee, so The republicans

The missing watergate tape On June 17th, 1972 a political scandal occurred in the United states. Four cuban americans and one american broke into the Democratic national headquarters at the Watergate office complex. Five burglars were caught and it was discovered that the President Nixon administration was involved. There were also other things discovered such as the bugging of political offices and FBI investigations on Mr. Nixon's Political Opponents. The scandal was then investigated by the U

The definition of the 1970's is "Afros and feathered perms: Earth tones and platforms" according to Light (Light). During the 70's many historical events occurred, for example the Watergate Scandal. Many types of media were influenced by the history of the 70's including music. Music and history had often been put together to express people's feeling towards events. In the 1970's music was affected by the Watergate Scandal. Many historical events took place in the 70's, for example, Elvis Presley

All you hear on the news or in magazines is all about crimes committed against the government, but what if there was a crime committed by a president. A president that you voted for to help make decisions and keep your county safe and sound. It seems a little strange that in the morning of June 17, 1972, their was a robbery caught in action where two people connected to Richard Nixon's reelection complain. They were caught wiretapping phone calls and trying steal secret documents inside the of the

It is widely believed that political leaders are crucial members of nations and societies. Ideally, their main goal would be to construct a strong and prosperous nation, and satisfy the needs of people. However, an unexpected scandal occurred in the 1970s in the United States, which led to a drastic decline in public trust towards the president, and that was the Watergate scandal (Genovese 4). It was so atypical in presidential history because for the first time the president himself was involved

Watergate was one of the biggest political scandals to ever happen in the United States and would force President Nixon to resign from office in 1974. Watergate is office complex located in Washington D.C and at the time it was the headquarters of the Democratic Committee. There was a group of people who broke into these offices to obtain information on the coming election. Another goal of these burglars was to wiretap the committee phones and to sabotage them. Unfortunately for these want to be

Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward’s book, All the President’s Men, was written in 1974 during the Watergate Scandal and combines history with journalism. Bernstein and Woodward are journalists for the Washington Post. These two share a Pulitzer Prize for their coverage of Watergate and have coauthored several bestsellers, which includes this book. All the President’s Men, is about the Watergate scandal and how they uncovered it. As this book was written by two journalists, there are differences to

their dedication to journalism by reporting and urging American intervention, all while an air raid strikes the city. The dedication shown at the end of Foreign Correspondent better matches the journalists in All the President’s Men and Spotlight. Woodward, Bernstein, and the Spotlight team face significant resistance during their investigations and must persevere against the odds set up by surrounding institutions, including the statute of limitations on sexual assault and the secrecy of CREEP. Unlike