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Namely, the time and energy necessary to uncover the minutiae that Woodward and Bernstein found would not be available to reporters of today. The seemingly endless amount of stories the media covers today restrict the amount of time a news outlet has to devote to one story. Woodward and Bernstein spent a better part of eighteen months investigating Watergate. I imagine you would be hard-pressed to find an editor willing

The Watergate Scandal Abstract On November 5, 1968 Richard M. Nixon was elected the 37th president of the United States. In 1972 Nixon was reelected in a landslide victory. However, His undoing was already in the works. A few months prior to Nixon’s reelection a group of men linked to the

The biggest political scandal in the US yet, the Watergate scandal follows a series of events leading up to the end of the Nixon presidency. Starting with the break-in of the Democratic National Committee in 1972, and the inconsistencies in subsequent investigations set the ball rolling toward the unpleasant end of Richard Nixon’s political career. Not only did it expose the conspiracy to subvert the political process, it also paved way for a wave of political and democratic reforms in the US. In

documents. Optimistic voters believed there was no link between the president and the burglars and Nixon was reelected. Initial investigations were heavily influenced by the media, particularly through the works of Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein and their mysterious source “Deep Throat”. During

reported that five men have been detained for breaking into Watergate office complex, the headquarters of Democratic National Committee to obtain wiretap and collect sensitive details of political opponents. Two reporters, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward were put on the case by Washington Post to unveil circumstances surrounding the scandal. On investigation, they suspected that the intrusion

The Watergate scandal became known as one of the most controversial political issues of modern time. This controversy began when five burglars broke into the Democratic National Headquarters at the Watergate office, which was located in Washington, D.C on June 17, 1972. This scandal still affects our country and how we have handled political situations since. This issue made the United States Senate take notice and start a council on Presidential Campaign Activities, which was known as the Ervin

the story’s plot. The medium close up takes over the whole screen as the author begins to move Woodward more into focus as his upper torso and face fill it up. After the zoom is employed, however, the audience are made to focus entirely on Woodward and this establishes a ground on which the audience can ask, what is he saying, what is the phone call about and how is it relevant? Essentially, to Woodward, the world drops out of focus and this is especially after he uncovers a big part of his investigation;

1970s and Art Art has been displayed and sold for many, many years. Leonardo Da Vinci, creator of the Mona Lisa, was most definitely a well known artist. Did you know the most expensive piece of artwork was sold for $106.5 million dollars in 1932? Art is marvelous, astonishing, and said to be one of the best ways to express emotion and passion. . 1970s Historical, Social, and Political Events In 1971, voting age changes from age 21 to 18, also known as the 26th amendment. This Amendment was formed

Yes, Richard Nixon being condemned a villain for the unethical political activities he participated in while he was the president of United States is accurate. A few years ago I read a book about “Deepthroat” or as we know today as the man called W. Mark Felt, the former FBI Associate Director ("History News Network | Deep Throat: Was What He Did Unprecedented?"). The Watergate Scandal was not an isolated incident of espionage by President Nixon; not only did he illegally wiretap the Democratic National

Meet The President, written by Zadie Smith, is a story about a teenage boy, Bill Peek, living between two realities, virtual and actual. The story, set sometime in the future reflects many prevailing world issues of the time it was actually published 2013. The story provokes the reader to think about the effects on humanity of economic inequality, globalization, advancements in technology and governmental abuse of power. The reader must consider the effects of these world issues on the future