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    In the movie All the President’s Men, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, reporters from the Washington Post, were persistent in uncovering the truth that would soon lead to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. This wasn’t an easy process, since there were a lot of fake leads to the truth, a lot of nervous employees speak up and a lot of people involved. This was an important time in history because President Nixon was being re-elected as president for the 2nd time. News reporters gather information

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    Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein are both award winning journalists famously known for exposing President Richard Nixon’s involvement in the Watergate scandal. Some say that they are the most important journalists of all time because of how they changed the history of media forever. Their investigative reporting led to a more aggressive and confident media, with teams of “investigative reporters” being created at newspapers around the world. Without their efforts, the world today would be a much more

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    Bernstein and Woodward, nicknamed “Woodstein,” are the two reporters that will forever be credited with breaking the most infamous political scandal to ever hit the United States and are largely credited with ushering in new era of accountability and transparency for elected officials. The story however did not come easily. Both Woodward and Bernstein were relatively young, unseasoned reporters with no major stories to their

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    capabilities long with being able to pick up conversations in the room, and “pen-size tear gas guns”7 Two reporters from the Washington post named Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward had taken an interest in this event and perhaps maybe even knew there was more to it. Two days after the scandal at the Democratic Headquarters, Bob Woodward called in a favor from whom he referred to as “an old friend”, who came to be known as “Deep Throat”123. He was later revealed to be a high ranking federal agent who met

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    Movie Review : Norma Rae

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    Politics on Film Anna Airapetova Third reaction paper 4/12/15 Norma Rae "Norma Rae" – is an American drama of 1979 directed by Martin Ritt, which I saw as a strong and vital film. The whole idea of the movie is shown in it’s slogan: «The story of a woman with the courage to risk everything for what she believes is right». Movie is filmed believable and realistic, and this story really touches everyone. We see how regular people, like all us, are working hard from early morning to night in a textile

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    chose to do my book review on was All The President 's Men by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward and throughout the report I will discuss the power that the press has. On June 17, 1972, the United States had changed for both journalism and politics. A common break in was failed as the downfall of President Richard Nixon was eminent, while two young journalists from the Washington Post Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward had risen to their glory of the biggest reporting story of their careers. The Watergate

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    All The President 's Men

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    abused public trust, presidential power, and deliberately obstructed justice. President Richard Nixon had committed and attempted to cover up those illegal activities through harassment, impediment, and denial; however, Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncovered details of the Watergate scandal and revealed them to the public. In the 1976 film “All the President’s Men”, the plot successfully follows the major chronological timeline of events and authentic settings but lacks significant

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    All The President 's Men by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein tells the story behind the Watergate scandal. It all started with a burglary at the Democratic headquarters, but proved to be something much more complex. This story tells how two reporters worked with sources to uncover deceit in the highest levels of government. On June 17, 1972, Woodward was asked to cover a story for his job at the "Washington Post." There had been a burglary at the Watergate hotel. When he arrived at the newsroom, he

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    On January 20, President Donald J Trump was at his inauguration looking at his crowd of followers. While he has been accused of many things, he still has the same face he always had during his campaign only this time as president. He won the battle against Hillary and will accomplish everything he promised. While many just hate him, some may have noticed some similarities between him and another controversial president. Two similarities between Watergate and Russia investigation are that both denied

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    The Role of a Journalist

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    Role of Journalist Australian writer/journalist Karl Karus said it best when he said, “corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.” For decades, the United States has been one the most notable countries to come under fire with reports of government corruption. During the dawn of the new millennium the Transparency Corruption began to publish their Corruption Perceptions Index

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