If the Pentagon Papers solidified the freedom of the press in reporting events and information of national interest, the journalistic reportage in the Watergate case solidified the power of the press.
Please research the details of Watergate — what was it? what happened? where? why? who was involved?
Next, research the journalistic work that reporters Bernstein and Woodward put into the case — who were they? what newspaper did they write for? how did they get their information (who was their source)?
In the end, what impact did their work have on the government? the culture?
(Tip — the Washington Post provides a good site.)
DUE: 3:00 Wednesday — 250 words.
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Watergate was the name of the office complex in Washington that held the offices for the Democratic National Committee. Five men were arrested in an attempt to bug the headquarters. It turned out that Nixon arranged for the men to break into the office and gather information. As the investigation proceeded, more and more ties to Nixon and the White House were discovered.
Bob Woodward and Carl Berstein were young reporters for the Washington Post. Intrigued by the initial story, the two dug deeper and deeper. After making contact with “Deep Throat,” the source providing them with information, more was revealed about the scandal.
Many of the other newspapers covering the initial break-in dropped the story shortly after. Due to the persistance of Woodward and Bernstein, the truth was revealed. Thanks to them, Nixon was forced to resign and many disasters were avoided, including a much worse plan for Vietnam.
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, two Washington Post reporters, followed a curious story about Nixon. They kept digging deeper into the story until they found out the truth.
The story was a cover-up about the Watergate Scandal.
At Watergate Hunt and Liddy broke in to the Watergate hotel in 1973. It was later discovered that a check from Nixon’s campaign was given to one of the men. The check was worth 25,000 dollars and given to Maurice Stans, who used to be the Secretary of Commerce. It was later discovered that over 12 people were involved in the break-in.
Mark Felt, also known as Deep-Throat, worked with the FBI and Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. He had access to papers and passed information on to Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward.
when the people broke into Watergate they were trying to break in to the psychiatrist of the man who gave the New York Times the Pentagon Papers. They hoped to mind information they could use against him.
Watergate, like the Pentagram Papers, harmed the government’s image and broke the people’s trust. Both exposed the truth about how the government had been lying to it’s people and trying to cover things up.
The Watergate was an incident in the 1970’s where Richard Nixon made himself ridiculous. He had five men break into the Democratic National Committee’s office located in the Watergate office building in Washington D.C. A security guard called the police and all 5 men were arrested. Nixon wanted the tapes that contained information about what the democrats were up to. For awhile Nixon was not linked to the break in, but journalists Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward suspected him. It was Bernstein who found a check linking Nixon the burglary. Both reporters worked for the Washington Post. They got a majority of their information from William Felt who was Deputy Director of the FBI. Felt went by the alias Deep Throat. When caught Nixon resigned from the presidency and left Gerald Ford to take his his place. Ford later pardoned Nixon from the jail time he deserved.
I think their work had a tremendous impact on our country, it proved that our country’s lead by a bunch of lying scumbags who cheat and steal to obtain information they aren’t meant to have. Hopefully our country will be able to learn from this lesson, but with somebody like Nancy Pelosi in some area of authority, that’s doubtful.
The Watergate scandal was a plan to mess the government. Five men in the house of representatives put tape on some of the doors to keep them unlocked. A security guard found the tape and took it off, a few minutes later he had noticed that the tape was put back on the door. the janitor then called the police and fixed the problem. All of this happened at the Watergate complex in Washington. I am not too sure why this crime was committed but the five men who were involved with it were, Virgilio González, Bernard Barker, James W. McCord, Jr., Eugenio Martínez, and Frank Sturgis. The were both reporters from the Washington post and their information source was something that has not been discovered by me. The two reporters probably did not have a good impact on the government due to the fact the government dont care. If they wanted you to know about something you would.
The Watergate Scandal happened on June 17, 1972. Five men were caught breaking and entering the Democratic National Committee Headquarters at the Watergate Office Complex in Washington D.C. The FBI connected these men to President Nixon.
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein first learned and decided to investigate the third rate crime, and realized that there were ‘dirty tricks’. They worked for the Washington Post. Their source was W. Mark Felt.
Unfortunately for Nixon, he recorded several conversations in his Oval Office. The Supreme Court made him hand those tapes over to the authorities, making him in deep trouble. Facing impeachment, the President decided to resign.
Luckily for Nixon, the next president, Gerald Ford, issued a pardon for him. Not only was Nixon in trouble, but also around forty of his workers were indicted and convicted.
Emma Dawe
The Watergate Scandal was a political scandal that happened in the United States in the 1970’s. People were hired to break into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office in Washington, D.C. by President Nixon. When a security guard called the cops five people were arrested for breaking and entering the complex and burglary on June 17, 1972. Investigators soon connected the break in to the the president’s staff, and the president himself. It was revealed that president nixon had a tape recording system that recorded many of his converstaions that implicated he had attempted to cover up the break in. Faced with impeachment Nixon resigned the office of the presidency on August 9, 1974. Bob Woodward and Carl Berstein were the journalists that wrote about the scandal that encouraged other reporters to the same. They worked for The Washington Post and got most of their information about the watergate scandal from FBI agents invovled in the case and etc. The impact it had was similar to the pentagon papers by telling the people what kind of things the government does behind closed doors. It ruined the reputation of the government yet again but for a good reason and cause. People should know whats going on with things like that.
Watergate was an Democratic National Committee headquarters where they had information and there was a break in where some people tried to bug the system for information. Two reporters named Bob Woodward and Carl Berstein decided to research this and when they investigated the story and had a source tell them more then they found that as suspected signs pointed to Nixon. it was a large government scandal and Nixon was impeached.
Watergate was a scandal that involved the break in of the Democratic National Committee Headquarters. The headquarters were located in Washington, D.C. at the Watergate office complex. Five men, who were hired by President Nixon, broke into the headquarters in search of information about the Democratic nominee for president. After the investigation by Woodward and Bernstein, the Senate held hearings and questioned many of Nixon’s political advisors and staff members. It was revealed that Nixon had tapes of himself giving orders for the break in. Nixon refused to hand over the tapes until he was forced to by the Supreme Court during the case United States v. Nixon. Facing impeachment, Nixon resigned.
Bernstein and Woodward were two reporters for the Washington Post who sought out information on the Watergate scandal. Woodward and Bernstein got their information from many sources, which they kept anonymous. The most famous was nicknamed Deep Throat. Bob Woodward would meet with him in parking garages to get information about Watergate. It was Deep Throat that told Woodward about Howard Hunt’s involvement and helped steer him in the right direction. In 2005, it was revealed that Deep Throat was former FBI Deputy Directer Mark Felt.
The reporting of Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward led to the resignation of President Nixon. Without their perseverance, the world would have never known the truth about Watergate. Before the scandal people believed that the president wouldn’t commit crimes and would always try to do the right thing, but Watergate changed America’s perspective. People know question the actions of the president. We are free to see them more realistically as human beings who can make mistakes.
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, two Washington Post reporters became way too interested in this scandal and as they began to pry.. more and more info hit them.It had become clear that not only was Nixon, our president involved.. but he even tried to cover it up!! It was a way to put down the Democrats. Democratic candidates were harassed, shown in negative campaign ads, and twice, the National Democratic headquarters were broken into! Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein received leaked information from a source that was nicknamed “Deep Throat”. Woodward and Bernstein assisted in the resignation of Nixon. Nixon resigned from office on August 9, 1974, after taped recordings that he had ordered made then to be destroyed (but never were), and then tried to hide from and deny to investigators, were made public.
How it affected Government:
Watergate was the cause of new laws leading to major changes in campaign financing. After the Watergate incident, many people became cynical and pessimistic about the government and remains so even today. It changed journalism in that the media could keep the identity of informants confidential.