THESIS:
By questioning the actions of the government and exposing the Watergate Scandal in 1972, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein demonstrated to the people of America the importance of taking a stand for the truth, the public’s capability to hold powerful individuals accountable, and as a result changed America’s attitude towards investigative journalism.
By questioning the actions of the government and exposing the Watergate Scandal in 1972, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein demonstrated to the people of America the importance of taking a stand for the truth, the public’s capability to hold powerful individuals accountable, and as a result changed America’s attitude towards investigative journalism.
"Watergate provides a model case study of the interaction and powers of each of the branches of government. It also is a morality play with a sad and dramatic ending." - Bob Woodward [2]
Footnotes:
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- "Watergate: 25 Years Later," Washington Post, June 17, 1997, [Page #], accessed February 6, 2017, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006/10/18/DI2006101801349.html.
- Indianapolis Public Library, "40th Annual McFadden Memorial Lecture," The Indianapolis Public Library, last modified March 11, 2011, accessed February 5, 2017, http://www.indypl.org/mcfadden/woodward/.
- Kiyanag, "Watergate," emaze, accessed February 5, 2017, https://www.emaze.com/@AZCQICQI/Watergate.
- Richard O. Jones, "Journalist Carl Bernstein Speaks for Wilks Lecture, October 14," Hey! Hamilton!, September 12, 2014, accessed February 5, 2017, https://heyhamilton.com/tag/carl-bernstein/.
- Academy of Achievement, "Benjamin C. Bradlee," Academy of Achievement, last modified January 4, 2017, accessed February 5, 2017, http://www.achievement.org/achiever/benjamin-c-bradlee/#interview.
- Max Holland, "The Myth of Bob Woodward: Why Is This Man an American Icon?," Newsweek, March 11, 2013, accessed February 5, 2017, http://www.newsweek.com/myth-bob-woodward-why-man-american-icon-62801.
