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This 4 page paper discusses Watergate, the way the media reported it, public opinion about it and Nixon’s resignation. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. The Watergate Scandal Research Compiled
by K. Von Huben 9/2010 Please Introduction There have been a number of "Gates" in American politics; the word is used
to indicate a political scandal, such as Travelgate, when the Clinton White House fired a number of workers from its Travel Office, triggering an investigation. But the term started with
the now-famous Watergate scandal, named after the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. This paper considers the Watergate scandal, the media coverage of the scandal, public opinion of Nixons involvement and
Nixons resignation. Discussion The Watergate scandal broke in June, 1972; on the 16th of that month a security guard at the hotel found a piece of tape on the
door lock to the National Democratic Headquarters (Watergate scandal summary). The break-in, by a group of men disguised as plumbers, was an attempt by Nixon supporters "to tarnish the reputation
of Democratic candidates and the Democratic Party" (Watergate scandal summary). Democratic candidates for office were harassed, subjected to intense negative advertising campaigns, and the Headquarters was broken into on two
separate occasions (Watergate scandal summary). Among other things, the offices had lists of donors and contributors to the various Democratic candidates, and individual citizens might have been the target of
Republican strong-arm tactics if those names became known. As is now known, President Nixon ordered the entire Watergate break-in covered up, but what at first seemed like a minor "blip"
on the radar screen seemed to take on a life of its own. Two crusading reporters, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein of the Washington Post, began to try and find
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