{"id":6271,"date":"2020-05-15T09:51:53","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T13:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/?p=6271"},"modified":"2025-08-24T10:39:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T14:39:36","slug":"following-the-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/2020\/05\/15\/following-the-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Following the Money"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Scene from All the President’s Men.<\/p><\/div>\n

In the early 1970s, things were different. Computers were just getting started, and what was fashionable seems unusual to us now. The 1970s also witnessed an important event that helped change journalism for the better. The Watergate Scandal was an event that disrupted many lives, but it also helped journalism in the long run. With all the surrounding \u201cfake news\u201d in today\u2019s news, it is hard to tell fact from fiction. We can learn many lessons from Watergate.<\/p>\n

Former FBI and CIA agents had broken into offices of the Democratic National Committee. That was something Richard Nixon was involved in and helped to cover up. Nixon resigned during his second term as president. He preferred not to be impeached and charged with the crimes. One lesson to take from this is not to trust everything the government says or does. You never know what it could be hiding.<\/p>\n

The risks that Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, the two reporters from the Washington Post who uncovered the Watergate Scandal, took have some wondering how these men were not killed. \u201cMitchell started the cover-up early; everyone is involved in the cover- up, all the way to the top. The whole U.S. intelligence community is mixed in with the covert activities,\u201d Robert Redford, who played Woodward, said in the film. \u201cThe extent of it is incredible. And people’s lives are in danger, maybe including ours.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bernstein and Woodward would not have been able to do this feat alone. Woodward received information from a secret informant who went by the name of Deep Throat. He told Woodward to \u201cFollow the money,\u201d which led them to uncover more than just a robbery attempt.<\/p>\n

It might have been hard to believe the Watergate Scandal when it came to light. \u201cNot that there\u2019s a lot riding on this. Only the First Amendment and Freedom of the Press and maybe the future of our democracy,\u201d Ben Bradlee, executive editor of the Post, said in the movie \u201cAll the President\u2019s Men.\u201d If it were not for the work of Bernstein and Woodward, the Nixon administration might have been able to get away with the crimes.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the President\u2019s Men\u201d is a must watch for not only journalists, but for everyone because it shows an important part of U.S history. It gives a behind-the-scenes look at writing for the Washington Post. With the suspense of their search for the evidence they need, Bernstein and Woodward, with the help of Deep Throat, \u201cfollow the money.\u201d They uncovered one of the biggest scandals in U.S history.<\/p>\n

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