Covering Watergate

1972-1974

Introduction
Investigations
Create Your Own Story Activity
Social Media Editor
Outcomes

Primary Source Interactives

Watergate Investigation Begins

Woodward’s Notes

Woodward and Bernstein on Firing Line

Journalist Duty to Detachment

Public Television Enters the Landscape

Introducing Wall-to-Wall Coverage

Media Literacy and Civic Engagement

Viewers Weigh in on Watergate Coverage

Senate Watergate Hearings

Political Cartoon

Newsroom Diversity

Then and Now

The television series Firing Line, moderated by conservative host William F. Buckley Jr., was a venue for discussion and debate on political, social, and ethical issues of the day from 1966 through 1999.

Introduction Woodward’s Notes William F. Buckley’s Firing Line Watergate Hearings Public Watches Gavel to Gavel Coverage Political Cartoons’ Satirical Side Diverse Perspectives in the Press Create Your Own Story Social Media Editor Outcomes

Directions

Watch the clip from Firing Line featuring Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, which came out during the Senate hearings and four weeks before the “smoking gun” was released. Then respond to the questions in the boxes below.

“Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.; S0144; The Limits of Journalistic Investigation.” July 9, 1974. Permission has been granted for educational purposes only courtesy of Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University American Archive of Public Broadcasting (WGBH and the Library of Congress) via https://youtu.be/OeUwEzqh9kg

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