How Did The Watergate Scandal
June 17, 1972. That date marked the beginning of the decline of public’s trust in the government. Five men were arrested in the Watergate Hotel in Washington DC for attempting to bug the Democratic National Committee’s offices there. One of these operatives admitted to previous employment by the CIA, which immediately drew the government and government offices into public suspicion. To learn that the people who were supposed to be in control of the government may participate in sabotage within the country caused the public to fall into panicked distrust. The government was supposed to protect rights and liberties, but it seemed to be doing the opposite. News providers began to try to report on the happenings there but found it difficult
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The investigations into the scandal revealed unsettling information that important members of Nixon’s administration were involved, hinting at the potential that the Presidency itself might be corrupt. This suspicion was only strengthened when the Committee to Reelect the President (CREEP) was found to have orchestrated the break in. As President at the time, Nixon had even more suspicion directed towards him as he had been reelected just before this scandal took place. This has been attributed to CREEP members having engaged in illegal activities, some of which resembled Watergate. 8, 9, …show more content…
After the scandal and Nixon’s resignation, Watergate became the standard used to [rate] scandals. The stigma of Watergate was so strong that the suffix “gate” had been added to the names of many other scandals, “Irangate,” “Travelgate,” “Motorgate,” [etc], to reference the [scandalous] impact each had. The standard set by Watergate . Some hypothesized how the presidency might have gone for Nixon had there been no Watergate scandal. If Nixon had gotten the chance, he might have had a successful presidency in foreign affairs. Books and movies spawned after the scandal, such as All the Presidents Men. It detailed the confusion and thirst for the truth, highlighting the reporters point of view and letting the audience see what happened. Additionally, 4, 11, 12,
The investigations into the scandal revealed unsettling information that important members of Nixon’s administration were involved, hinting at the potential that the Presidency itself might be corrupt. This suspicion was only strengthened when the Committee to Reelect the President (CREEP) was found to have orchestrated the break in. As President at the time, Nixon had even more suspicion directed towards him as he had been reelected just before this scandal took place. This has been attributed to CREEP members having engaged in illegal activities, some of which resembled Watergate. 8, 9, …show more content…
After the scandal and Nixon’s resignation, Watergate became the standard used to [rate] scandals. The stigma of Watergate was so strong that the suffix “gate” had been added to the names of many other scandals, “Irangate,” “Travelgate,” “Motorgate,” [etc], to reference the [scandalous] impact each had. The standard set by Watergate . Some hypothesized how the presidency might have gone for Nixon had there been no Watergate scandal. If Nixon had gotten the chance, he might have had a successful presidency in foreign affairs. Books and movies spawned after the scandal, such as All the Presidents Men. It detailed the confusion and thirst for the truth, highlighting the reporters point of view and letting the audience see what happened. Additionally, 4, 11, 12,