The Media Legacy of Watergate

WASHINGTON - JULY 17: Bob Woodward (R) and Carl Bernstein (L) speak on NBC's 'Meet the Press' July 17, 2005 during a taping at the NBC studios in Washington, DC. Woodward and Bernstein talked about Watergate and Woodward's new book on the story of Deep Throat. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images for Meet the Press

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On June 17, it had been 50 years since operatives connected to President Richard Nixon’s Committee to Re-Elect the President (also known as CREEP) were arrested trying to plant surveillance equipment at the Democratic National Committee’s headquarters in the Watergate building in Washington.