Watergate Scandal

(Genovese 1999 . All the resources expended in the investigations could not answer why a thinking person would get involved in such a ridiculous break-in (Kick , 2003 . A Presidential election filters out average people . Though ideological polarization is inevitable , no one can expect a U .S President to be a person without mature judgment and insights . Yet , the pettiness and futility of the Watergate break-in remains inexplicable The cover up component aggravated but was separate from the specifics of the break-in (Genovese , 1999 . Watergate in hindsight could have been contained by simple but

timely admission of error in judgment

The divisiveness over the Vietnam War may have influenced desperate cover-ups by Nixon , which culminated in Watergate (Genovese , 1999 . This angle warns us that people who occupy high places in governance may fall prey to deviousness in to hide from public view , simple mistakes and inevitable consequences , which may confront them

Watergate is a classic example of the fact that Presidents and the media are inevitably at loggerheads , because the media reveals things which Presidents wish to hide (Genovese , 1999 . The media restricts and counters Presidential powers . Watergate was certainly an extreme matter but it is far from an exception in terms of the essential structure of a working democracy . The resignation of President Nixon was in this unpleasant way , a striking example of the merits of representative powers of citizens and the watchdog role of a free media

Watergate also represents the insatiable and irrepressible urge of powerful people to collate intelligence about their adversaries , to use all means to further sectarian objectives , and to fall prey to the temptations of abusing the resources commanded by the offices and positions they occupy

The Originating Version

The Washington Post , which originally held center-stage in bringing Watergate to the public mind , has been...