Bob Woodward celebrates his 71st birthday today. Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein were assigned to report on the June 17, 1972, burglary of the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in a Washington, D.C., office building called Watergate. Their work, under editor Benjamin C. Bradlee, became known for being the first to report on a number of political dirty tricks used by the Nixon re-election committee during his campaign for reelection. Their book about the scandal, All the Presidents Men, became a No. 1 bestseller and was later turned into a movie. The 1976 film, starring Robert Redford as Woodward and Dustin Hoffman as Bernstein, transformed the reporters into celebrities and inspired a wave of interest in investigative journalism.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 07:19:45 +0000
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