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The Washington Post's investigation of the June 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee's Watergate offices, carried forward chiefly by reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein under editor Barry Sussman, became a defining case for American investigative journalism. Sustained coverage through 1973 and 1974 traced the burglary to the Nixon White House and helped expose the cover-up that led to Richard Nixon's resignation, though Woodward himself has called the popular myth that the two reporters single-handedly brought down a president absurd.
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Milestone Year1972 marks the break-in and the start of the Post's coverage; the investigation and its consequences continued into 1974. WhenBreak-in 17 June 1972; Washington Post coverage, led by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein under editor Barry Sussman, continued through Nixon's resignation in August 1974. 1 LocationWashington, D.C., United States 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Wikimedia FoundationBob Woodward, quoted in Legacy sectionQuote, Bob Woodward, quoted in Legacy section
the mythologizing of our role in Watergate has gone to the point of absurdity, where journalists write ... that I, single-handedly, brought down Richard Nixon. Totally absurd.
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Wikimedia FoundationThe New York Times, describing Mark Felt, quoted in Deep Throat sectionQuote, The New York Times, describing Mark Felt, quoted in Deep Throat section
The most famous anonymous source in American history
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