Assignment Overview Individual Project The Post-Watergate Era Wed, 4/26/17 Numeric 250 0 2-3 pages View objectives for this assignment Go To: Assignment Details Scenario Learning Materials Reading Assignment My Work: Online Deliverables:   Submissions Looking for tutoring?  Go to Smarthinking Collapse All |   Expand All Assignment Details Assignment Description There’s an old adage that says that history is always written by the winners. Although this is not always the case, it is true that people's sense of historical events is often influenced by the viewpoints of the historians who write about them. During the Watergate scandal in 1974, many policy pundits wrote columns demanding that President Richard Nixon resign from the presidency because he was, in their view, clearly culpable for the Watergate break-ins. Not all pundits felt this way, however. Click  here  and  here  to read articles that offer differing views of President Nixon at the height of the Watergate scandal. Complete the following for this assignment: Step 1:  Summarize the arguments made in each of the two articles regarding the conduct of President Nixon. How might each of the author’s views impact the reader’s understanding of the Watergate crisis?  Step 2:  Describe how the Watergate events changed American views toward politics and politicians. In your view, how did these events change the press coverage of politicians?  Step 3:  Speculate about how the Watergate event coverage might have been different (better or worse) in the age of social media and smartphones. Would it have lasted as long? Why or why not? Are these innovations in technology helpful or harmful to the way that people understand current events? At least 2 credible sources are required for this assignment. Your sources should be cited using APA format; both in-text citations and references. Please use the CTU Undergraduate Writing Style Guide for assistance on APA formatting. References Burch, D. (1974, May 14).  In defense of Richard Nixon . Retrieved from The Harvard Crimson Web site: http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1974/5/14/in-defense-of-richard-nixon-pithe/ The Washington Post. (1973, May 1).  Editorial: Watergate: The unfinished business . Retrieved from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/articles/050173-2.htm .

1. Assignment Overview
Individual Project
The Post-Watergate Era
Wed, 4/26/17
Numeric
250
0
2-3 pages
View objectives for this assignment
Go To:
Assignment Details
Scenario
Learning Materials
Reading Assignment
My Work:
Online Deliverables:
Submissions
Looking for tutoring?
Go to Smarthinking
Collapse All |
Expand All
Assignment Details
Assignment Description
There’s an old adage that says that history is always written by
the winners. Although this is not always the case, it is true that
people's sense of historical events is often influenced by the
viewpoints of the historians who write about them.

2. During the Watergate scandal in 1974, many policy pundits
wrote columns demanding that President Richard Nixon resign
from the presidency because he was, in their view, clearly
culpable for the Watergate break-ins. Not all pundits felt this
way, however. Click
here
and
here
to read articles that offer differing views of President Nixon at
the height of the Watergate scandal.
Complete the following for this assignment:
Step 1:
Summarize the arguments made in each of the two articles
regarding the conduct of President Nixon. How might each of
the author’s views impact the reader’s understanding of the
Watergate crisis?
Step 2:
Describe how the Watergate events changed American views
toward politics and politicians. In your view, how did these
events change the press coverage of politicians?
Step 3:
Speculate about how the Watergate event coverage might have
been different (better or worse) in the age of social media and
smartphones. Would it have lasted as long? Why or why not?
Are these innovations in technology helpful or harmful to the
way that people understand current events?
At least 2 credible sources are required for this assignment.
Your sources should be cited using APA format; both in-text
citations and references. Please use the CTU Undergraduate
Writing Style Guide for assistance on APA formatting.
References
Burch, D. (1974, May 14).
In defense of Richard Nixon
. Retrieved from The Harvard Crimson Web site:
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1974/5/14/in-defense-of-
richard-nixon-pithe/

3. The Washington Post. (1973, May 1).
Editorial: Watergate: The unfinished business
. Retrieved from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
srv/national/longterm/watergate/articles/050173-2.htm