I am not saying I find this article fully
convincing, but I do think it is fascinating to think about how the Watergate
story would be covered today in light of many of the new journalism issues
and tools we discuss on this list. This is just one scenario, and others could
also be imagined, but I thought you might find it interesting.
By the way, to the students on the list I
would suggest that, if you are not up to snuff on the Washington Post's 1972 -
1974 coverage of Watergate that brought down President Nixon, you might do a
little research. Woodward and Bernstein's book "All the President's Men" is a
good place to start. It is now 35 years since the first stories appeared
appearance in The Post.
Prof. Steve Gorelick
FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 2007
Editor & Publisher
How Joe
Strupp sees it: "If Watergate had broken today, chances are someone would
have posted a news story with inaccurate information too early, or the in-depth
reporting needed might have been neglected in favor of quicker, more immediate,
and more broad-interest scoops. That is not to say that the Washington Post,
still among the best daily papers and Web sites in the industry, would not have
been on top of the story. But there is no doubt that online and immediacy
demands of today could have impacted the careful, slow-building and meticulous
coverage."
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