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Watergate Coverage

Ken Smith reports on the impact journalism had on Watergate and the parallels to the current Jan. 6 select committee hearings.


WE'LL CERTAINLY BE FOLLOWING THAT CLOSELY. AGAIN, THAT STARTS AT 8 O'CLOCK. MEANWHILE, THIS YEAR MARKS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WATERGATE BREAK-IN THAT LED TO THE DOWNFALL OF PRESIDENT NIXON. THAT SCANDAL WAS WELL DOCUMENTED BY 2 WASHINGTON POST JOURNALIST BOB WOODWARD AND CARL BERNSTEIN WRAL'S KEN SMITH REPORTS ON THE IMPACT WATERGATE HAD ON JOURNALISM AND THE PARALLELS TO THE CURRENT JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS. >> WHEN THE GAVEL CAME DOWN IN THE U.S. SENATE WATERGATE COMMITTEE HEARINGS IN 1973, IT WAS THE CULMINATION OF WHAT IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE GREATEST ACT OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN U.S. HISTORY. >> YES, MORNING GATE IS AN EXAMPLE OF GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION. UNC JOURNALISM, PROFESSOR EMERITUS IN FULL, THE AND FARRELL GEAR. LEE SAYS. >> THE WORK OF BOB WOODWARD AND CARL BERNSTEIN CHANGE THE NEWSGATHERING BUSINESS. YOUNG REPORTERS WERE MUCH MORE. >> WILLING AND AND EAGER TO SCRUTINIZE THE GOVERNMENT TO HOLD POWER FOR PEOPLE TO ACCOUNT. >> GUILLORY SAYS, THOUGH, THAT ACCOUNTABILITY DIDN'T JUST HAPPEN IN THE WASHINGTON POST NEWSROOM OR NETWORK TELEVISION. I WAS AWARE OF LISTENING DEVICES. HE SAYS IT TOOK CONGRESS, THE FBI AND THE COURTS ALSO DOING THEIR JOB TO HELP CONNECT THE DOTS. WHO KNEW? >> THAT 50 YEARS LATER. SO SOME OF THE PHRASES, SOME OF THE LANGUAGE, SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES, SOME OF THE ISSUES. >> WOULD IT BE >> HEART OF OUR PUBLIC DISCOURSE OR CLARK IS WITH THE POYNTER INSTITUTE THAT SPECIALIZES IN JOURNALISM TRAINING AND EDUCATION. HE POINTS TO THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE WATERGATE PROCEEDINGS AND THE JANUARY 6 SELECT COMMITTEE HEARINGS BEGIN TO KIND OF HEAR THE ECHOES. >> THOSE OF US WHO ARE ALL IN THE BOOK. WHAT THE PRESIDENT KNOW AND WHEN DID HE KNOW? >> ON LIKE 50 YEARS AGO, THE BUSINESS OF NEWS GATHERING. HE'S CHANGED FEWER RESOURCES, MORE AVENUES FOR INFORMATION AND A CONCERTED CAMPAIGN TO DISPARAGE THE PRESS. BUT JOURNALISTS AND SCHOLARS ALIKE REMAIN HOPEFUL. WHAT ROLE AND WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO? TO MAKE SURE THAT? WE COMBAT THAT DIS-INFORMATION. ALL ALL OF US JOURNALISTS HAVE TO. >> TELL THE TRUTH. AS BEST WE CAN DISCOVER IT. THAT JOURNALISM INVOLVES THE DAY-TO-DAY OF PURSUIT OF TRUTH. I SEEN MANY, MANY >> INDIVIDUALS. I SEE MANY INSTITUTIONS. >> THAT. ARE DETERMINED. >> THIS STAND UP AGAINST EFFORTS TO UNDERCUT DEMOCRATIC WHITE. >> 50 YEARS LATER, THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE WATERGATE COVERAGE CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE JOURNALISM TODAY. KEN SMITH, WRAL NEWS. >> IT IS HARDER THAN EVER TO COME BACK THIS INFORMATION. THEY WEREN'T UP AGAINST SOCIAL MEDIA AS WE ARE. WELL, THE SENATE WATERGATE COMMITTEE WAS CHAIRED BY NORTH CAROLINA. SENATOR SAM ERVIN, AGAIN, TONIGHTS JANUARY 6TH HEARING

The Watergate scandal and journalism: 50 years later 

Ken Smith reports on the impact journalism had on Watergate and the parallels to the current Jan. 6 select committee hearings.



Watergate scandal 50 years ago impacts coverage of Jan. 6 riot 

The Watergate Hearings, 50 Years Ago: Truth Was Not Up for Debate

Wednesday, June 29, 2022 -- Fifty years ago a politician from Western North Carolina stood up for the rule of law.  Today we learn how another Western North Carolina politician sullied the state's image as he aided and abetted an effort to overthrow a legitimate election and trample on the Constitution.

Editorial: 50 years ago an NC politician stood up. Now another takes the low road 

Sen. Sam Ervin

Former North Carolina Attorney General and Secretary of State Rufus Edmisten was the Watergate Committee's deputy chief counsel.

ENJOY THESE PARKS BOOKING FOR THE TRIP WILL START LATER THIS MONTH. WOW. >> THIS YEAR MARKS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF ONE OF THE BIGGEST POLITICAL SCANDALS IN U.S. HISTORY. WATERGATE, WHAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW IS FORMER NORTH CAROLINA ATTORNEY GENERAL AND SECRETARY OF STATE RUFUS EDMISTEN PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN THOSE HEARINGS ONLY ON WRAL MIKAYA THURMOND SPOKE WITH A POLITICIAN ABOUT THE PIVOTAL MOMENT IN HISTORY. >> THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THE BREAK-IN PEOPLE. IT WAS NEWS. NO ONE COULD BELIEVE 5 WELL-DRESSED MEN BURGLARIZING THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE HEADQUARTERS JOURNALIST CITING UNNAMED SOURCES REPORTED THE PRESIDENT WAS IN ON IT. IT BECAME CLEAR THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING MORE BECAUSE >> WHENEVER DID YOU HAVE BURGLARS WEARING SUITS AND TIES WITH THE BRAKE AND AS IT BECAME CLEAR THAT IT WAS A NATIONAL ISSUE. THAT'S WHEN THE SENATE WATERGATE COMMITTEE WAS. >> WAS FORMED. RUFUS EDMISTEN WAS AWARDED A COMMITTEE'S DEPUTY CHIEF COUNSEL WHEN THE PLAN WAS UNCOVERED. ITS FIRST GOAL WAS TO GET THE TAPES AND DOCUMENT. THE PRESIDENT REFUSED TO TURN OVER THAT. THEY DECIDED THEY WERE GOING TO SOMETHING THEY'VE NEVER DONE IN HISTORY. >> THEY VOTED TO SUBPOENA PRESIDENT FROM A COMMITTEE OF THE CONGRESS. AND I DECIDED, WELL, SOMEBODY HAS GOT TO DELIVER THAT SUBPOENA. >> I'LL JUST DO IT MYSELF WITH THAT SUBPOENA. NIXON HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO TURN OVER THE TAPES, BOOKS AND RECORDS. IT LED TO ONE OF THE BIGGEST HEARINGS IN AMERICAN HISTORY. THE COUNTRY WAS SATURATED WITH WATER, GAVE LIVE HEARINGS. GAVEL TO GAVEL EVERY DAY. PEOPLE LINED THE STREETS TO GET IT. THAT'S ON CONSTITUTION AVENUE. WE HAVE ROBERT REDFORD ONE TIME. >> WE HAD A BARBRA STREISAND. ONE TIME. >> IN THE END, 40 GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WERE INDICTED OR JAILED NIXON RESIGNED FROM OFFICE 50 YEARS LATER. EDMISTEN SAYS ONE QUESTION REMAINS ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT WATERGATE THAT WAS SO STRANGE TO ME. HOW COULD ALL THESE PEOPLE ALL SUCH? PRIVILEGE AND POWER AND EDUCATION. DO SUCH STUPID THINGS. BUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TRIAL STILL STANDS THE WHOLE WATERGATE AFFAIR. SHOULD A NEW FEELING THAT YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP THE THE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT IN BALANCE. IT'S A BALANCE MISTON SET INTO MOTION ON JULY 23RD BY SERVING THIS DOCUMENT THAT SHAPED AMERICAN HISTORY.

NC attorney remembers subpoenaing President Nixon during Watergate scandal

Watergate 50 years later: NC attorney remembers subpoenaing President Nixon

Former North Carolina Attorney General and Secretary of State Rufus Edmisten played a critical role in those hearings. Edmisten was the Watergate Committee's deputy chief counsel.