Caleb's Cranium: Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein

Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein were two journalists from the Washington Post who were assigned to investigate a break-in of a building known as Watergate. Watergate was the headquarters for the Democratic National Committee in Washington, D.C. They later discovered that Nixon's re-election committee had bugged the opposing party's hotels and whatnot. This was the start to one of the biggest newspaper stories ever written.

Woodward and Bernstein researched the whole incident, trying to find anything about the burglars. They discovered that the 5 people that broke in to the building were arrested for burglary. It was later found out that one of the burglars had a $25,000 check was found in the account of one of the burglars. The check was marked as being for the Nixon re-election committee. The $25,000 wasn't the only amount of money they had received. They had been getting money for the past couple months, paying for their travel expenses, living expenses, etc. .

The two reporters spent hours and hours going around town trying to interview the people on the list for the Nixon re-election committee. Most people did not want to talk to them, for fear of getting caught. However, some people gave them valuable information. One unknown source of information, known as Deep Throat gave Bob Woodward valuable information that encouraged them to keep writing their story. Without the interviews, they probably would have never had enough faith and information to publish their story.

Some people feel that Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein discovered the largest scandal in history. The whole story of the Watergate scandal was made in to a #1 selling book and later became a movie called "All the Kings Men." This whole story goes to show that a good journalist spends much time doing research. You never know when the story you are writing could become the best story of your life.