sometimes life is very strange. i was having breakfast this morning in the restaurant of the hamilton hotel thinking about this event and the anniversary which is today. and i looked up and said to my breakfast partner, that looks like carl bernstein and she said it is. and i said who s that guy next to him? it was bob woodward. so that is the way the day started out. i thought that was auspicious. i will get to questions. this is actually a very interesting great panel that we have. i will just mention that we do have an opportunity for audience questions. and that will happen at about a quarter to six. so that we wrap up by 6:00. and i would urge you there will be a microphone. if you raise your hand somebody will get you the mic and you can fire away. some of my colleagues from the washington post are here. so, i know that we will have some heavy-duty journalism happening. so, william golson of the working institution told my colleague dan both recently that we ve been l
welcome to the washington post for this event. years ago today, breaking someplace at the democratic national committee headquarters in the water. it s two miles from here. white house press secretary at the time referred to the incident as nothing more than quote a great burglary. that may have been out history would have recorded it but for the recording of two men about to hit the state. former publisher of the washington post phil gramm once said journalism is the first rough draft of history. bob woodward and carl bernstein wrote their first draft of the story and their second and under the guidance of legendary editor brett ben bradley who sadly is not with us today the support of publisher katharine graham whose son don is with us exposed a tale of corruption at the highest levels of government. some quality of their work changed journalism politics. recognition from around the world and led the washington post to be honored with a pulitzer prize or public service but
bob woodward and carl bernstein wrote their first draft of the story and their second and under the guidance of legendary editor brett ben bradley who sadly is not with us today the support of publisher katharine graham whose son don is with us exposed a tale of corruption at the highest levels of government. some quality of their work changed journalism politics. recognition from around the world and led the washington post to be honored with a pulitzer prize or public service but the significance of their work extends beyond committee accolades. through their relentless painstaking efforts to bring the truth about the nixon administration to life bob and carl epitomized the founding fathers vision ofthe free press . there could be no such thing as self-governance the founders understood if there were no independent scrutiny of government officials and no way for the americans all those powers to account. and is precisely what the watergate story was about. men in power who
post for this event. years ago today, breaking someplace at the democratic national committee headquarters in the water. it s two miles from here. white house press secretary at the time referred to the incident as nothing more than quote a great burglary. that may have been out history would have recorded it but for the recording of two men about to hit the state. former publisher of the washington post phil gramm once said journalism is the first rough draft of history. bob woodward and carl bernstein wrote their first draft of the story and their second and under the guidance of legendary editor brett ben bradley who sadly is not with us today the support of publisher katharine graham whose son don is with us exposed a tale of corruption at the highest levels of government. some quality of their work changed journalism politics. recognition from around the world and led the washington post to be honored with a pulitzer prize or public service but the significance of their
welcome to the washington post for this event. years ago today, breaking someplace at the democratic national committee headquarters in the water. it s two miles from here. white house press secretary at the time referred to the incident as nothing more than quote a great burglary. that may have been out history would have recorded it but for the recording of two men about to hit the state. former publisher of the washington post phil gramm once said journalism is the first rough draft of history. bob woodward and carl bernstein wrote their first draft of the story and their second and under the guidance of legendary editor brett ben bradley who sadly is not with us today the support of publisher katharine graham whose son don is with us exposed a tale of corruption at the highest levels of government. some quality of their work changed journalism politics. recognition from around the world and led the washington post to be honored with a pulitzer prize or public service but