powerful pieces, right before the election. at first it was called the watergate caper. five men apparently caught in the act of burglarizing and bugging democratic headquarters in washington. because i had covered watergate from the beginning, i was part of helping put the things together. in my time at cbs, i d never seen anything like that. that was explosive. escalating finally into charges of a high-level campaign, a political sabotage and espionage, apparently unparalleled in american history. elevating the issue for the public to understand better what was really happening. and in fact bob woodward told me that he thought it was going to turn the election over to george mcgovern. he believed that, those pieces would make that much of a difference. of course, they didn t. they made almost no difference in the vote. this was a day that comes
entertainment programming by news and talk and information programming on all three networks. very slowly. will it be rotten news well, so far most of the news-oriented programs, magazines, information, talk shows on the networks have been surprisingly, at least to me, surprisingly good. the biggest white house scandal in a century broke wide open today. the president s white house legal counsel john dean has been fired. reportedly dean is implicated in efforts to cover up the watergate scandal. watergate is the largest political scandal in american history. five men apparently caught in the act of burglarizing and bugging democratic headquarters in washington. many have tried to dissect the events of watergate. i lived them.
president nixon, who won 49 states. mcgovern carried only massachusetts and the district of columbia for 17 electoral votes. at first, it was called the watergate caper. five men apparently caught in the act of burglarizing and bugging democratic headquarters in washington. but the episode grew steadily more sinister. no longer a caper, but the watergate affair escalating finally into charges of a high level campaign of political sabotage and espionage, apparently unparalleled in american history. the charges center around a man whose very name in italian is secrets. donald segretti. reports in major newspapers say white house aides recruited him for secret intelligence work and dirty tricks against the
president nixon s victory in the election is surely one of the biggest landslides ever. let s look at the popular vote with almost all of it counted. 98% of the precincts reporting, nixon 45 million, mcgovern, 28 million. this adds up to a record breaking 521 electoral votes for president nixon, who won 49 states. mcgovern carried only massachusetts and the district of columbia for 17 electoral votes. at first, it was called the watergate caper. five men apparently caught in the act of burglarizing and bugging democratic headquarters in washington.
the biggest landslides ever. let s look at the popular vote with almost all of it counted. 98% of the precincts reporting, nixon 45 million, mcgovern, 28 million. this adds up to a record breaking 521 electoral votes for president nixon, who won 49 states. mcgovern carried only massachusetts and the district of columbia for 17 electoral votes. at first, it was called the watergate caper. five men apparently caught in the act of burglarizing and bugging democratic headquarters in washington.