there have been two names that stood apart and stood above any others in journalism. bob woodward and carl bernstein were the reporters at the heart of the watergate scandal, and the subsequent fall of president nixon. therefore, i shall resign the presidency, - effective at noon tomorrow. their investigation into the break in at democratic offices has become the stuff of legend. it saw them immortalised by hollywood and set the standard for journalism for decades to come. at one point, i suddenly wondered how high up this thing goes, and her paranoia finally got to me. i thought what we had was so hot that, any minute, cbs or nbc would come in through the windows to take the story away. you re both paranoid. today, in the age of biden and trump, the echoes of history are strong. but in a country where the first amendment protects freedom of speech, fake news and disinformation are rife and the quest for truth has never been more challenging. so, it is the perfect moment to talk to
describes the planned assault as an historic opportunity . now on bbc news: amol rajan interviews: watergate to trump. in every trade, there are certain names that are held up as the gold standard. when i started out in newspapers in fact, for most of the past 50 years there have been two names that stood apart and stood above any others injournalism. bob woodward and carl bernstein were the reporters at the heart of the watergate scandal, and the subsequent fall of president nixon. therefore, i shall- resign the presidency, effective at noon tomorrow. their investigation into the break in at democratic offices has become the stuff of legend. it saw them immortalised by hollywood and set the standard forjournalism for decades to come. at one point, i suddenly wondered how high up this thing goes,