Anglais Myth & Heroes Watergate Scandal
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Notion : Places and Forms of power
The Watergate Scandal in USA
Today I’m going to speak about the notion places and forms of power. But first of all, I would like
to give a definition of the terms. The power is the ability to exercise control or authority over others.
Power affects more than personal relationships, it shapes larger dynamics like social group,
professional organizations, and governments. There can be good or bad types of power. To illustrate
this notion i have chosen to speak about the Watergate scandalin USA and i will answer to this
question : To what extent the watergate scandal influence the American politic system and the press
who represent a counterpower ? First i will speak about this counterpower, secondly about the
respect of the democracy and the freedom of the press in this scandal and finally about the results of
the Watergate scandal.
-The Watergate Scandal happened in the 1970's in America. On June 17th 1972 a break-in at the
Democratic National Committee was reported in the USA by two journalists from the Washington
Post named Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein who worked and investigated on this scandal.
President Nixon was directly accused of covering-up this scandal and also that he organized this
break-in in order to win his political campaign. The investigation was led by the US Supreme Court
which represent the judiciary power. This investigation revealed multiple abuse of power.
-This revelations was made possible thanks to these 2 journalists. and lead to an impeachment
process against President Nixon. It was the first in the USA history and it ended up in the final
resignation of the president Nixon on August 9th 1974 in a declaration of the President Nixon which
he said 'I have never been a quitter but still I have to leave presidency'. Since this event, the press
has been considered as the fourth power who follows checks and balances. Checks and Balances
refers to the system that the US Constitution set up to ensure that no one branch of government
would become too powerful. Thanks to this system, the democracy can run and still the press as the
fourth power.
-After the scandal Americans didn't trust politicians anymore. The following president Gerald Ford
forgave Nixon fault on September 8th 1974. This affaire showed how powerful the Supreme Court is
because it ended up Nixon's presidency. After the Watergate scandal the suffix -gate is often added
by the media to create the name used to designate illegal actions, lies or scandals stifled by a
government authority.
In conclusion we can say that the Watergate was the biggest scandal that happened in USA against
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