All of the President's Men

"All of the President's Men," begins on June 17 1972 when five burglars break into the Democratic National Headquarters, which was located at the Watergate Hotel. Most of the Newspapers disregarded the story as just another break in, but two reporters for the Washington post stuck with the story till the end. Carl Bernstien and Bob Woodward realized that this break in was somehow involved in the upcoming election but they did not know how. Their first move was to follow where the money for the break in came from. The money led them to a safe full of money that was to go to the Re-election of President Nixon. This money came from the committee to re-elect the president. Woodward and Bernstien found out that CRP was performing illegal activities to re-elect the president and high white house officials were involved in the planning of there activities.

The framing of American culture by the media was portrayed very well in this movie. It shows how everyone in the U.S. trusted and supported their elected officials and very rarely doubted them. It also portrays how political figures can get away with sabotaging a national election and get any with it without having criminal charges filed against them. The novel also portrays how people can lie to the American people and get away with it. It also portrays the American political culture as willing to do anything to win. It also shows political figures dedication to the president by doing anything to protect his reputation even going as far as to take the blame for a crime they had nothing to do with. Woodward and Bernstien accurately portray American culture at the height of the Watergate scandal.