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Woodward and Bernstein didn't bring down a president in Watergate – but the myth that they did lives on

  • Written by W. Joseph Campbell, Professor of Communication Studies, American University School of Communication
Woodward and Bernstein didn't bring down a president in Watergate – but the myth that they did lives onU.S. President Richard Nixon at a White House lectern reading a farewell speech to his staff following his resignation on Aug. 9, 1974. George Tames/New York Times Co./Getty Images

In their dogged reporting of the Watergate scandal, Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncovered the crimes that forced Richard Nixon to resign...

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