Investigative reporters and the impact of the Watergate?

Question

Investigative reporters are bolder today than they were 30-40 yeras ago. How do you think the impact of Watergate has contributed to this boldness?

Do you think investigative reporters are justified in being bold to get information for the public, or do you think they are to aggressive?

Thank you for your points of view =)

Answer 1

That's probably a book and not just an answer here.

Let's put it this way, though -- we had a lot more people in journalism come out of Watergate with something of a change the world mentality. Did it help in some cases? I'm sure it did. Did some go overboard? I'm sure they did.

As usual, the good reporters figure out how to get a story out in the best way possible.