that may have been how history would have recorded it but for the reporting of two men who are about to take the stage. a former publisher of the washington post, phil graham, once said that journalism is the first rough draft of history. bob woodward and carl bernstein wrote their first draft of this story and then a second. under the guidance of legendary editor ben bradley, whose wife sally is here with us today, and the support of the publisher catherine graham, whose son don is here with us today, they exposed a tale of cover-up, corruption at the highest levels of government. the totality of their work changed journalism and politics, earned recognition from around the world, and left the washington post be honored with the pulitzer prize for public service. the significance of their work extends well beyond hollywood tributes and priced committee accolades. through their relentless, painstaking efforts to bring the truth about the nixon administration to light, bob and
third rate burglary. that may have been how history would have recorded it but for the reporting of two men who are about to take the stage. a former publisher of the washington post, phil graham, once said that journalism is the first rough draft of history. bob woodward and carl bernstein wrote their first draft of this story and then a second. under the guidance of legendary editor ben bradley, whose wife sally is here with us today, and the support of the publisher catherine graham, whose son don is here with us today, they exposed a tale of cover-up, corruption at the highest levels of government. the totality of their work changed journalism and politics, earned recognition from around the world, and left the washington post be honored with the pulitzer prize for public service. the significance of their work extends well beyond hollywood tributes and priced committee accolades. through their relentless, painstaking efforts to bring the truth about the nixon administrat
watergate dent americans trust in government? guest: this is a long-standing question pollsters have asked for more than half a century. it basically says how often do you trust the government to do the right thing, some time, all of the time, very little, or not at all? there is a wonderful graphic, for those who can go to the pew research center and enter in trust in government. there is a wonderful graphic that tracks from the late eisenhower period two today with the understanding of government trust is host: i will put that graphic on screen for viewers as you talk. guest: great, thank you. what you can see is, in the late 1950 s and early 1960 s, the majority of americans, and it did not matter which party they were affiliated with the majority of americans had a great deal of trust in government. we saw that begin to go down during vietnam. obviously, very divisive period in the late 1960 s in the united states, and we saw trust in government begin to erode. wit
c-span, your unfiltered view of government. the 1972 watergate break-in have been 15 years ago today. and washington post and explain in a recent column he joins us now. via zoom to discuss those legacies. and i want to start with an issue that color often brings up on this program. the idea of trust in government. how do we measure trust in government? and how badly did watergate dent americans trust in government? guest: this is a long-standing question pollsters have asked for more than half a century. it basically says how often do you trust the government to do the right thing, some time, all of the time, very little, or not at all? there is a wonderful graphic, for those who can go to the pew research center and enter in trust in government. there is a wonderful graphic that tracks from the late eisenhower period two today with the understanding of government trust is host: i will put that graphic on screen for viewers as you talk. guest: great, thank you. what y
Changed the United States. Barack obama 2004 speech at the Democrat National convention. It was a keynote address. He was a state senator at the time. Now pause and ask yourself, do i know the name of my state senator . I had to check to make sure i had the i did remember the name of my he so unknown at that the Major Networks didnt the speech live but as he gave the speech and well see that in a few minutes he gets the attention of the audience and the nation begins to change obama himself admitted that he was virtually unknown. Obama said nobody knew who i was. I after he gave the speech, he was a immediately being touted as a potential president. The United States. Mike thomas wrote that he had wowed faithful the country as a beacon of, hope and a future president ial candidate. It writing in the washington post, dan balz and Haynes Johnson said in just 20 minutes, its really 17. Albom as political career had changed the reaction. The speech was over overwhelming. After he gave the