Historical Accuracies And Inaccuracies At The Watergate Hotel

After a break in at the Watergate Hotel, two journalist names Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward were assigned to take the story and find out what really happened. Throughout this paper I will give a summary, talk about historical accuracies and inaccuracies, and also include the social/political impact form the film. In the film the White House aide told Bob that Howard Hunt was investigating Senator Kennedy. Carl Bernstein had a conversation with the white house librarian about books that Howard Hunt took out on Senator Kennedy. Shortly after that, she denied knowing a Howard Hunt. Both Washington post journalist went the white house to look at the white house request card-files on Howard Hunt. After going through all of the cards and not finding
After Bernstein appointment being canceled and being ignored all day; he made his own way to see Mr. Dardis by tricking the woman at the front desk. After going through the checks, Bernstein found a check from the Midwest finance chairman for twenty-five thousand dollars that was given to the burglars. The person who signed off the check was Kenneth Dahlberg. Woodward called Mr. Dahlberg he was displeased with the conversation, but he stated that he gave the check to Maurice Stans. The reporter shortly found out that the people who were donating the checks, did not know what the CREEP was doing with the money. Both Woodward and Bernstein found there were illegal slush funds with hundreds of thousands of dollars of unaccountable cash. After Carl had visited Hugh Sloan bookkeeper, she stated that in a two-day period the CREEP received six million dollars in cash. The journalist met with Hugh Sloan and he told them that the white house signs off on all CREEP activities. The journalist then looked into Segretti he stated the he was offered the job and he was being paid to travel the country to sabotage democratic campaigns. Bernstein connected Haldeman, Nixon aid to the slush