This analysis of the news media coverage will focus on the Watergate affair which originally began on June 17, 1972 with the break-in of the Democratic National Committee Headquarters at the prestigious Watergate office complex in Washington D.C.. I will primarily concentrate on the negative impact that media coverage had to the publics eye. This media coverage, although justified and appropriate for the situation, ultimately destroyed the credibility of Nixon's administration and the ability to run …showed first 75 words of 1261 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1261 total…charged or tried for any crimes, Richard Nixon still remains one of the most notorious Presidents of our time not because of the good he did like withdrawal from Vet Am and passing of the Equal Rights Amendment, but for the negative connotation still adherent to his profile as a leader. That connotation is one of dishonesty and trickery. As long as the memory of Richard Nixon lives, so too, will his legacy of secrecy.