The Latest Breaking News from Watergate

Behind every great political scandal, there are players whose stories get shoved to the side by the first, second and even third drafts of history.

Fifty years ago, the national networks CBS, ABC and NBC dominated television screens in America and were the primary way voters obtained information: Each network, along with newspapers and radio, told its audience facts first, and all agreed on what the facts were. That meant Americans had a shared understanding…

The events of the infamous Watergale scandal took place during and after the 1972 US presidential election

Julia Roberts is fantastic as ‘mouth of the south’ Martha Mitchell in this prestige bit of TV – and she knows it