They worked every angle of the story of the break-in at the headquarters of the Democratic Party in the Watergate Hotel. They published nothing until it could be substantiated. We knew that what we read was the truth, and that was why the president was forced to resign. It was another death of another presidency, less violent in action but nonetheless as earthshattering. Presidents are murdered.
Presidents commit political suicide.
Presidents are not perfect. Children watched the news to see the end of the presidency of Richard Nixon, without the gore of Kennedy's departure. But what the children are seeing now is a total disregard for the office of the presidency. A president being shot dead in front of hundreds is a fact. But the media has sunk today to the level of Jerry Springer and the National Enquirer - sensationalism.