
Which newspaper broke the Watergate story?

Shadowy parking garages, cryptic late-night phone calls, the creeping feeling that the most powerful people in the country are watching your every move. "All the President's Men" kept you on the edge of your seat, but if anything, Hollywood downplayed how dramatic the Watergate scandal really was. Which newspaper weathered all of the heat and broke the story?
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Correct Answer: The Washington Post
(Source)Nixon won reelection in a landslide and used his popularity and power to go after the Washington Post's TV broadcast licenses and try to cut off their sources. Most of the press treated the whole investigation like a conspiracy theory, but the Post built the case piece by piece. They connected a burglar to Nixon's reelection committee, traced a $25,000 campaign check to another burglar's bank account, and tied the Attorney General to a secret slush fund. Over 40 Nixon associates went to prison, the paper won a Pulitzer, and Robert Redford played Woodward in the movie. Rough year for everybody except the Post.
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