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Ken W. Clawson
Ken Wade Clawson (August 16, 1936 – December 17, 1999) was an American journalist, best known as a spokesman for U.S. President Richard Nixon at the time of the Watergate scandal. He was promoted from Nixon's deputy director of communications to director in early 1974 as the scandal continued to unfold, and following Nixon's resignation in August 1974, Clawson continued in the same role for three months under President Gerald Ford. Education and early career Clawson was born into a working-class family in Monroe, Michigan. He attended the University of Michigan, but obtained his undergraduate degree from Bowling Green State University. He became a labor reporter for the ''Toledo Blade'' newspaper, and was honored for his work there, winning a Nieman Fellowship to attend Harvard University in 1967. He then joined ''The Washington Post'' as a reporter. White House staff From 1971 until January 1974 Clawson served as the White House deputy director of communications, under Herber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White House Communications Director
The White House communications director or White House director of communications, also known officially as Assistant to the President for Communications, is part of the senior staff of the president of the United States. The officeholder is responsible for developing and promoting the agenda of the president and Media strategy, leading its media campaign. The director, along with their staff, works on major political speeches such as the United States presidential inauguration, inaugural address and the State of the Union Address. The communications director, who is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the president, without the need for United States Senate confirmation, is usually given an office in the West Wing of the White House. History The White House Office of Communications was established by Herb Klein (journalist), Herbert G. Klein in January 1969 during the Richard M. Nixon, Nixon administration. It was separate from the Office of the Press Secretary from 1969 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nieman Fellowship
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University awards multiple types of fellowships. Nieman Fellowships for journalists A Nieman Fellowship is an award given to journalists by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. The fellowship is a transformative learning opportunity open to candidates working in all media in every country around the world. Some two dozen fellowships are awarded annually, half to Americans and half to non-Americans. As part of each class, specialized fellowships are also available: *The Nieman-Berkman Fellowship in Journalism Innovation *The Abrams Nieman Fellowship for Local Investigative Journalism (open to U.S. candidates) *The Knight Visiting Nieman Fellowships Additionally, "during years in which a watchdog journalist or investigative reporter from the United States is selected for a fellowship from the general application pool, the Nieman Foundation may offer the Murrey Marder Fellowship in Watchdog Reporting." The Ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Muskie
Edmund Sixtus Muskie (March 28, 1914March 26, 1996) was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 58th United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter, a United States Senator from Maine from 1959 to 1980, the 64th Governor of Maine from 1955 to 1959, and a member of the Maine House of Representatives from 1946 to 1951. He was the Democratic Party's candidate for Vice President of the United States in the 1968 presidential election. Born in Rumford, Maine, he worked as a lawyer for two years before serving in the United States Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1945 during World War II. Upon his return, Muskie served in the Maine State Legislature from 1946 to 1951, and unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Waterville. Muskie was elected the 64th Governor of Maine in 1954 under a reform platform as the first Maine Democratic Party governor in almost 100 years. Muskie pressed for economic expansionism and instated environmental provisions. Muskie's actions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ratfucking
Ratfucking is an American slang term for political sabotage or dirty tricks, particularly pertaining to elections. It was brought to public attention by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in the book which chronicled their investigative reporting of the Watergate affair, ''All the President's Men'' (1974). Origins Woodward and Bernstein's account in ''All the President's Men'' reports that many Republican staffers (H. R. Haldeman (pre-1948), Donald Segretti (early 1960s), White House aide Tim Elbourne, Ronald Louis Ziegler, and Dwight Chapin) had attended the University of Southern California and participated in the highly competitive student elections there. At USC, future Watergate scandal participants Dwight L. Chapin, Tim Elbourne, Donald Segretti, Gordon C. Strachan, Herbert Porter, and Ron Ziegler were members of Trojans for Representative Government. UPI reporter Karlyn Barker sent Woodward and Bernstein a memo, "Notes On the USC Crowd", that outlined the connection. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington Post
''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large national audience. Daily broadsheet editions are printed for D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. The ''Post'' was founded in 1877. In its early years, it went through several owners and struggled both financially and editorially. Financier Eugene Meyer purchased it out of bankruptcy in 1933 and revived its health and reputation, work continued by his successors Katharine and Phil Graham (Meyer's daughter and son-in-law), who bought out several rival publications. The ''Post'' 1971 printing of the Pentagon Papers helped spur opposition to the Vietnam War. Subsequently, in the best-known episode in the newspaper's history, reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein led the American press's investigation into what became known as the Watergate scandal, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marilyn Berger
Marilyn Berger Hewitt (born August 23, 1935), is an American broadcast and newspaper journalist and author. She worked for newspapers including ''The New York Times'' and ''The Washington Post'', and hosted local television news programs in New York City. Newspaper career Berger worked as a foreign correspondent for '' Newsday'' on Long Island from 1965 to 1970. From there she moved on to ''The Washington Post'', where she became a bit player in the Watergate Scandal. Berger reported that Richard Nixon White House staffer Ken Clawson had bragged to her about authoring the Canuck Letter, a forged letter to the editor of the '' Manchester Union Leader'' that played a large part in ending the campaign of Senator Edmund Muskie. She also reported on the Cold War arms race and China.biography Harper Collins Publishers [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canuck Letter
The Canuck letter was a forged letter to the editor of the ''New Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester Union Leader'', published February 24, 1972, two weeks before the New Hampshire primary of the 1972 United States presidential election. It implied that United States Senate, Senator Edmund Muskie, a candidate for the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party's presidential nomination, held prejudice against French Canadian#United States, Americans of French-Canadian descent. The letter was a successful attempt at sabotage masterminded by Donald Segretti and written by Ken W. Clawson. In a childish scrawl with poor spelling, the author of the Canuck letter claimed to have met Muskie and his staff in Florida, and to have asked Muskie how he could understand the problems of African Americans when his home state of Maine has such a small black population, to which a member of Muskie's staff was said to have responded, "Not blacks, but we have Canucks" (which the letter spell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All The President's Men
''All the President's Men'' is a 1974 non-fiction book by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, two of the journalists who investigated the June 1972 break-in at the Watergate Office Building and the resultant political scandal for ''The Washington Post''. The book chronicles the investigative reporting of Woodward and Bernstein from Woodward's initial report on the Watergate break-in through the resignations of Nixon Administration officials H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman in April 1973, and the revelation of the Oval Office Watergate tapes by Alexander Butterfield three months later. It relates the events behind the major stories the duo wrote for the ''Post'', naming some sources who had previously refused to be identified for their initial articles, notably Hugh Sloan. It also gives detailed accounts of Woodward's secret meetings with his source Deep Throat, whose identity was kept hidden for over 30 years.In 2005, Deep Throat was revealed to be then-FBI Associate Director W. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Bernstein
Carl Milton Bernstein ( ; born February 14, 1944) is an American investigative journalist and author. While a young reporter for ''The Washington Post'' in 1972, Bernstein was teamed up with Bob Woodward, and the two did much of the original news reporting on the Watergate scandal. These scandals led to numerous government investigations and the eventual resignation of President Richard Nixon. The work of Woodward and Bernstein was called "maybe the single greatest reporting effort of all time" by longtime journalism figure Gene Roberts. Bernstein's career since Watergate has continued to focus on the theme of the use and abuse of power via books and magazine articles. He has also done reporting for television and opinion commentary. He is the author or co-author of seven books: ''All the President's Men'', ''The Final Days'', and ''The Secret Man'', with Bob Woodward; ''His Holiness: John Paul II and the History of Our Time'', with Marco Politi; ''Loyalties''; '' A Woman in Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Woodward
Robert Upshur Woodward (born March 26, 1943) is an American investigative journalist. He started working for ''The Washington Post'' as a reporter in 1971 and now holds the title of associate editor. While a young reporter for ''The Washington Post'' in 1972, Woodward teamed up with Carl Bernstein, and the two did much of the original news reporting on the Watergate scandal. These scandals led to numerous government investigations and the eventual resignation of President Richard Nixon. The work of Woodward and Bernstein was called "maybe the single greatest reporting effort of all time" by longtime journalism figure Gene Roberts. Woodward continued to work for ''The Washington Post'' after his reporting on Watergate. He has written 21 books on American politics and current affairs, 13 of which have topped best-seller lists. Early life, education and naval service Woodward was born in Geneva, Illinois, the son of Jane (née Upshur) and Alfred E. Woodward, a lawyer who late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CREEP
Creep, Creeps or CREEP may refer to: People * Creep, a creepy person Politics * Committee for the Re-Election of the President (CRP), mockingly abbreviated as CREEP, an fundraising organization for Richard Nixon's 1972 re-election campaign Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Creeps'' (film), a 1956 short starring the Three Stooges * ''The Creeps'' (film), a 1997 film directed by Charles Band * ''Creep'' (2004 film), a 2004 British-German horror film * ''Creep'' (2014 film), an American found-footage horror film ** ''Creep 2'', 2017 American found-footage horror film; sequel to the 2014 film Gaming * "Creep", a carpet of bio-matter Zerg colonies produce in the ''StarCraft'' video game franchise Literature * ''Creeps'' (novel), 2013 young adult novel by Darren Hynes * '' The Creeping'', 2015 young adult novel by Alexandra Sirowy Music Groups * Creep (band), American electronic music band * Deli Creeps, an avant-garde band from San Francisco (1990–2007) * The Creeps, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Jeb Stuart Magruder (November 5, 1934May 11, 2014) was an American businessman and high-level political operative in the Republican Party who served time in prison for his role in the Watergate scandal. He served President Richard Nixon in various capacities, including acting as deputy director of the president's 1972 re-election campaign, Committee for the Re-Election of the President (CRP). In August 1973, Magruder pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to wiretap, obstruct justice and defraud the United States. He served seven months in federal prison. Magruder later attended Princeton Theological Seminary and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister. He spoke publicly about ethics and his role in the Watergate scandal. In the 1990s and early 2000s, he gave interviews in which he changed his accounts of actions by various participants in the Watergate coverup, including claiming that President Richard Nixon ordered the break-ins. Early life Jeb Stuart Magruder was born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
