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Did Woodward actually meet Deep Throat in a parking garage in the middle of the night? When this movie was made, they did not know who Deep Throat was, so maybe they did not know much about him. -- Justine R. | Did Woodward actually meet Deep Throat in a parking garage in the middle of the night? When this movie was made, they did not know who Deep Throat was, so maybe they did not know much about him. -- Justine R. | ||
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| + | The movie not only lets out many of the other journalists and newspaper employees who helped Woodward and Bernstein to break the story, it completely glosses over the judicial proceedings that ultimately forced Nixon's resignation. Yes, Woodward and Bernstein played major roles in the affair, but the movie makes it appear largely as if the scandal began and ended with the Washington Post's dynamic duo. -Mary Ann | ||
== The movie as a primary source about the time/people who made it == | == The movie as a primary source about the time/people who made it == | ||
