All the President's Men take two...

I'm not liking the way this book is written. Third person throws me off a bit and there are so many people that Woodward and Bernstein are going after. Also, when either Bernstein or Woodward are talking there are no quotation marks, which slightly annoys me.

A difference from the movie: "The two fought, often and openly. Sometimes they batteled for fifteen minutes over a single word or sentence." In the movie I didn't see or feel any of this hostility. They seemed to get along fairly well. But I understand what they're going through, it's hard to share such a big responsibility with a person. I can sometimes be the same way.

It makes me excited to read this book. All the President's Men illustrates the difference good journalism makes in America as a free society. If it weren't for Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein the Committee to Re-Elect the President would have most likely gotten away with all of their shenanigans. There are other cases of course where this has happened like Nellie Bly in the late 1800s who pretend to be insane to get into an asylum and expose what really went on behind the doors. (If you've heard of a good book about her experience, I'd love to read it.) It's sad that people rely less on newspapers these days. I feel like people can say anything online and get away with it, but if you work for a credible news source you have to be credible yourself.