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1. americanarchive.org › the-watergate-coverage“Gavel-to-Gavel”: The Watergate Scandal and Public Television

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   The Watergate Coverage. The American Archive of Public Broadcasting holds the full run of NPACT's coverage of the Senate Watergate hearings. Each day is divided into 2-7 parts that can be accessed by clicking on the hyperlinked numbers. To watch a specific person testify, click on their name.

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2. americanarchive.org › exhibits › watergate“Gavel-to-Gavel”: The Watergate Scandal and Public Television

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   The Coverage Explained. The broadcasts of the Senate Watergate hearings cover 51 days of “gavel-to-gavel” coverage. Each episode begins with about five minutes of commentary from anchors Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer, including an “hour by hour line-up” of what happened in that day’s hearings.

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   Why is Watergate a significant event in public television history?

   • The Watergate coverage is significant, not only insofar as the hearings themselves are significant, but also as a great moment in public television history. In the years preceding the coverage, pressure from the Nixon Administration had put in question whether public television should carry public affairs programs at all.

   “Gavel-to-Gavel”: The Watergate Scandal and Public Television

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   How many days of 'gavel-to-gavel' coverage of the Watergate hearings?

   • The broadcasts of the Senate Watergate hearings cover 51 days of “gavel-to-gavel” coverage. Each episode begins with about five minutes of commentary from anchors Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer, including an “hour by hour line-up” of what happened in that day’s hearings.

   “Gavel-to-Gavel”: The Watergate Scandal and Public Television

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   Why did public television televise the Watergate Hearing?

   • destroy some myths about typical public television audiences. They come from the Midwest, from blue collar workers, and from the aged as well as from the educators and the Eastern intellectuals usually associated with public TV. In televising the Watergate hearing, public television has had a unique opportunity to expand viewership. 97

   “Gavel-to-Gavel”: The Watergate Scandal and Public Television

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   Why did public television cover Watergate in 1973?

   • Public television’s 1973 coverage is both a preview of coming impeachment attractions and a memento of an irretrievable media past. Recordings of the Watergate hearings headed by Senator Sam J. Ervin Jr., center, illustrate how different in tone our media and politics were nearly five decades ago. Bettmann, via Getty Images

   When Watergate Was Appointment TV - The New York Times

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4. www.pbs.org › newshour › politicsWhat the Senate Watergate hearings showed about America

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   May 18, 2023 · It also marked the start of a public television “experiment,” as the late Jim Lehrer put it: gavel-to-gavel coverage of the hearings, rebroadcast each evening.

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5. www.pbs.org › newshour › showCovering Watergate: 40 Years Later With MacNeil And Lehrer - PBS

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   May 17, 2013 · On May 17, 1973, Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer launched public broadcasting's gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Senate Watergate hearings. Forty years later, the two recount their memories after...

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7. www.nytimes.com › 2019/11/12 › artsWhen Watergate Was Appointment TV - The New York Times

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   Nov 12, 2019 · You can stream all of public TV’s 1973 coverage — 51 days of it, up to six hours a night — at the American Archive for Public Broadcasting. (Helpfully, the site links to key highlights, like...

8. www.cambridge.org › core › journalsWatergate, the Bipartisan Struggle for Media Access, and the ...

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   For decades, the White House had slowly accrued influence over television's coverage of politics, especially shaping national news programming. The dramatic Watergate hearings reversed this trend.