One of the two journalists who uncovered the Watergate scandal has said that he was struck by the parallels
between the News of the World phone-hacking affair and the saga that brought down Richard Nixon in the 1970s.
Carl Bernstein said on Thursday night that the two events were shattering cultural moments of huge consequence that are going to be with us for generations
and that both were about corruption at the highest levels, about the corruption of the process of a free society
.
The American reporter, speaking at an event in London organised by the Guardian, specifically likened Rupert Murdoch, the News of the World’s proprietor, to the ousted US president in his relation to criminal acts and alleged criminal acts conducted by their respective employees and subordinates — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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