Interviewees discuss the presidency of Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974).

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    Robert MacNeil on covering Vietnam and Richard Nixon

    04:03
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    Connie Chung on covering Watergate and Vice-President Rockefeller

    04:22
    Thumbnail of Leo Chaloukian

    Leo Chaloukian on unknowingly supplying Nixon with the equipment for all of his infamous Watergate recordings

    03:16
    Thumbnail of Walter Cronkite

    Walter Cronkite on the pressures on the press by the White House over the Watergate story

    04:00
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    Mike Doulgas on how Roger Ailes helped Richard Nixon with his television image he appeared on The Mike Douglas Show

    02:11
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    Hector Ramirez on the most important image he's ever captured

    01:14

    Tom Bettag

    Tom Bettag on covering Watergate during his early years at CBS News

    01:28

    David Brinkley

    David Brinkley on covering President Richard M. Nixon

    03:33

    Tom Brokaw

    Tom Brokaw on receiving an offer to be Richard M. Nixon's press secretary

    03:18

    Tom Brokaw on covering Watergate for NBC News

    07:53

    Tom Brokaw on his relationship with Richard M. Nixon when he was White House correspondent for NBC News

    01:24

    Leo Chaloukian

    Leo Chaloukian on unknowingly supplying Nixon with the equipment for all of his infamous Watergate recordings

    03:16

    Leo Chaloukian on demonstrating the Nagra Recorder that Ryder Sound gave to President Nixon

    01:30

    Connie Chung

    Connie Chung on covering Watergate and Vice-President Rockefeller

    04:22

    Connie Chung on interviewing Haldeman during the Watergate scandal

    01:30

    Walter Cronkite

    Walter Cronkite on the pressures on the press by the White House over the Watergate story

    04:00

    Walter Cronkite on the question of whether he found it difficult to report the news during the Watergate scandal; how Richard (Dick) Salant negotiated a compromise between the network and the White House

    01:48

    James Day

    James Day on Richard Nixon vetoing funds for public broadcasting in 1973

    01:32

    Sam Donaldson

    Sam Donaldson on almost getting an interview with President Nixon at the 1972 Republican National Convention

    01:12

    Sam Donaldson on covering Watergate for ABC News

    06:52

    Sam Donaldson on losing a scoop during Watergate

    02:04

    Mike Douglas

    Mike Doulgas on how Roger Ailes helped Richard Nixon with his television image he appeared on The Mike Douglas Show

    02:11

    Betty Cole Dukert

    Betty Cole Dukert on various Presidents and Meet the Press: Richard M. Nixon

    10:43

    June Foray

    June Foray on appearing on Richard Nixon's Enemies List

    04:37

    Reuven Frank

    Reuven Frank on Richard Nixon's hostility toward the press

    04:50

    Leonard H. Goldenson

    Leonard H. Goldenson on his close relationships with several American presidents - Richard M. Nixon

    02:46

    Hal Gurnee

    Hal Gurnee on Jack Paar having John and Bobby Kennedy, and Richard Nixon on as guests on Tonight Starring Jack Paar at various times

    02:47

    Ted Koppel

    Ted Koppel on reporting on Secretary of State Henry Kissinger during Watergate; on Kissinger's relationship with the press

    10:54

    Ted Koppel on reporting on Nixon's trip to China in 1972 and witnessing staged moments for the American press

    08:16

    Ted Koppel on Richard M. Nixon and his inability to handle small talk

    05:34

    Perry Lafferty

    Perry Lafferty on on having John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon on Person to Person

    08:43

    Brian Lamb

    Brian Lamb on working for Richard Nixon's campaign in 1968

    09:25

    Brian Lamb on working in the Nixon administration during the Watergate scandal

    03:31

    Jim Lehrer

    Jim Lehrer on joining up with Robert MacNeil and covering the Watergate hearings

    04:23

    Stewart MacGregory

    Stewart MacGregory on acting as unit manager for NBC's coverage of the 1960 Presidential Elections 

    06:21

    Robert MacNeil

    Robert MacNeil on covering Vietnam and Richard Nixon

    04:03

    Robert MacNeil on going to work for PBS and covering the Watergate hearings with Jim Lehrer

    06:02

    Robert MacNeil on covering Watergate

    10:01

    Robert MacNeil on the inside politics at PBS of covering the Watergate hearings

    02:55

    Dick Martin

    Dick Martin on Richard Nixon's cameo on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In

    01:47

    Sig Mickelson

    Sig Mickelson on his reaction to the Kennedy-Nixon Debates, and on talking with Richard M. Nixon

    01:43

    Bill Monroe

    Bill Monroe on covering the presidency of Richard M. Nixon

    04:04

    Lloyd Morrisett

    Lloyd Morrisett on on funding for a second season of Sesame Street being different under the Nixon administration

    03:11

    Bill Moyers

    Bill Moyers covering Watergate and the Nixon administration's reaction - to cripple public broadcasting

    05:03

    Roger Mudd

    Roger Mudd on CBS coverage of Watergate

    02:17

    Arthur Penn

    Arthur Penn on being an advisor to the John F. Kennedy campaign

    06:01

    Don Pike

    Don Pike on going to China to act as technical director for NBC News' coverage of President Richard Nixon's historic visit

    01:27

    Don Pike on going to China to act as technical director for NBC News' coverage of President Richard Nixon's historic visit

    07:08

    Maury Povich

    Maury Povich on covering the Senate Committee Watergate Hearings for Panorama and launching political pundits on the program

    01:49

    Hector Ramirez

    Hector Ramirez on the most important image he's ever captured

    01:14

    Dan Rather

    Dan Rather on Nixon's relationship with television

    18:57

    Dan Rather on Nixon's 1974 press conference in Houston

    08:39

    Hank Rieger

    Hank Rieger on traveling with Bob Hope when he performed for President Nixon

    01:31

    Bob Schieffer

    Bob Schieffer on covering Presidents Ford and Nixon as the White House correspondent for CBS News

    02:02

    Max Schindler

    Max Schindler on directing coverage of the wedding of Trisha Nixon and Ed Cox

    05:01

    Max Schindler on directing coverage of Watergate and Richard Nixon's relationship with television 

    08:58

    George Schlatter

    George Schlatter on Richard M. Nixon's appearance on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In

    01:53

    Alfred Schneider

    Alfred Schneider on an episode of Howard K. Smith: News and Comment ("The Political Obituary of Richard M. Nixon"), and how it led to the formulation of a policy to protect news departments from the interference of sponsors

    04:01

    Alfred Schneider on the role of the government in regulating television content and President Nixon's attempt to encourage anti-drug messages in television programs

    01:29

    Daniel Schorr

    Daniel Schorr on covering Richard M. Nixon, and on being on Nixon's "enemies list"

    05:11

    Daniel Schorr on being investigated by the FBI at the behest of the Nixon administration

    03:23

    Daniel Schorr on covering Watergate, and on the end of his career with CBS News

    07:55

    Howard K. Smith

    Howard K. Smith on interviewing President Nixon in 1971

    03:23

    Dick Smothers

    Tom and Dick Smothers on their dealings with CBS, their firing, and their thoughts about the larger political issues which may have contributed to the demise of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

    17:37

    Tom Smothers

    Tom and Dick Smothers on their dealings with CBS, their firing, and their thoughts about the larger political issues which may have contributed to the demise of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

    17:37

    Sanford Socolow

    Sanford Socolow on changes he made during his time at the CBS Washington News Bureau under the Nixon administration - identifying who was asking questions of the President

    02:33

    Sanford Socolow on his time at the CBS Washington News Bureau under the Nixon administration; on his direct line to Nixon's Press Secretary, Ron Ziegler, and to NBC and ABC

    06:18

    Sanford Socolow on CBS' coverage of Nixon's resignation and the Pike Report

    06:48

    Lesley Stahl

    Lesley Stahl on coverage of Watergate by network television and on Watergate burglary trial judge John Sirica's importance in the "assault" on President Nixon

    01:41

    Lesley Stahl on being assigned the "unimportant" Watergate break-in story as a rookie reporter and what a break it was for her career

    01:47

    Frank Stanton

    Frank Stanton on his associations with John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon, and on the Kennedy-Nixon debate

    04:32

    William Tankersley

    William Tankersley on how CBS Program Practices handled storylines involving drugs on TV shows in the 1960s

    00:09

    William Tankersley on the Nixon White House's suggestions for storylines in TV shows

    00:00

    Mike Wallace

    Mike Wallace on covering Richard Nixon's presidential campaign in 1967-68

    06:17

    Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes' coverage of Watergate

    01:40

    Barbara Walters

    Barbara Walters on covering Tricia Nixon's White House wedding

    01:09

    Barbara Walters on covering President Nixon's trip to China

    02:52

    David L. Wolper

    David L. Wolper on making convention films in 1972 for Richard M. Nixon

    02:12

    Lauren Zalaznick

    Lauren Zalaznick on watching the Watergate hearings as a child

    01:33

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