Interviewees discuss the presidency of Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974).
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"I made a speech which made a lot of people in public television very unhappy, and some of them happy, saying that it was clear that Richard Nixon was trying to turn public broadcasting into a domestic voice of America." - Robert MacNeil, Journalist
Highlights

Robert MacNeil on covering Vietnam and Richard Nixon

Connie Chung on covering Watergate and Vice-President Rockefeller

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

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

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

Hector Ramirez on the most important image he's ever captured
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Tom Bettag
Tom Bettag on covering Watergate during his early years at CBS News
David Brinkley
David Brinkley on covering President Richard M. Nixon
Tom Brokaw
Tom Brokaw on receiving an offer to be Richard M. Nixon's press secretary
Tom Brokaw on covering Watergate for NBC News
Tom Brokaw on his relationship with Richard M. Nixon when he was White House correspondent for NBC News
Leo Chaloukian
Leo Chaloukian on unknowingly supplying Nixon with the equipment for all of his infamous Watergate recordings
Leo Chaloukian on demonstrating the Nagra Recorder that Ryder Sound gave to President Nixon
Connie Chung
Connie Chung on covering Watergate and Vice-President Rockefeller
Connie Chung on interviewing Haldeman during the Watergate scandal
Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite on the pressures on the press by the White House over the Watergate story
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
James Day
James Day on Richard Nixon vetoing funds for public broadcasting in 1973
Sam Donaldson
Sam Donaldson on almost getting an interview with President Nixon at the 1972 Republican National Convention
Sam Donaldson on covering Watergate for ABC News
Sam Donaldson on losing a scoop during Watergate
Mike Douglas
Mike Doulgas on how Roger Ailes helped Richard Nixon with his television image he appeared on The Mike Douglas Show
Betty Cole Dukert
Betty Cole Dukert on various Presidents and Meet the Press: Richard M. Nixon
June Foray
June Foray on appearing on Richard Nixon's Enemies List
Reuven Frank
Reuven Frank on Richard Nixon's hostility toward the press
Leonard H. Goldenson
Leonard H. Goldenson on his close relationships with several American presidents - Richard M. Nixon
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
Ted Koppel
Ted Koppel on reporting on Secretary of State Henry Kissinger during Watergate; on Kissinger's relationship with the press
Ted Koppel on reporting on Nixon's trip to China in 1972 and witnessing staged moments for the American press
Ted Koppel on Richard M. Nixon and his inability to handle small talk
Perry Lafferty
Perry Lafferty on on having John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon on Person to Person
Brian Lamb
Brian Lamb on working for Richard Nixon's campaign in 1968
Brian Lamb on working in the Nixon administration during the Watergate scandal
Jim Lehrer
Jim Lehrer on joining up with Robert MacNeil and covering the Watergate hearings
Stewart MacGregory
Stewart MacGregory on acting as unit manager for NBC's coverage of the 1960 Presidential Elections
Robert MacNeil
Robert MacNeil on covering Vietnam and Richard Nixon
Robert MacNeil on going to work for PBS and covering the Watergate hearings with Jim Lehrer
Robert MacNeil on covering Watergate
Robert MacNeil on the inside politics at PBS of covering the Watergate hearings
Dick Martin
Dick Martin on Richard Nixon's cameo on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In
Sig Mickelson
Sig Mickelson on his reaction to the Kennedy-Nixon Debates, and on talking with Richard M. Nixon
Bill Monroe
Bill Monroe on covering the presidency of Richard M. Nixon
Lloyd Morrisett
Lloyd Morrisett on on funding for a second season of Sesame Street being different under the Nixon administration
Bill Moyers
Bill Moyers covering Watergate and the Nixon administration's reaction - to cripple public broadcasting
Roger Mudd
Roger Mudd on CBS coverage of Watergate
Arthur Penn
Arthur Penn on being an advisor to the John F. Kennedy campaign
Don Pike
Don Pike on going to China to act as technical director for NBC News' coverage of President Richard Nixon's historic visit
Don Pike on going to China to act as technical director for NBC News' coverage of President Richard Nixon's historic visit
Maury Povich
Maury Povich on covering the Senate Committee Watergate Hearings for Panorama and launching political pundits on the program
Hector Ramirez
Hector Ramirez on the most important image he's ever captured
Dan Rather
Dan Rather on Nixon's relationship with television
Dan Rather on Nixon's 1974 press conference in Houston
Hank Rieger
Hank Rieger on traveling with Bob Hope when he performed for President Nixon
Bob Schieffer
Bob Schieffer on covering Presidents Ford and Nixon as the White House correspondent for CBS News
Max Schindler
Max Schindler on directing coverage of the wedding of Trisha Nixon and Ed Cox
Max Schindler on directing coverage of Watergate and Richard Nixon's relationship with television
George Schlatter
George Schlatter on Richard M. Nixon's appearance on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In
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
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
Daniel Schorr
Daniel Schorr on covering Richard M. Nixon, and on being on Nixon's "enemies list"
Daniel Schorr on being investigated by the FBI at the behest of the Nixon administration
Daniel Schorr on covering Watergate, and on the end of his career with CBS News
Howard K. Smith
Howard K. Smith on interviewing President Nixon in 1971
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
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
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
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
Sanford Socolow on CBS' coverage of Nixon's resignation and the Pike Report
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
Lesley Stahl on being assigned the "unimportant" Watergate break-in story as a rookie reporter and what a break it was for her career
Frank Stanton
Frank Stanton on his associations with John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon, and on the Kennedy-Nixon debate
William Tankersley
William Tankersley on how CBS Program Practices handled storylines involving drugs on TV shows in the 1960s
William Tankersley on the Nixon White House's suggestions for storylines in TV shows
Mike Wallace
Mike Wallace on covering Richard Nixon's presidential campaign in 1967-68
Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes' coverage of Watergate
Barbara Walters
Barbara Walters on covering Tricia Nixon's White House wedding
Barbara Walters on covering President Nixon's trip to China
David L. Wolper
David L. Wolper on making convention films in 1972 for Richard M. Nixon
Lauren Zalaznick
Lauren Zalaznick on watching the Watergate hearings as a child