odward were writing this book and their articles, they must have had some idea of the significance of their work. After all, they were printing a series of articles that pointed straight to the President. At this time, only one other impeachment inquiry existed, so their work had to be as accurate as possible. They made sure of this through a few precautionary measures. First, they agreed never to let an article go to print unless they both fully agreed that it should. When they were investigating the truth of a fact or statement, they always made sure that they checked it with at least two sources. When they made larger implication such as that of H. R. Haldeman, Assistant to the President, they checked with as many as four or five sources. Also, in order to make sure that they were not overly ambitious or biased, they frequently ran their story ideas, topics, and facts, over with their editors. Just like in their articles, the book was very fair and detailed, which adds significantly to their credibility, which was their main thing they protected and looked out for. Woodward and Bernstein had a motivation driving their investigation and reporting that was very unlike one would likely find today. They seemed to be enticed simply by their love for writing and the strife for the truth. Many times today, you see journalists that obviously are motivated by fame, wealth, or politics. Many people would have written those articles simply to go down in the history books or in order to bring down high up officials for personal gain, but this aspect was not present in the book. Although you have to take into the consideration that Woodward and Bernstein wrote it themselves, it still seems to hold true. Bernstein and Woodward are acknowledged as being the ones to uncover Nixon's "dirty tricks." While they were uncovering these events, they must have been considering the political shock waves that it would send out as well as the political precede...
