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Friday, August 9, 2013

Lisanne van Engelen - The President Calling


I listened to the podcast called “Nixon Addresses Nation Regarding Scandal”. This was the first time that he directly addressed the Watergate Affair, and it can be seen that he does not want to talk about it. After talking about the scandal for the first 15 minutes of the podcast and how “appalled and shocked” he was to hear about it, Nixon begins to talk about his goals and plans for his second term. He was really acting like a politician, in saying that he “immediately ordered an investigation” into the scandal and that “the truth should be brought out, fully, no matter who was involved”. Later on in the podcast, Nixon says “I must turn my attention to the larger duties of this office.” By saying this, he shows that he does not want to discuss this subject. This is the first time that I have listened to a podcast like this, and I actually enjoyed it. I found it interesting to learn more about this topic, and in such an easy way.  

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