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The movie, ‘All the President’s Men’, was
based on the story of two journalists who unraveled The Watergate Scandal. Carl
Bernstein is a reporter with years of experience writing for the Washington
Post. Bob Woodward is a newbie at the paper with only 9 months experience. Fortunately
for him, he was assigned to cover the now famous story regarding the break in
at the National Democratic Committee Headquarters. His first draft of the story
was not up to par, according to his partner, Carl. Carl secretly tried to
correct the draft and got called out by Bob for doing so. Carl explained that
the first paragraph of the story needed clarity or otherwise ‘people won’t know
what you’re talking about.’ Bob accepted the new version of his story and told
Carl, “I don’t mind what you did, I mind how you did it.” In other words, he
was open to constructive criticism but was not okay with Carl sneaking behind his
back to correct his writing. Their dialogue showed that to be a good writer, one
needs to write with a clear message or thesis from the first paragraph, and
should be willing to accept input and constructive criticism from others.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074119/
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