President Clinton's indiscretions eventually led to his impeachment, something which had only happened to one other president before, Andrew Johnson in 1868. Another infamous American leader who came dangerously close to facing impeachment himself was Richard Nixon. Nixon's legacy isn't one which many people would be proud of - from perpetuating the genocide in Vietnam to introducing the destructive "War on Drugs", his policies were notable for their reactionary right wing slant. But it was Watergate which saw his undoing, leading to his resignation preempting impeachment resolutions, and the conspiracy which surrounded this was fully explored in All the President's Men. Starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford as Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, it is an intricate and intelligent account of the greatest political scandal of the 70s. All the President's Men is a clarion call to crusading journalists everywhere, reminding us that investigative journalism at its finest can not only bring important hidden information into the public eye but also that journalism doesn't have to mimic the propaganda narrative seen in movies such as Wag the Dog.
