Richard Nixon and David Frost
Frost/Nixon
Frost/Nixon is a historical drama based on the real-life interviews between British media personality David Frost and disgraced former American President Richard M. Nixon. On 6/18/72 a man who was an employee of Richard Nixon’s reelection committee office was arrested after trying to bug democratic national committee office. This was one of the series of events that lead to the 8-0 vote from congress to have the tapes from the Watergate scandal released. After this, impeachment inevitable. “After two years of bitter public debate over the Watergate scandals, President Nixon bowed to pressures from the public and leaders of his party to become the first President in American history to resign” Kilpatrick, C. (1974, 9 8). Retrieved from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/articles/080974-3.htm. August 9, 1974 Richard Nixon announced that it was the 37th time Nixon spoke from that office stated he would resign effective the next day. This came as a shock to some, most seemed mad though because there was no remission of guilt, no apologies. However, when he left office, it was 0600 hrs on the west coast; half of his audience was asleep. This was pointed out by David Frost. Gerald Ford became the new president. One of the first things Gerald Ford done was to give Nixon a full, free pardon for all the offenses against the US. Ford was desperate to move on from the Watergate thing. 2-1 public opinion poll, disapproval of the full free pardon for Nixon. It was said on the movie: “Roosevelt had his New Deal. Truman his Fair Deal, now Ford has his crooked deal.” Howard, R. (2008). Frost/Nixon [Theater]. David Frost was a British individual. He was a television host and was in Australia when President Nixon resigned. He hoped to interview Nixon and get the truth. Frost wanted to do a full interview, a look back over his life. Frost recruited John Birt to help him get an interview with Richard Nixon. With
Frost/Nixon is a historical drama based on the real-life interviews between British media personality David Frost and disgraced former American President Richard M. Nixon. On 6/18/72 a man who was an employee of Richard Nixon’s reelection committee office was arrested after trying to bug democratic national committee office. This was one of the series of events that lead to the 8-0 vote from congress to have the tapes from the Watergate scandal released. After this, impeachment inevitable. “After two years of bitter public debate over the Watergate scandals, President Nixon bowed to pressures from the public and leaders of his party to become the first President in American history to resign” Kilpatrick, C. (1974, 9 8). Retrieved from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/articles/080974-3.htm. August 9, 1974 Richard Nixon announced that it was the 37th time Nixon spoke from that office stated he would resign effective the next day. This came as a shock to some, most seemed mad though because there was no remission of guilt, no apologies. However, when he left office, it was 0600 hrs on the west coast; half of his audience was asleep. This was pointed out by David Frost. Gerald Ford became the new president. One of the first things Gerald Ford done was to give Nixon a full, free pardon for all the offenses against the US. Ford was desperate to move on from the Watergate thing. 2-1 public opinion poll, disapproval of the full free pardon for Nixon. It was said on the movie: “Roosevelt had his New Deal. Truman his Fair Deal, now Ford has his crooked deal.” Howard, R. (2008). Frost/Nixon [Theater]. David Frost was a British individual. He was a television host and was in Australia when President Nixon resigned. He hoped to interview Nixon and get the truth. Frost wanted to do a full interview, a look back over his life. Frost recruited John Birt to help him get an interview with Richard Nixon. With