Movie Review: All the President's Men In June 1972, five burglars broke into the Watergate complex and were arrested on the spot. A Washington Post reporter, Bob Woodward, starts an investigation to write a story and is later joined by another reporter, Carl Bernstein. They discover that the break-in leads much higher to HR Haldeman, "the second most important person in the country" (after President Nixon). During the investigation, the two journalists used different techniques to obtain information. For example Woodward had a secret source that always provided deep background information and was called "Deep Throat". Although Deep Throat's identity is not revealed, he holds a high position and has a lot of knowledge. From Deep Throat's perspective, he does not fulfill his duties to his colleagues by distributing private information, but follows the individual duty to tell the truth in the public interest. Overall Deep Throat has found a golden way using virtue theory, when he keeps his job but also secretly helps the reporter reveal the truth. Furthermore, the duties of all journalists are to seek the truth and report it, in the process act independently (have the obligation of only the public's right to know), take responsibility and minimize harm. In order to report, they had to get information from reliable sources, and due to the huge impact of the story, many sources wanted to remain anonymous. However, both journalists use original tactics so that their sources are more open and comfortable, which helps them get some sources named. As for the duty to act independently, they also fulfilled it because they did not use personal relationships and acted only in the interests of the public, ignoring their political perspective... middle of paper... pushing. Both journalists are aware that Clawson's family and career will be affected if information about Sally's private meeting is reported, so simply use the list provided by Clawson. The main moral agent of the story is the editor-in-chief of the Washington Post, Ben Bradlee. . It was his decision to commit an act, in this case publishing the article in the newspaper, with the aim of revealing the truth about public employees, to show readers and the general public the truth that ends up ruining the reputation of Washington Post or increase accuracy and justice will take place. Fortunately for him and the newspaper, Woodward and Bernstein were right with the facts of the story and helped tell the public the truth. In the end, the methods used didn't matter much because the story did greater good for society at large and caused no harm to innocent people..