ICT Role in 21st Century Education & its Challenges.pptx
WatergatePRDisaster
1. What is Public Relations?
‘Public relations is a
deliberate, planned and
sustained effort to establish
and maintain a mutual
understanding amongst an
organisation and its publics’
It’s a plan
33. The senate appointed a
committee to investigate
Nixon’s campaign activities.
John Dean mentioned the
president’s knowledge in the
Watergate scheme.
A previous White House employee
mentioned the recording devices
installed at the house.
Richard Nixon refused
to release the tapes.
37. On August 8th
1974 Richard
Nixon became
the first US
president in
200 years to
resign from
office…
One month later president
Gerald Ford announced his
decision to grant Nixon a full
pardon from any crimes he
38. The Watergate Scandal is considered
to be the biggest PR disaster in
political history.
It changed the face of the public
relations industry and still has an
effect on public relation strategies
today.
Richard Nixon never returned to
politics after Watergate. He died
in 1994 suffering
From a stroke at the age of 81.