I learned so much there. Maybe he did make some mistakes, but he did boatloads of good that the general public has forgotten about. Even if you accept at face value every Watergate accusation made against him, it seems a real shame to dismiss everything else he did.
Today we don't read history of one man or one group alone because its like paying attention to a small part of much larger ever changing systems.
Its like studying hurricanes. These dynamical systems are not controllable by anyone because they are so massive and interconnected with things happening much much further away from the center that draws everyones focus.
So how does society cope with that level of uncontrollabilty?
You have to look at what sociologists like Ulrich Beck or Zygmunt Bauman have to say or even Niall Fergusons Square and the Tower.
The film was nominated in multiple Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA categories; Jason Robards won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Ben Bradlee. In 2010, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".