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Times Nearly Scooped Post on Watergate

37 years later, reporter reveals FBI chief Gray tipped him off

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted May 25, 2009 7:58 AM CDT

(Newser) – The Watergate scandal made the careers of Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, who broke the story. But the Post nearly got scooped by the New York Times, according to ... the New York Times. Nearly 37 years after the fact, a reporter briefly...   Read full story »

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