Which Statement Best Describes the Change in the Relationship Between

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes the change in the relationship between the press and the president as a consequence of the Watergate scandal?

A) Journalists can reap professional rewards by exposing scandals in the executive branch, even if those scandals shake the faith of Americans in their political institutions, and thus they no longer adopt a deferential stance toward the actions of presidents.
B) Investigating the executive can exact an exceedingly high toll on journalists' personal and professional lives, and thus they have adopted a deferential stance toward the actions of presidents.
C) The American public has little interest in the investigation of scandals within American government, and so journalists have returned to the basic journalistic practice of reporting the facts provided by the government.
D) Journalists have the ability to bring down entire presidencies, reaping personal and professional fame in the process, and thus they now focus exclusively on investigative journalism and ignore mundane and nonscandalous events.