Though it was the Washington Post's biggest story, the NY media suckerpunched the Post by running the revelation that former FBI No. 2 man, Mark Felt, was Deep Throat, the shadowy informant who helped reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein reveal the Watergate scandal. Felt, now 91, confessed after the urging of his family, catching Woodward and Bernstein off-guard (Woodstein probably were probably planning a book to be published as soon at Felt died). Gothamist, who had been obsessed with wondering who Deep Throat was, thanks to American History classes and Alan Pakula's brilliant depiction of the Washington Post's investigation in All the President's Men, loves this story and has been reading all we can about it: Here's coverage from the Washington Post and the NY Times, plus the NY Post's and NY Daily News's excited coverage.
The Washington Post on why it's depressing to know who Deep Throat is. The University of Illinois' J-school thought Deep Throat was Fred Fielding. The NY Times has a PDF of the Vanity Fair article, ostensibly for you to see pictures and give them more traffic. And here's the Woodward and Bernstein book, All the President's Men.
Finally, one of the best films about Watergate is the 1999 film, Dick; Will Ferrell as Bob Woodward, Dave Foley as Bob Haldeman, Harry Shearer as G. Gordon Liddy - what more could you want?
