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The Watergate scandal, as I'm sure you're aware if you're reading this, was a high point for investigative journalism. Woodward and Bernstein's investigation into the break-in at the Democratic national headquarters in the Watergate hotel led to the end of Richard Nixon's presidency and the arrest and conviction of several of his administration officials.

The Watergate scandal, clearly, was a big deal. The investigation by the Washington Post, New York Times and others, demonstrated what quality journalism could achieve: these reporters were playing their part in the democratic process.

This blog isn't about Watergate. It's about the irritating habit that journalists (though they are by no means the only people guilty of this) have of describing every trifling scandal with the suffix "-gate." Why do they do this? The reason that we call it "Watergate" was because the break-in happened at the Watergate hotel!

We are therefore, going to post any irritating stories that we come across that resort to this most hideous of cliches.

Thanks for reading...hope you enjoy it!