Well, that would really depend. The media's coverage at the time (It is important to remember that the Watergate Scandal happened at different times, thus different media) may have been exaggerated. One major effect of the scandal however, was that it caused President Nixon to resign from office.
he is simply using a paradox to symbolize that technology controls society.
Latin American Wars of Independence
The church a catholic church had begun to desire and turn itself into something it was not. It was looking for power and wealth, it wasn't so much as the church itself but the people running the church!