Question

In what ways did the Watergate Scandal impact American politics, government, and culture?

Answer 1

Now that the smoke is clearing, lasting effects of Watergate are beginning to come into view. ... the view of political leaders and students of politics and government. ... For all the changes in prospect, the consensus is that America's political ... that Watergate is having the quickest impact, and in several ways.

Answer 2

The Watergate scandal of 1972 is said to have made a number of Americans lose their faith in the government and in the leadership of their country, due to the realization they had been lied to through media. 
So the watergate scandal impacted America in a sense that they can't trust the media