Carl Bernstein
Carl Bernstein
Carl Bernsteinis an American investigative journalist and author...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth14 February 1944
CountryUnited States of America
lying self ideas
What will a Hillary Clinton presidency look like? The answer by now seems obvious: It will look like her presidential campaign, which in turn looks increasingly like the first Clinton presidency. Which is to say, high-minded ideals, lowered execution, half truths, outright lies (and imaginary flights), take-no prisoners politics, some very good policy ideas, a presidential spouse given to wallowing in anger and self-pity, and a succession of aides and surrogates pushed under the bus when things don't go right. Which is to say, often.
people challenges journalism
Good journalism should challenge people, not just mindlessly amuse them.
real people culture
The lowest form of popular culture - lack of information, misinformation, disinformation, and a contempt for the truth or the reality of most people's lives - has overrun real journalism. Today, ordinary Americans are being stuffed with garbage.
lines bottom bottom-line
You can't serve the public good without the truth as a bottom line.
assurance beyond factor final money motivation neither nixon nor personal regarding report sole
Beyond this, I can only give you my personal assurance that our sole motivation in working on 'The Final Days' was to report the truth: neither money nor any preconceived disposition regarding Mr. Nixon was a factor in our reporting.
arguing current editor identity past pressed woodward
During the past year, he'd pressed Woodward to tell him the name, arguing that the current editor should know the identity of our source. Woodward had resisted.
best cost instead lens news reporters truth
Our news organizations and our reporters should be going after the best obtainable truth, not the sensational, on-the-surface truth ... But instead of going after the truth, we look through the lens of how much it will cost and of those who would like us not to tell the truth.
media paper public react run
Not on a paper run by a media conglomerate, ... And the public may not react with the same indignation.
keeps nixon presidency watergate
You know, one of the things about Watergate and one of the things about the Nixon presidency is that it just keeps going. It never ends,
contempt culture form lack lives lowest ordinary popular reality stuffed truth
The lowest form of popular culture -- lack of information, misinformation, misinformation, and a contempt for the truth or the reality of most people's lives -- has overrun real journalism. Today, ordinary Americans are being stuffed with garbage.
There's no way to know the motives of another person totally, even a person that you know very well.
We had no idea of his motivations. And even now some of his motivations are unclear.
best difficult simple version
the best obtainable version of the truth. It's a simple concept, but difficult to do.