Carl Bernstein
Carl Bernstein
Carl Bernsteinis an American investigative journalist and author...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth14 February 1944
CountryUnited States of America
struggle people house
There had always been black people in and out of our house, and from the outset I had been taught that for them life was defined by struggle and filled with injustice.
government broken branches
The Congress is a dysfunctional institution; its broken. One of our three branches of government is broken.
beautiful girl crush
John Paul was the first modern pope to grow up in a secular culture: He attended public schools, danced with girls - indeed, as a teenager he had a crush on a beautiful Jewish girl who fled his hometown just ahead of the arrival of the Germans.
political reform movement
Radical thought has inspired many of the great political and social reform movements in American history, from ending slavery to establishing the minimum wage.
today garbage ordinary
Today, ordinary Americans are being stuffed with garbage.
powerful responsibility reality
The reality is that the media are probably the most powerful of all our institutions today and they, or rather we, too often are squandering our power and ignoring our obligations. The consequence of our abdication of responsibility is the ugly spectacle of idiot culture!
fun stupid creating
We are in the process of creating what deserves to be called the idiot culture. Not an idiot sub-culture, which every society has bubbling beneath the surface and which can provide harmless fun; but the culture itself. For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norm, even our cultural ideal.
believe presidential campaigns
Even at the end of a presidential election campaign, we have no way to know what Mitt Romney really believes.
stupid culture firsts
For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal.
views issues doctrine
In the John Paul II days, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger had the advantage of staying in his cupboard - the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith - exchanging views only with the Pope, and speaking publicly only through carefully written missives on doctrinal issues.
government safety levels
Public policy in the twentieth century was about protecting and expanding the social compact, based on recognition that effective government at the federal level provides rules and services and safety measures that contribute to a better society.
reality media gossip
Increasingly, the picture of our society as rendered in our media is illusionary and delusionary: disfigured, unreal, out of touch with reality, disconnected from the true context of our life. It is disfigured by celebrity, by celebrity worship, by gossip, by sensationalism, by denial of our societies
thinking versions
I think all good reporting is the same thing - the best attainable version of the truth.
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.