Carl Bernstein
Carl Bernstein
Carl Bernsteinis an American investigative journalist and author...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth14 February 1944
CountryUnited States of America
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.
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.
bob certainty couple course felt garage meetings object obtained time together
We had very little time -- Bob and Felt in the garage together had very little time to have meetings and conversations in the course of a couple years. The object was to get as much information, as much context, as much certainty of things we had obtained elsewhere,
We had no idea of his motivations. And even now some of his motivations are unclear.
media paper public react run
Not on a paper run by a media conglomerate, ... And the public may not react with the same indignation.
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 difficult simple version
the best obtainable version of the truth. It's a simple concept, but difficult to do.
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.
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,