If you are a great news organization, you can't have the best obtainable version of the truth if your vision and your scale is reduced to a fraction of its former self. Carl Bernstein fractiongreatnews Change image and share on social
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. Carl Bernstein americancontemptculture share on social
All institutions have lapses, even great ones, especially by individual rogue employees - famously in recent years at 'The Washington Post,' 'The New York Times,' and the three original TV networks. Carl Bernstein employeefamouslygreat Change image and share on social
There's no way to know the motives of another person totally, even a person that you know very well. Carl Bernstein motivepersontotally Change image and share on social
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. Carl Bernstein blackdefinefill Change image and share on social
Even at the end of a presidential election campaign, we have no way to know what Mitt Romney really believes. Carl Bernstein believecampaignelection Change image and share on social
The pressure to compete, the fear somebody else will make the splash first, creates a frenzied environment in which a blizzard of information is presented and serious questions may not be raised. Carl Bernstein blizzardcompetecreate Change image and share on social
I think all good reporting is the same thing - the best attainable version of the truth. Carl Bernstein attainablegoodreport Change image and share on social
The greatest felony in the news business today is to be behind, or to miss a big story. So speed and quantity substitute for thoroughness and quality, for accuracy and context. Carl Bernstein accuracybigbusiness Change image and share on social
For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal. Carl Bernstein coarseculturalideal Change image and share on social
