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
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. Carl Bernstein aheadarrivalattend 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
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
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. Carl Bernstein advantagecardinalcarefully 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
Radical thought has inspired many of the great political and social reform movements in American history, from ending slavery to establishing the minimum wage. Carl Bernstein americanendestablish Change image and share on social
The Congress is a dysfunctional institution; it's broken. One of our three branches of government is broken. Carl Bernstein branchbreakcongress Change image and share on social
