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
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
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
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
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
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
The American Revolution and Declaration of Independence, it has often been argued, were fueled by the most radical of all American political ideas. Carl Bernstein americanarguedeclaration 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
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. Carl Bernstein basecenturycompact share on social
