Carl Bernstein Quotes

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. - Carl Bernstein

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. - Carl Bernstein

We had no idea of his motivations. And even now some of his motivations are unclear. - Carl Bernstein

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

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

The failures of the press have contributed immensely to the emergence of a talk-show nation, in which public discourse is reduced to ranting and raving and posturing. - Carl Bernstein

The best obtainable version of the truth. It's a simple concept, but difficult to do. - Carl Bernstein

Our news organizations and our reporters should be going after the best obtainable truth, not the sensational, on-the-surface truth ... But instead of going after the truth, we look through the lens of how much it will cost and of those who would like us not to tell the truth. - Carl Bernstein

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