The top 10 most inspiring quotes by Carl Bernstein
- You can’t serve the public good without the truth as a bottom line.
- 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.
- Good journalism should challenge people, not just mindlessly amuse them.
- I think all good reporting is the same thing: the best attainable version of the truth.
- We are in the process of creating what deserves to be called the idiot culture. Not an idiot sub-culture, which every society has bubbling beneath the surface and which can provide harmless fun; but the culture itself. For the first time, the weird, the stupid, and the coarse are becoming our cultural norm, even our cultural ideal.
- The reality is that the media are probably the most powerful of all our institutions today, and they, or rather we [journalists], too often are squandering our power and ignoring our obligations. The consequence of our abdication of responsibility is the ugly spectacle of idiotic culture!
- For the first time, the weird, the stupid, and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideals.
- Donald Trump is an American neo-fascist. The word “neo,” meaning “new,” has a lot to do with it, a new kind of fascist in our culture, dealing with an authoritarian demagogic point of view, nativist, anti-immigrant, racism, and bigotry that he appeals to.
- 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 lives. It is disfigured by celebrity, by celebrity worship, by gossip, by sensationalism, and by denial of our societies.
- The failures of the press have contributed immensely to the emergence of a talk-show nation, in which public discourse is reduced to ranting, raving, and posturing. We now have a mainstream press whose news agenda is increasingly influenced by this new world.
- 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 is an American investigative journalist renowned for his role in uncovering the Watergate scandal alongside Bob Woodward, which ultimately led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974. Born on February 14, 1944, in Washington, D.C., Bernstein began his journalism career at The Washington Star before joining The Washington Post in 1972. His reporting on Watergate, particularly the revelations about Nixon’s involvement in the cover-up, earned him and Woodward the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 1973.
Beyond Watergate, Bernstein has had a distinguished career in journalism, writing for various publications, including Vanity Fair, Time, and The New Republic. He has authored several books, including “All the President’s Men,” co-written with Woodward, which chronicles their investigation into Watergate.
Bernstein continues to be an influential figure in American journalism, advocating for rigorous investigative reporting and accountability in government. He has received numerous awards for his contributions to journalism, including the National Magazine Award and the George Polk Award. As a respected commentator and analyst, Bernstein remains engaged in public discourse, offering insights into political affairs and the role of the press in a democratic society.
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