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Carl Bernstein Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

$If you are a great news organization, you can’t have the best obtainable version of the truth if your vision and your scale is reduced to a fraction of its former self Picture Quote #1$

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The great thing about Watergate is, is that the system worked. The American system worked. The press did its job. We did what we were supposed to do Picture Quote #1

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The Congress is a dysfunctional institution; its broken. One of our three branches of government is broken Picture Quote #1

June 17, 1972. Nine o’clock Saturday morning. Early for the telephone. Woodward fumbled for the receiver and snapped awake. The city editor of the Washington Post was on the line. Five men had been arrested earlier that morning in a burglary attempt at Democratic headquarters, carrying photographic equipment and electronic gear. Could he come in? Picture Quote #1

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 and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norm, even our cultural ideal Picture Quote #1

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. We now have a mainstream press whose news agenda is increasingly influenced by this netherworld Picture Quote #1

There’s something totally crazy about this Picture Quote #1

Good journalism should challenge people, not just mindlessly amuse them Picture Quote #1

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You can’t serve the public good without the truth as a bottom line Picture Quote #1

For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The reality is that the media are probably the most powerful of all our institutions today and they, or rather we, too often are squandering our power and ignoring our obligations. The consequence of our abdication of responsibility is the ugly spectacle of idiot culture! Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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. (Carl Bernstein Quotes) The great thing about Watergate is, is that the system worked. The American system worked. The press did its job. We did what we were supposed to do. (Carl Bernstein Quotes) The Congress is a dysfunctional institution; its broken. One of our three branches of government is broken (Carl Bernstein Quotes) June 17, 1972. Nine o’clock Saturday morning. Early for the telephone. Woodward fumbled for the receiver and snapped awake. The city editor of the Washington Post was on the line. Five men had been arrested earlier that morning in a burglary attempt at Democratic headquarters, carrying photographic equipment and electronic gear. Could he come in? (Carl Bernstein Quotes) 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 and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norm, even our cultural ideal (Carl Bernstein Quotes) 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. We now have a mainstream press whose news agenda is increasingly influenced by this netherworld (Carl Bernstein Quotes) There’s something totally crazy about this (Carl Bernstein Quotes) Good journalism should challenge people, not just mindlessly amuse them (Carl Bernstein Quotes) You can’t serve the public good without the truth as a bottom line (Carl Bernstein Quotes) For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal (Carl Bernstein Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) The reality is that the media are probably the most powerful of all our institutions today and they, or rather we, too often are squandering our power and ignoring our obligations. The consequence of our abdication of responsibility is the ugly spectacle of idiot culture! (Carl Bernstein Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes)