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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

Topics: Blizzard Compete Creates Else Environment Fear First Information Make May Presented Pressure Questions Raised Serious Somebody Splash Which Will

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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.

~Carl Bernstein

Topics: Accuracy Behind Big Business Context Greatest Miss News Quality Quantity Speed Story Substitute Thoroughness Today

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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

Topics: Advantage Cardinal Carefully Congregation Cupboard Days Doctrine Exchanging Faith Had His Issues John John Paul Joseph Only Paul Pope Publicly Speaking Staying Through Views Written

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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

Topics: Always Been Black Defined Filled Had House Injustice Life Our Out Outset People Struggle Taught Them

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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

Topics: Employees Even Great Great Ones Individual Institutions Networks New New York New York Times Original Post Recent Recent Years Rogue Three Times Tv Washington Washington Post Years York

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Even at the end of a presidential election campaign, we have no way to know what Mitt Romney really believes.

~Carl Bernstein

Topics: Believes Campaign Election End Even Know Mitt Mitt Romney Presidential Presidential Election Really Romney Way

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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

Topics: About American Did Great Great Thing Job Press Supposed System Thing Watergate Were Worked

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The Congress is a dysfunctional institution; it's broken. One of our three branches of government is broken.

~Carl Bernstein

Topics: Branches Broken Congress Dysfunctional Government Institution Our Three

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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

Topics: Best Former Fraction Great News Organization Reduced Scale Self Truth Version Vision You Your

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: February 14th, 1944

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