Journalism Quote by Carl Bernstein

“Aware that much of the story was out of his hands, he tried to exercise what control he could: he hovered around the reporters'…

— Carl Bernstein

“The managing editor shared Bernstein's fondness for doping things out on the basis of sketchy information. At the same time, he was cautious about…

— Carl Bernstein

“The August 1 story had carried their joint byline; the day afterward, Woodward asked Sussman if Bernstein's name could appear with his on the…

— Carl Bernstein

“Simons, as restrained as Bradlee could be hard-charging and obstreperous, liked to tell of watching Bradlee grind his cigarrettes out in a demitasse cup…

— Carl Bernstein

“Sussman had the ability to seize facts and lock them in his memory, where they remained poised for instants recall. More than any other…

— Carl Bernstein

“Back at the office, Woodward went to the rear of the newsroom to call Deep Throat. Bernstein wished he had a source like that.…

— Carl Bernstein

“A prize-winning science reporter, Simons had become the number-two editor at the Post a year before. An intent, sensitive man with a large nose,…

— Carl Bernstein

“History is written by the victors, they say, and there was no one alive who would come forward to dispute Hoover’s fabricated story. Never…

— Bryan Burrough

“Then I realized that I was falling victim to one of the fallacies of the bad reviewer (whose habits we already discussed at length…

— Kevin Guilfoile

The detective story itself is in a dilemma. It is a vein which is in danger of being worked out, the demand is constant,…

— Cyril Connolly

“The boy was in the Hitler Youth, he says, and he was reading a book one day, he was really enjoying it, until his…

— Ali Smith

“Jason Leopold’s News Junkie, an autobiographical look at Leopold’s accidental entrance into journalism, is a powerful piece that delves into one man’s misery and…

— Boston Herald