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Carl Bernstein
Carl Milton Bernstein is an American investigative journalist and author. While a young reporter for The Washington Post in 1972, Bernstein was teamed up with Bob Woodward, and the two did much of the original news reporting on the Watergate scandal. These scandals led to numerous government investigations and the eventual resignation of President Richard Nixon. The work of Woodward and Bernstein…
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culture · American journalist (born 1944) · journalist · writer · biographer · author · also Carl Bernstein, Carl Milton Bernstein, Bernstein
Born 14 February 1944 · Q319967
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2026· 2 entries
“truth is the bottom line for anything in your life.”
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2024· 1 entry
Bernstein reported that President Biden had 15 to 20 incidents of cognitive decline in early 2024, increasing media calls for Biden to drop out before he did shortly after
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2022· 1 entry
Snopes.com rated the claim “A picture shows journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein watching U.S. President Richard Nixon resign on television.” Miscaptioned.
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2012· 1 entry
Carl Bernstein spoke at a rally of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran, saying he attended as an advocate "who believes in basic human rights" and that "the evil, the terrorism, the real terrorism, is in the hear
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2011· 1 entry
Wrote articles for Newsweek/The Daily Beast, comparing Rupert Murdoch's News of the World phone-hacking scandal to Watergate
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1996· 1 entry
“s role in supporting Solidarity in his native Poland, and his geopolitical dexterity combined with enormous spiritual influence, was a principal factor in the downfall of communism in Europe. In 1992, Bernstein wrote a cover story for The New Republic magazine indicting modern journalism for its sensationalism and celebration of gossip over real news. The article was entitled”
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1992· 2 entries
For Time, Bernstein wrote a cover story publicizing the alliance between Pope John Paul II and President Ronald Reagan
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Bernstein wrote a cover story for The New Republic magazine indicting modern journalism for its sensationalism and celebration of gossip over real news
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1982· 1 entry
For ABC's Nightline, Bernstein was the first to report during the Israeli invasion of Lebanon that Ariel Sharon had "deceived the cabinet about the real intention of the operation—to drive the Palestinians out of Lebano
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1979· 2 entries
Bernstein and second wife Ephron already had an infant son, Jacob, and she was pregnant with their second son, Max, in 1979 when she learned of her husband's affair with Jay.
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When she learned of her husband's affair with Jay
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1977· 1 entry
And expanded into other areas due to his reputation from the Watergate reporting
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1976· 1 entry
As a follow-up chronicling Nixon's last days in office
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1975· 1 entry
It was turned into a movie starring Dustin Hoffman as Bernstein and Robert Redford as Woodward which later went on to be nominated in multiple Oscar (including Best Picture nomination), Golden Globe and BAFTA categories
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1974· 2 entries
Amid hearings by the House Judiciary Committee, Nixon resigned to avoid facing impeachment
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Two years after the Watergate burglary and two months before Nixon resigned, Bernstein and Woodward released the book All the President's Men
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1973· 2 entries
Awarded Pulitzer Prize for Public Service (1973).
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Awarded The Hillman Prize for Newspaper Journalism (1973).
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1972· 3 entries
Awarded George Polk Award (1972).
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Awarded Worth Bingham Prize (1972).
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Bernstein was teamed up with Bob Woodward, and the two did much of the original news reporting on the Watergate scandal
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1966· 1 entry
Bernstein left New Jersey and began reporting for The Washington Post, where he covered every aspect of local news and became known as one of the paper's best writing stylists
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1965· 1 entry
Bernstein left the Star to become a full-time reporter for the Elizabeth Daily Journal in New Jersey
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1961· 1 entry
Studied at Montgomery Blair High School (1961).
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1944· 1 entry
Born 1944-02-14.
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