Carl Bernstein
The Guardian
What holds, and what fails, under pressure, standards and accountability.
Carl Bernstein is a renowned journalist known for his investigative work, particularly during the Watergate scandal. This interview highlights his steadfast dedication to truth and accountability, emphasizing his role in safeguarding democratic institutions.
“And we were getting ready to do this story, and I put a dime in the coffee machine, which is what coffee cost in those days. And I literally felt a chill go down my neck, only time in my life that was not a metaphor. It was for real. And I turned to Woodward and I said, oh my God, this president is going to be impeached.”
“I was a pretty terrible student in school. But the one thing that I could do was I was capable of writing a little bit, and I had taken a journalism course in the 10th grade. But most of the time, really, I was spending at the pool hall and in Silver Spring, Maryland, where we had moved to the suburbs on my 11th birthday from the city.”
“I go back to her childhood, which is very different in reality from the childhood that she describes in her own memoir. And that too gets to a problem with Hillary Clinton, that candor and transparency are not natural acts for her.”
“So the two of us were kind of thrown together in that first story that carried the byline of our police reporter, Alfred E. Lewis, another story in itself because there were three police reporters and you'll get a kick out of this at the time in Washington who I had known from back in my star days from the Washington Post to Washington St…”
The Axe Files with David Axelrod — Ep. 118 - Carl Bernstein
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