Creative Quotations from . . .
Carl Bernstein
(1944-____) born on Feb 14
US "journalist, author". "He exposed, with Bob Woodward, the Watergate scandal which led to the resignataion of Richard Nixon; wrote "All the President's Men," 1974."
 
   
F
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."

R
"The pressure to compete, the fear somebody else will make the splash first, ccreates a frenzied environment in which a blizzard of information is presented and serious questions may not be raised."
A
"For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal."
N
"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."
K
"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."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In "Guardian," (London), 3 Jun 1992."
R: "In "Guardian," (London), 3 Jun 1992."
A: "In "Guardian," (London), 3 Jun 1992."
N: "In "Guardian," (London), 3 Jun 1992."
K: "In "Guardian," (London), 3 Jun 1992."



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