Carl Bernstein
Woodward's reporting partner
Carl Bernstein is an American journalist best known for his partnership with Bob Woodward at the Washington Post, where they investigated the Watergate scandal that led to President Nixon's resignation in 1974.
Their reporting, aided by the anonymous source "Deep Throat," became a landmark of investigative journalism.
They coauthored *All the President's Men*, later adapted into a film.
Journalism exposing hidden truths
- Washington PostMajor D.C. newspaper
- exposéInvestigative journalism piece
- scoopFirst-reported story
- sourcePoint of origin
leak · whistleblower · fact-checking · editor · byline · headline · press · news
Disgraceful public affair
- cover-upHiding wrongdoing from public
- Deep ThroatAnonymous insider who exposed corruption
- Nixon37th U.S. president
- impeachmentCharging officials with misconduct
resignation · break-in · Washington Post · tape recordings · political crisis · constitutional crisis · executive privilege · special prosecutor
American cable news network
- commentatorBroadcast analyst or narrator
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
- punditProfessional opinion-giver
- cable newsSubscription television journalism
MSNBC · ABC News · contributor · on-air · talking head · panel · political commentary
One who writes lives
- nonfictionLiterature about real events
- memoirWritten personal recollection
- narrativeAccount of events
- co-authorJoint creator of text
investigative reporting
Journalism exposing hidden truths
- Washington PostMajor D.C. newspaper
- exposéInvestigative journalism piece
- scoopFirst-reported story
source · leak · whistleblower · fact-checking · editor · byline · headline · press · news · media
scandal
Disgraceful public affair
- cover-upHiding wrongdoing from public
- Deep ThroatAnonymous insider who exposed corruption
- Nixon37th U.S. president
impeachment · resignation · break-in · Washington Post · tape recordings · political crisis · constitutional crisis · executive privilege · special prosecutor · Saturday Night Massacre
CNN
American cable news network
- commentatorBroadcast analyst or narrator
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
- punditProfessional opinion-giver
cable news · MSNBC · ABC News · contributor · on-air · talking head · panel · political commentary
biographer
One who writes lives
- nonfictionLiterature about real events
- memoirWritten personal recollection
- narrativeAccount of events
co-author · bestseller · manuscript · publisher · political writing
- Press FiguresJoseph Pulitzer, William Randolph Hearst, Ida Tarbell, Nellie Bly, Edward R. Murrow
- Ivy League AlumniBarack Obama, John F. Kennedy, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, George W. Bush
- Nixon eraNixon, Watergate scandal, resignation, impeachment, coverup
- journalismreporters, interview, editors, student editors, school paper
- Pulitzer WinnersToni Morrison, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, Harper Lee
Carl BernsteinRichard Nixon
propagandist · spin doctor · disinformation agent · Tokyo Rose · Joseph Goebbels
Carl BernsteinRichard Nixon
Carl BernsteinBob Woodward