In the John Paul II days, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger had the advantage of staying in his cupboard - the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith - exchanging views only with the Pope, and speaking publicly only through carefully written missives on doctrinal issues.
More Quotes by Carl Bernstein
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.
I think all good reporting is the same thing - the best attainable version of the truth.
The great thing about Watergate is, is that the system worked. The American system worked. The press did its job. We did what we were supposed to do.
For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal.
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.
The most important ethical issues and the most difficult ones are the human ones because a reporter has enormous power to hurt people.