February 14, 2009--"Journalism and Politics"--Carl Bernstein

Born on February 14, 1944: Carl Bernstein, Washington Post investigative reporter, Watergate

The pressure to compete, the fear somebody else will make the splash first, creates a frenzied environment in which a blizzard of information is presented and serious questions may not be raised. 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. 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. Carl Bernstein at Brainy Quote.com Carl Bernstein at Think exist Carl Bernstein at Wikipedia