CARL BERNSTEIN by Catherine Waring-Flaherty
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Carl Bernstein born February 14, 1944 is an American investigative journalist and author.
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Bernstein was born to a Jewish family in Washington, D.C, son of Sylvia Walker and Alfred
Bernstein.
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He began his journalism career at the age of 16 when he became a copy boy for The Washington
Star and moved "quickly through the ranks."
Career
In 1972, Bernstein was teamed up with Bob Woodward ; the two did much of the original news reporting on the
Watergate scandal . Bernstein's career since Watergate has continued to focus on the theme of the use and abuse
of power via books and magazine articles.He is the author or co-author of six books: All the President's Men , The
Final Days , and The Secret Man , with Bob Woodward; His Holiness: John Paul II and the History of Our Time , with
Marco Politi; Loyalties ; and A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton . Additionally, he is a regular
political commentator on CNN.
Watergate Scandal
On a Saturday in June 1972, Bernstein was assigned to cover a break-in at the Watergate office, something that
happened just that morning. Five burglars had been caught red-handed in the complex; one of them turned out to
be an ex-CIA agent who did security work for the Republicans. Bernstein was the first to suspect that President
Nixon was involved, and he found a laundered check that linked Nixon to the burglary. Bernstein and Woodward's
discoveries led to further investigations of Nixon, and on August 9, 1974.