Carl Bernstein

Carl Milton Bernstein born February 14 1944 is an American investigative journalist and author While a young reporter for The Washington Post in 1972 Bernstein was teamed up with Bob Woodward and the two did much of the original news reporting on the Watergate scandal These scandals led to numerous government investigations and the eventual resignation of President Richard Nixon The work of Woodward and Bernstein was called maybe the single greatest reporting effort of all time by longtime journalism figure Gene Roberts Bernsteins career since Watergate has continued to focus on the theme of the use and abuse of power via books and magazine articles He has also done reporting for television and opinion commentary He is the author or coauthor of seven books All the Presidents 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 A Woman in Charge The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chasing History a memoir of his early years in journalism Additionally he is a regular political commentator on CNN Description above from the Wikipedia article Carl Bernstein licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia