Bernstein spoke at the Times Festival Books about his recent book, 'Chasing History: A Kid in the Newsroom'
and Carl Bernstein as they break the story of Watergate for the Washington Post, there’s a scene in which Bernstein gets the pair lost. He tells an anecdote about something foolish he did when he was a copyboy, then famously says, “Just wanted you to know I’ve done dumber things than get us lost, that’s all.”
The talk focused on Bernstein’s memoir, “Chasing History: A Kid in the Newsroom,” published in January by Henry Holt. But Bernstein continually wandered down interesting side paths, flitting over moments in his fascinating life, emphasizing the importance of good investigative reporting and insisting “the truth is not neutral” — a lesson he learned while covering the civil rights movement in the 1960s for the Washington Evening Star.
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