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Carl Bernstein

Journalist; left The Washington Post in 1977 and wrote "The CIA and the Media" for Rolling Stone.

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  • The CIA and the American press reported in 1977, citing CIA files and officials, that more than 400 American journalists had done work for the CIA over 25 years, often with the consent of owners and editors Scholarship & press 1
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  1. until 1977 Carl Bernstein worked at The Washington Post
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  1. The CIA and the Media, Rolling Stone, text on carlbernstein.com, 1977. Scholarship & press Archived copy
    After leaving The Washington Post in 1977, Carl Bernstein spent six months looking at the relationship of the CIA and the press during the Cold War years.
    Alsop is one of more than 400 American journalists who in the past twenty-five years have secretly carried out assignments for the Central Intelligence Agency, according to documents on file at CIA headquarters.
    rarely was a news agency used to provide cover for CIA operatives abroad without the knowledge and consent of either its principal owner, publisher or senior editor.
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