Carl Bernstein on the political climate in Washington - "The Takeout"
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Author Carl Bernstein, best known for uncovering the Watergate scandal with Bob Woodward, reflects on his long career in journalism in his new memoir, "Chasing History: A Kid in the Newsroom."
Bernstein, who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on Watergate, recalls his lifelong interest in journalism, covering John F. Kennedy's presidency while he was still in high school, and years later, as a college student at the University of Maryland helping the Washington Star report on Kennedy's assassination.
On "The Takeout" this week, Bernstein recounted to CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett that he had just left class at the University of Maryland when he saw a group of students huddling around a radio as Walter Cronkite reported live on Kennedy's death. He raced to work, where he was employed as a "dictationist" — someone who would type up reporters' stories that were filed via telephone. Bernstein was tasked with typing up breaking news reports from the Star reporter in Dallas on November 22, 1963.
