The following article by Ilana Bernstein and Josiah Ryan was posted on the CNN website July 1, 2017:
Journalism legend Carl Bernstein called on the US press Friday to rise to the challenge of the Donald Trump presidency, which he characterized as “malignant.”
“We’re in foreign territory,” Bernstein said, speaking on CNN’s “New Day.” “We have never been in a malignant presidency like this before. It calls on our leaders, it calls on our journalists to do a different kind of reporting, a different kind of dealing with this presidency and the President.”
Bernstein went on to argue that the Trump presidency’s deepest problems are becoming an open secret in Washington.
“I think something much greater is happening, and that is that we are in the midst of a malignant presidency,” he said. “That malignancy is known to the military leaders of the country. It’s known to the Republican leadership in Congress who recognize it, and it’s known to the intelligence community.”
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