Bernstein is a fraud. Always has been. Along with Woodward, their careers were built almost entirely on a myth known as “Deep Throat.” There was never any Deep Throat, it was just a literary device W&B used to lend authenticity to any rumors they needed to use to bash RMN but couldn’t substantiate. More stalking horse than anonymous informant. And they devised a quite convenient plan only to “reveal” who Deep Throat was after the alleged DT had died. Which supposedly was at DT’s request, but which (coincidentally?) also served to deny the alleged DT any opportunity to deny the allegation.
So today he’s a liberal darling because he lied about conservatives and didn’t get caught. Because the façade of Deep Throat held up.
Quite a CV for a “news” man.
Interesting theory. Don’t know if it’s true but seems like Dan Rather thought it was true and decided to try it himself. (e.g., “fake but accurate”, Rathergate)