Carl Bernstein Rejects Comparing Trump to Principled Barry Goldwater

[See NewsBusters for more.] Veteran Washington Post journalist Carl Bernstein on Thursday rejected the comparison of “authoritarian” Donald Trump to a principled man like 1964 GOP presidential nominee Barry Goldwater. Bernstein appeared on CNN Tonight to discuss a vintage commercial in which a fellow Republican rejects the candidacy of Goldwater because he’s “scary” and “weird" people support him. Host Don Lemon found the spot “fascinating,” gushing, “When this Confessions of a Republican ad first surfaced, many people thought it was a fake made to look real. But it's not. It is so relevant to today.” New York Times TV critic Bill Carter found it “remarkable,” saying, “it is so relevant.” Bernstein set the two straight.