Carl Milton Bernstein was a reporter of The Washington Post.
Biography
In 1972, Carl Bernstein teamed up with Bob Woodward to investigate the Watergate scandal concerning President Richard Nixon.
Rorschach and Nite Owl II learned by Mark Felt that someone (whom the heroes presume to be Underboss) meant to kill two reporters. On November 5, 1973 they found that both of them are already dead, lying in the Underboss' car together with a stock of weapons delivered to him by an unknown ally. Underboss claims he had nothing to do with it, and that he was set up. In the end, the duo manage to corner him, but the Comedian sniped him from afar, causing to fall into a coma, before he could reveal who set him up preventing thus the publication of the scandal.[1]
The Underboss case was designed by Nixon's government to eliminate the reporters in a realistic way, as Underboss previously had a grudge against them. Nixon thus continued his presidency.
Mike Greenville wrote about the discovery of the bodies in the Wall Street Post.[2]
Trivia
- The assassination of Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward is mentioned in the original series and there is some speculation that the Comedian was the assassin, under government orders. The video game Watchmen: The End Is Nigh gives more details surrounding their assassination, which establishes Blake as the triggerman and also establishes the involvement by Underboss, Nite Owl II, and Rorschach in their discovery.
