Bernard Goldberg

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Bernard Goldberg (born 1945) is an American writer, journalist, and political commentator.

Goldberg, who has authored several books, is currently a commentator for Fox News. His most recent book, 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America, has received significant press attention and initiated debate.

Contents 1 Career 2 Response to Goldberg's work 2.1 Awards 2.2 Criticism and controversy 3 Quotations 4 Books 5 References 6 External links

Career

For 28 years, Goldberg worked for CBS as a reporter. His reporting won multiple Emmy Awards: six at CBS, and one while he was working with HBO on Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel. He frequently contributed to the CBS Evening News and 48 Hours, a CBS newsmagazine.

In 1996, Goldberg wrote an op-ed column in the Wall Street Journal, accusing network news operations of harboring liberal bias. The editorial resulted in Goldberg's ostracism from CBS.^[1]

After the Wall Street Journal article appeared, the focus of Goldberg's work shifted. His subsequent work focused on what he perceives to be a elitist or liberal bias in media, and particularly in the reporting of news. In 2001, his first book Bias was published and became a number one New York Times bestseller. Goldberg followed Bias with two more national bestsellers—Arrogance: Rescuing America from the Media Elite and 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America.

Response to Goldberg's work

Awards

In addition to the Emmy Awards that Goldberg has won, he received the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award, in 2006 for a story on the exploitation of children in the United Arab Emirates. It marked the first time that a sports program had won a duPont award, which is considered to be one of the most prestigious journalism awards. ^[2]

Criticism and controversy

Goldberg's comments and his work have, in some cases, generated negative responses and criticism. On an episode of the Phil Donahue talk show on MSNBC, Al Franken challenged Goldberg's claim in Bias that a 1991 John Chancellor quote about the Soviet Union was "liberal hate speech".^[3]

Goldberg's writing in 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America was also criticized for populating the list with mostly liberal or liberal-leaning individuals. Eight conservative individuals do appear on the list in the book. ^[4]

Quotations

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• "I consider myself to be an old-fashioned liberal. I'm a liberal the way liberals used to be when they were like John F. Kennedy and when they were like Hubert Humphrey. When they were upbeat and enthusiastic and mainstream. I am not a liberal the way liberals are today at least as exemplified by Al Franken and Michael Moore, where they're angry, nasty, closed minded, & not mainstream, but fringe."^[5][6]
• "It doesn't happen that way." - Response to a student asking if he ever met a conservative who became a liberal.^[7]
• "They're responsible for the problem [of cultural meanness]." - Referring to residents of both U.S. coasts.^[8].
• "I admire Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly a lot because I think they're standup guys."^[9]
• "By the way, that was a long overdue suggestion" - Response to Alan Colmes pointing out Dick Cheney telling Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy to "go fuck yourself" on the floor of the Senate.^{[citation needed]}

Books

• Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News ISBN 0-06-052084-1
• Arrogance: Rescuing America from the Media Elite ISBN 0-446-53191-X
• 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America ISBN 0-06-076128-8

References

1. ^ Bias Review Bookreporter.com. Joe Hartlaub, 1996]
2. ^ Realsports Awards HBO.com. December 14 2005.
3. ^ Transcript MSNBC Donahue Show January 6, 2003
4. ^ The Book on One-Sidedness The Boston Globe, August 15, 2005
5. ^ The Bernard Goldberg Interview RightWingNews.com John Hawkins, 2001.
6. ^ Today's 'Liberals': Close-Minded, Nasty and Fringe Newsmax.com. Bernard Goldberg, October 16, 2003
7. ^ Goldberg Predicts Collapse of Liberal Media Newsmax.com. Phil Brennan, April 11, 2003.
8. ^ Bernard Goldberg: Coastal residents "responsible for the problem" of vulgarity; transcript of NBC Today Show, August 11, 2005.
9. ^ Everyone Loves a List Newsweek. Carl Sullivan, July 30, 2005

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