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Bernard Goldberg

Overview

Bernard "Bernie" Goldberg (b. 1945) is an American writer, journalist, and political commentator.

Goldberg, who has authored several books, is currently a commentator for Fox News. His 2005 book, 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America, has received significant press attention.

Career

For 28 years, Goldberg worked for CBS as a reporter where he won 6 Emmy Awards. At HBO he won 2 Sports Emmy Awards for Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel and a DuPont-Columbia Award. Goldberg 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.

After the The Wall Street Journal article appeared, Goldberg shifted the focus of his work to what he perceives to be an elitist or liberal bias in media, and particularly in the reporting of news. In 2001, his first book, Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News 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. His new book, Crazies to the Left of Me, Wimps to the Right, was released in stores on April 17, 2007.

Response to works by Goldberg

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.
Criticism and controversy
Comments and published works by Goldberg have, in some cases, generated negative responses and criticism. On an episode of the Phil Donahue talk show on MSNBC, Al Franken challenged Goldberg over a claim in Bias that a 1991 John Chancellor quote about the Soviet Union was "liberal hate speech".

His book 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America has been criticized for listing mostly liberal or liberal-leaning individuals, but no "overzealous or corrupt government regulators", and though several conservative individuals are also listed, some people view that their actions are less harshly criticized.

Quotations

*"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." *"It doesn't happen that way." - Response to a student asking if he ever met a conservative who became a liberal. *"The evening news is a concept whose time has come and gone." *"They're responsible for the problem [of cultural meanness]." - Referring to residents of both U.S. coasts.. *"I admire Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly a lot because I think they're standup guys." *"By the way, that was a long overdue suggestion" - Response to Alan Colmes pointing out Dick Cheney telling Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy to "f*** yourself" on the floor of the Senate

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...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." *"It doesn't happen that way." - Response to a student asking if he ever met a conservative who became a liberal...

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In July 2005, Bernard Goldberg ranked Savage number 61 in his book 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America. Goldberg wrote that "Savage's brand of over-the-top bile...puts him right in there with the angriest haters on the Left."...

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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." *"It doesn't happen that way." - Response to a student asking if he ever met a conservative who became a liberal...

This biography says:

...*"I admire Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly a lot because I think they're standup guys." *"By the way, that was a long overdue suggestion" - Response to Alan Colmes pointing out Dick Cheney telling Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy to "f*** yourself" on the floor of the Senate

This biography says:

Comments and published works by Goldberg have, in some cases, generated negative responses and criticism. On an episode of the Phil Donahue talk show on MSNBC, Al Franken challenged Goldberg over a claim in Bias that a 1991 John Chancellor quote about the Soviet Union was "liberal hate speech"...

This biography says:

...*"I admire Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly a lot because I think they're standup guys." *"By the way, that was a long overdue suggestion" - Response to Alan Colmes pointing out Dick Cheney telling Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy to "f*** yourself" on the floor of the Senate

This biography says:

...*"I admire Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly a lot because I think they're standup guys." *"By the way, that was a long overdue suggestion" - Response to Alan Colmes pointing out Dick Cheney telling Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy to "f*** yourself" on the floor of the Senate

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Kael is frequently quoted as having said, in the wake of Richard Nixon's landslide victory in the 1972 presidential election, that she "couldn't believe Nixon had won," since no one she knew had voted for him. The quote is sometimes cited by conservatives (such as Bernard Goldberg, in his book Bias), as an example of allegedly clueless New York liberal insularity. There are variations as to the exact wording, the speaker (it has variously been attributed to other liberal women, including Katharine Graham, Susan Sontag, and Joan Didion), http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/aug01/aug01_letterseditor.html http://www.slate.com/id/2000108/entry/1001145/ and the timing (in addition to Nixon's victory, it has been claimed to have been uttered after Ronald Reagan's re-election in 1984.) http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110010021...

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...He has endorsed Bernard Goldberg's suggestion that Roman Catholic priests who molest teenage boys should be called "gay priests" rather than "pedophile priests." In the same article, he used the terms "homonazis" and "sodomofascist" to refer to gays who advocate the imprisonment of pastors for calling homosexual acts sinful:...

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...Rather has, however, been subject to criticism from conservatives, who accuse him of having a liberal bias, and others, including longtime colleague Bernard Goldberg. Still others have expressed dislike for Rather's on-air delivery or argued that Rather was too "ham-handed", "pseudo-folksy" or "old-fashioned."

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* Bernard Goldberg Official Website * Goldberg Variations: Evil genius or useful idiot? We report, you decide, Michael Kinsley, Slate.com, Jan. 10, 2002. * Chapter excerpts and essay by Bernard Goldberg about Bias Publisher official Goldberg web site.

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Theodore Draper regarded Foner as "one of our most distinguished historians" and "a partisan of radical sects and opinions."http://www.nybooks.com/articles/article-preview?article_id=375 John Patrick Diggins of the City University of New York, wrote that Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877, is, "a magisterial narrative," and, "a moving account," but characterized the historian as, "an unforgiving historian of America." http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2751/is_2002_Fall/ai_92042423/print Conservative activist and "academia-watchdog" David Horowitz described as "anti-American" a Columbia University teach-in that Foner helped organize in 2003; Daniel Pipes named Foner among the "Profs who hate America" (for the historian's opposition to the Iraq War).http://www.danielpipes.org/article/988 Bernard Goldberg opined that Foner is #75 in Goldberg's personal list of 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America in 2005...

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...In 2005, Eminem was a subject of criticism in Bernard Goldberg's book 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America, being ranked at #58. Goldberg cited a 2001 column by Bob Herbert of New York Times claiming, "In Eminem's world, all women are 'whores,' and he is eager to rape and murder them." The Eminem song "No One's Iller" was also used by Goldberg as an example of misogyny in his music.