I just watched Bernard Goldberg on FUCKS News

[MadisonProgressive]

He wrote a book called 'the top 100 people that have screwed up America' (or something like that). He lists Michael Moore as #1! I didn't know that Michael Moore has caused all the problems of the world in the last 4-5 years. :shrug:

[BrklynLiberal]

1. That man is a total A-hole. Repuke mouthpiece. Ignore him.

[BattyDem]

2. Oh give me a fucking break!

These people get more outrageous by the minute! :eyes: :grr:

[bryant69]

3. Are you serious?

Was he being rhetorical or has he actually written a book called that?

I read Bias, which was basically a hack job on Dan Rather.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[Eric J in MN]

7. It's his latest book (nt)

nt

[spanone]

4. I saw him the other day shilling his book. Yea, Michael's the problem.

Hey Bernie, get a life.

[CatholicEdHead]

5. Flipping through channels I saw the last few seconds

of this. It was clearly pandering on their "Heartland" show. The follow up was some military officer who wrote a book "why they do not get it" or something like that. Nothing unsual for that channel.

[BrklynLiberal]

6. Here is a good article by Michael Kinsley

Goldberg Variations
Evil genius or useful idiot? We report, you decide.
By Michael Kinsley
Posted Thursday, Jan. 10, 2002, at 4:19 PM PT

<snip>

So I was happy to get confirmation from the current best seller (categorized as nonfiction) Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News, by former CBS newsman Bernard Goldberg. The book is rich with anecdotes about the horrors—ideological and otherwise—of working for CBS, culled from Mr. Goldberg's three decades of working for CBS. He must have been chained to his TelePrompTer or something, because a man who "was once rated by TV Guide as one of the ten most interesting people on television," as his author ID brags, surely didn't need to spend all those years at a corrupt and dishonest institution.

One story has gotten the most attention. It involves a conversation with CBS News President Andrew Heyward: " 'Look, Bernie,' he said, 'of course there's a liberal bias in the news. All the networks tilt left.' But, 'If you repeat any of this, I'll deny it.' "

Bingo! This was the confirmation that I and every right-wing radio talk show host in America had been waiting for. But then I made the classic journalist's error: I checked it out. First I talked to Mr. Goldberg himself. "Look, Mike, of course I made that story up," he said. "It's brilliant, don't you think? If Heyward denies the story, that just confirms it in people's minds. The whole vast right-wing conspiracy has fallen for it. Fox News is so grateful that Roger Ailes is sending me suitcases full of cash. And if you repeat any of this, I'll deny it."

"Of course we haven't fallen for it," Ailes growled. "We just put it out there as prole meat. This Goldberg is what my Communist pals used to call a useful idiot. And what an idiot! They really don't build them like that anymore." Ailes' humor started to improve. Soon tears of happiness were streaming down his cheeks. "I mean, that stuff about CBS execs taking it up the keister from Dan Rather in prison?" He chortled, "I love it, I really do. And who cares if it's all true or not?" He winked. "We report, you decide. By the way, if you repeat any of this, I'll break your legs. And I'll deny it."

<snip>
more...
http://slate.msn.com/default.aspx?id=2060629

[UTUSN]

8. Yip, He's as Dumb as a Rock. Well, He Got That Fat Pension from CBS

before quitting/retiring.

When he was pushing his "Bias" crap, my local radio wingnut talkshow host was able to interview him by phone. The local wingnut and I have been e-mail sparring partners for 5 or more years. In fact, he gave me a heads-up to call in. Ahead of time, I had e-mailed him a list of 10 or more questions for the A-hole.

Well, GOLDDIGGER was pushing his line that Libs at the networks don't know they are Libs, that they just all hang out together, send their kids to the same schools, and therefore soak up the same outlook by unthinking osmosis. Iow, that no THINKING person could be a Lib, just by soaking it up with other zombies.

Well, I got on and said that the airwaves were saturated with LIMBOsevic, the whole Faux line-up, which I named, and the host of other wingnuts. He said, "Oh, no, those are COMMENTATORS. When we count up Lib vs (Wingnut) news people, we're talking about the HARD NEWS people---the network news."

Then they cut me off, but GOLDDIGGER said to the host, "See, another one who just doesn't know (something like, he was FED) the Lib outlook." The host said, "Oh, no, this dude is OUT. He's a full fledged Lib." He then proceeded to read off my list of questions to him without attribution.

[KnightoftheRepublic]

9. Whoa, Whoa,

This book is just Americans, right? Because if it's not, than what happened to ole Osama? Do they really think Moore is worse than terrorists?

[UTUSN]

10. Yip, LIMBOsevic and the Rest Hate Other Americans More Than Terrorists

LIMBo finds ANY event that is bad to be the fault of us Libs. He was saying that about the London bombing. He said SHUMER should "join us in the war in Iraq instead of declaring war over SCotUS."