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Bias:
A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News by Bernard Goldberg Hardcover - 234 pages Available at: This book has 12 sample pages available for viewing at Amazon.com |
Book Description
Think the media are biased? Conservatives have been crying foul for years, but
now a veteran CBS reporter has come forward to expose how liberal bias pervades
the mainstream media. Even if you've suspected your nightly news is slanted to
the left, it's far worse than you think. Breaking ranks and naming names, Emmy
Award-winning broadcast journalist Bernard Goldberg reveals a corporate news
culture in which the close-mindedness is breathtaking, journalistic integrity
has been pawned to liberal opinion, and "entertainment" trumps hard
news every time. In his three decades at CBS, Goldberg repeatedly voiced his
concerns to network executives about the often one-sided nature of the news
coverage. But no one listened to his complaints—or if they did listen, they did
nothing about the problem. Finally, Goldberg had no choice but to blow the
whistle on his own industry, to break the code of silence that pervades the news
business. Bias is the result. As the author reveals, "liberal bias"
doesn't mean simply being hard on Republicans and easy on Democrats. Real media
bias is the result of how those in the media see the world-and their bias
directly affects how we all see the world.
In Bias you'll learn:
- How on issues ranging from homelessness to AIDS, reporters have simply regurgitated the propaganda of pressure groups they favor, to the detriment of honest reporting
- The Peter Jennings test for classifying politicians—and how all the networks do it
- The network color bar—why so many "victims" on network news stories are blond-haired, blue-eyed, and middle class
- How one high-level CBS News executive told Goldberg that of course the networks tilt left—but in the next breath said he'd deny that statement if Goldberg ever went public
- One of the biggest stories of our time—and why you probably didn't hear about it on the evening news
- How political correctness in network newsrooms puts "sensitivity" ahead of facts
- The real Dan Rather—a man who regards criticism of liberal bias as treason.
If you ever suspected the network news was shortchanging the truth, Goldberg will not only prove you right, he'll give you a glimpse of just how it's done, and how fairness, balance, and integrity have disappeared from network television.
Listen to Mr. Goldberg on The News Hour with Jim Lehrer (Jan 2002).
Read his live chat transcript at Townhall.com Live (Dec 2001)
Please note: This is a secular book and some of the language may be offensive to a Christian audience.