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Summary: If you're objective, you'll realize the media isn't.
Review: Bernie Goldberg describes various incidents of liberal bias in the media. He's NOT a right-wing nut out to grind an axe. In fact, it's difficult to discern his politics from this book (that, incidentally is how ALL journalists should write!). I strongly suggest every news junkie read this book.
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Summary: He Almost Convinced Me ...
Review: Goldberg's argument that the media share a liberal bias is predicated on the assumption that said bias is not deliberate or conspiratorial, but rather the inevitable result when the people who write and edit the news all come from the same socioeconomic background; attend the same schools, churches and synogogues; vote the same way, etc. He is championing the need for true diversity - not diversity of the superficial variety (e.g., skin color, gender), but diversity of thought and opinion in the newsrooms of America.He makes a compelling case that reporters and editors should stick to the facts on the news pages and leave advocacy journalism to the op-ed pages. Journalists, he says, must be more vigilant in ensuring that personal beliefs and political correctness do not cause them to slant their reporting in favor of or against a particular cause. Sounds reasonable, but in the end Goldberg shoots himself in the foot by claiming there is an exception to the aforementioned rule, and that exception is Israel. Journalists, he says, must maintain an advocacy role at all times when writing about Israel and resist the temptation to suggest a moral equivalency in the ongoing conflict in the Middle East (a bizarre stance, given the fact that many people feel the American media are already unabashedly pro-Israel). In other words, he's asking journalists to set aside their own prejudices in order to more fully support his. That's not my idea of objectivity. In fact, I believe it's because of such self-centered "logic" that American newsrooms are as disreputable as they are. The only cause that journalists should be supporting is the quest for truth, wherever it may be.
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Summary: "CBS News and I hate each other" would be a better title
Review: I found this book to be interesting, but Goldberg did not really expose anything to me. The book spent more time about how he had a falling out with Dan Rather, which really doesn't surprise me one bit in the slightest. I'm sure that Rather did everything that Goldberg alledged, but frankly, anybody in a position of power, be it a news organization or any large corporation is not going to take well to someone under them writing such a scathingly critical op-ed. But this book spends more time on that feud then it does trying to prove its point. So in the end, I came out knowing that Peter Jennings is a liberal and the conservatives started watching Fox News instead; which isn't really that different than what I've always known.
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Summary: a slap-dash effort
Review: Bernard Goldberg's theme is a good one. I'd hoped for support of that theme with heavy use of anecdotal evidence. Some of that is here. Otherwise, its a whine about Dan Rather's cold-shoulder after Goldberg's original op-ed piece in the WSJ. His writing is often exclamatory which strengthened the feeling that he was throwing in emotion to back up weak points. There are often surprising leaps from disconnected premises to, what he would have us believe, are obvious conclusions.
The book was not a total waste of time. I believe the idea that our news should be digested while keeping in mind its distribution through mainly liberal filters is important. Mr. Goldberg does present a few anecdotes which demonstrate this in the book but the problem is that there are as many weak ones presented with as much emphasis.
I also didn't like the amount of time spent personally vindicating himself. It made me question his motives and his own bias.
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Summary: WOW, This is a great read
Review: I bought this book hoping to learn some things about the media industry, but got much more in return. As a conservative I knew the media leaned to the left, we all know that. To read from a professed liberal his stand up explanations as to what he believes without pulling punches makes this book even more riviting. You understand a little more about why liberals think the way they do which really answers some questions we conservatives are always asking. He doesn't preach liberalism, he just lets you know he is a liberal. He then attacks his own media system for not giving the American people the real news but the left wing view of the news. It was far better then I expected. Must read!!!!
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Summary: speed reader's delight
Review: This is a very clever book on developing speed reading. The author disguised it as a nonfiction account of the "liberal" news media, but as I discovered, if you only read the pages in which the author provides verifiable facts to support his reasoning, then you can finish the book before moving from the library book shelf. Imagine, two hundred pages in five minutes! I almost got finger blisters turning the pages so quickly. I learned years ago in college that when reading a non-fiction book, other than, let's say, most memoirs, that if the book is without reference materials, a bibliography, or notes that allows the reader to verify the information, then the book is most likely a sham. "Bias" has zero references that would allow the curious reader to independently authenticate the writer's claims. I also did not notice at least semi-complete transcripts to allow for the writer's alleged quotes to be understood in context. The author is strictly operating on a "trust me" basis. If that's good enough for you, then I have a 70's VW to sell you (only driven once, really would I lie!). Regardless of your political orientation, the author should desire an intelligent audience. By stating his views as proven facts, the author violates the trust given by his audience to treat them with intellectual respect. Another book, "What Liberal Media? The Truth About Bias and the News" by Eric Alterman, actually considers the accusations of the Bias author and finds the claims lacking substance. Sure, Alterman is a liberal, but he gives a full forty pages of references (roughly a fifth of the Bias book's total pages) to back up his claims, and to allow the reader to look for her/himself. In sum, if you want to know who is "Biased" consider who is preferring to hide the information vs. who gives it to you to make up your own mind. I don't have to agree with all of Alterman's conclusions, but at least he gives me the opportunity to judge the facts on my own.
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Summary: BIAS is biased!
Review: How the hell can someone try to convince your reader that there is "male oppression" in America and turn around in the same chapter and say "Meredith Vieira of 'The View,' THE ABC GABFEST FOR WOMEN"!?!?!" Basically, the whole book is to justify his op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, which destroyed his career. If you're a democrat/liberal you probably won't like it.
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Summary: Hello, Enlightenement
Review: Bernie's a fair man. More accurately, an intellectually honest man, which is refreshing. The back of the book says it all "His case is air tight." He states things so clearly and fair it's tough to disbelieve and impossible to disprove.
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Summary: Who isn't biased?
Review: This was an excellent description and right on commentary on the media becoming more than it should be. Mr. Goldberg has described the state of the media and it weaknesses very well. He has accurately illuminated some of the idiocy and illogical thinking.
Mr. Goldberg exposes the realities that the media is full of "people" with just as many agendas and quirks as the average Joe. The only difference is that these same individuals have somehow elevated their positions, behind the cameras, microphones, and written word to a point that they can't any longer see their lack objectivity.
This book serves admirably to expose those who "can't see the forest for the trees." I listened to the audio book before I read the book and thoroughly digested both.
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Summary: incoherent vitriol
Review: Mr. Goldberg knows how to make a buck; he doesn't know how to write a book. Rants and raves will delight Cons... those who wish to learn would do better elsewhere.
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