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'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.

Contents

Career

Response to works by Goldberg

Awards

Criticism and controversy

Quotations

Books

References

External links

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^[1]. 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.^[2]
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, '' 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. Realsports Awards HBO.com. December 14 2005.

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".^[3]
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. ^[4]

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."^[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 "f
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★ yourself" on the floor of the Senate ^[10]

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

★ "" ISBN 0-06-125257-0

References

1. HBO: Bernard Golderg Bio
2. ''Bias'' Review Bookreporter.com. Joe Hartlaub, 1996.
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
10. "Cheney Dismisses Critic With Obscenity " Washingtonpost.com. April 16 2006

External links

★ 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.