We in the press like to say we're honest brokers of information, and it's just not true. The press does have an agenda. Bernard Goldberg More Quotes by Bernard Goldberg More Quotes From Bernard Goldberg There are lots of reasons fewer people are watching network news, and one of them, I'm more convinced than ever, is that our viewers simply don't trust us. And for good reason. The old argument that the networks and other `media elites' have a liberal bias is so blatantly true that it's hardly worth discussing anymore. No, we don't sit around in dark corners and plan strategies on how we're going to slant the news. We don't have to. It comes naturally to most reporters. Bernard Goldberg media dark people I worked with these liberal elites for 28 years at CBS News, and they were always throwing around the term 'white trash,' by which they meant poor southerners who didn't go to Harvard. I'm not sure why that makes them trash. Bernard Goldberg news white years I have a big problem when the sanctimonious, holier than thou congressmen and women go on national television for six hours and beat somebody up with a stick, and not because I'm 'Ms. Manners.' That's not what bothers me. People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. Bernard Goldberg glasses house people I have met guys who work the overnight shift at 7-11, selling Slurpees and Camels to insomniacs who have more introspection than a lot of people in the mainstream media. Bernard Goldberg media guy people There are some programs on FOX that are not only fair and balanced, they're commentary shows. They don't have to be. But they brag about how fair and balanced they are. They don't cover rallies and tea parties. They cheer lead for rallies and tea parties. And as a journalist, I am totally against that. Bernard Goldberg party cheer tea The most meaningless term in the English language is "I take full responsibility." When a politician utters those words it means absolutely nothing. Bernard Goldberg language responsibility mean I didn't say one negative word about poor people or about middle-class people or anything else. All I said was that the rich deserve our gratitude. Bernard Goldberg negative-words gratitude class I mean, I think everybody realizes that calling people racist is a waste of time, nobody buys it anymore. Bernard Goldberg mean people thinking Circumstantial evidence is evidence. Bernard Goldberg circumstantial-evidence evidence Don't pretend to be a journalist if you're not a journalist. Bernard Goldberg journalist ifs We need to build a beautiful granite and bronze monument in our nation's capital to honor American heroes, unsung American heroes. And those unsung American heroes are the rich. Bernard Goldberg honor hero beautiful I know real people, whose names I could tell you, people I know who have said "I’ve stopped buying the New York Times." Why? Because their editorial position has filtered, has leached into the news pages. Bernard Goldberg real new-york names The big 3 networks don't like the fact that there's a Rush Limbaugh out there, they don't like the fact that there's a Fox News, they don't like the fact that there's a Matt Drudge. They liked it when it was nice, when it was just the three of them. Well, it ain't that way anymore. Bernard Goldberg news three nice Try to imagine an America without rich people. Rich people contribute a lot to this country. Bernard Goldberg country america people I don't believe all rich people are selfless philanthropists. Bernard Goldberg selfless believe people I respect the Kennedy family. I respect their service. They do a tremendous amount of good. You don't blame the children for the sins of the father and all of that. Bernard Goldberg kennedy-family father children I've never seen class warfare as nasty as it is today, as a result of tax debate. Bernard Goldberg warfare class today A lot of so-called rich, according to this legislation, make $250,000. That's a lot of money, but it is not rich. Bernard Goldberg lots-of-money legislation rich Journalists love to show their compassion. Bernard Goldberg journalist compassion shows Hurricanes are dangerous things, and they're no fun to go through. And if you come out of it in one piece and your house comes out of in one piece, it's no fun living with no electricity for a day or a week, a month, whatever it is. And I speak, unfortunately, from personal experience on that matter. Bernard Goldberg matter house fun
