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The following persons, television programs or media outlets have frequently been said to express a well known liberal bias. | The following persons, television programs or media outlets have frequently been said to express a well known liberal bias. | ||
* ''[[The New York Times]]'' | * ''[[The New York Times]]'' | ||
| − | * [[ABC]], [[CBS]] | + | * [[ABC]], [[CBS]]{{fact}} |
* [[Dan Rather]]<ref>During a phone conversation, [[Bernard Goldberg]] asked him, "What do you consider the ''New York Times''? | * [[Dan Rather]]<ref>During a phone conversation, [[Bernard Goldberg]] asked him, "What do you consider the ''New York Times''? | ||
Revision as of 17:44, April 5, 2007
Template:Stub The following persons, television programs or media outlets have frequently been said to express a well known liberal bias.
- The New York Times
- ABC, CBS[Citation Needed]
- Dan Rather[1]
- CNN[Citation Needed]
- LA Times[Citation Needed]
- Michael Moore
- The Daily Show
- Real Time with Bill Maher
- The United Nations[Citation Needed]
- Washington Post[Citation Needed]
- Hollywood[Citation Needed]
- MSNBC
- Communism for Dummies
- Liberals
There are many examples of liberal views in the Liberals article. When a journalist uses these liberal views in a one-sided manner, the journalist is exhibiting liberal bias.
CBS insider Bernard Goldberg wrote the definitive book on liberal bias in the media, simply entitled Bias.
- He asserts that an "inability to see liberal views as liberal views ... is at the heart of the entire problem."
- He wrote: "Pauline Kael, for years the brilliant film critic at the New Yorker, was completely baffled about how Richard Nixon could have beaten George McGovern in 1972: 'Nobody I know voted for Nixon.' Never mind that Nixon carried 49 states. She wasn't kidding."[2]
He also suggested that liberals don't even see their liberal values as "liberal":
- "Their views on all the big social issues ... aren't liberal views at all. They're simply reasonable views, shared by all the reasonable people the media elites mingle with ..."[3]
References
- ↑ During a phone conversation, Bernard Goldberg asked him, "What do you consider the New York Times? Rather answered, "Middle of the road." ([[Bias (book)|]], page 221)
- ↑ (Bias (book), page 222-223)
- ↑ (Bias (book), page 222)