Anyone watch last night? They were talking about media bias with guests Bernard Goldberg, Al Franken and a couple of other people. A very enlightening and interesting show.
Phil, of course, says there's a conservative bias, and was backed up by Franken. Their take was that the media is giving Bush much more leniency than they ever gave Clinton.
Goldberg, as you may know, wrote the book "Bias". He used to be a bigwig at CBS and saw rather clear cut bias first hand. Needless to say, he doesn't work there anymore.
What was interesting were three incidents:
All three of those incidents brought home to me exactly WHY conservatives look down their noses at liberals. #1, they're zealots. #2, they lie. #3, the best they can do is some ignorant quip.
Curious what Dems and Maynard have to say about this? Does it embarrass you to be lumped in with these people?
Phil, of course, says there's a conservative bias, and was backed up by Franken. Their take was that the media is giving Bush much more leniency than they ever gave Clinton.
Goldberg, as you may know, wrote the book "Bias". He used to be a bigwig at CBS and saw rather clear cut bias first hand. Needless to say, he doesn't work there anymore.
What was interesting were three incidents:
- A young woman got up and was very emotional about what she perceived as conservative bias. She was adamant that the footage of Arabs cheering in the streets after 9-11 was old footage being passed off as the Arab commentary on the attacks. She said repeatedly she KNEW that was old footage and was practically crying about the media trying to deceive the American public in such a heinous fashion. Goldberg kept trying to tell her that that was NOT old footage, but a real life response to 9-11 on the part of Arabs. She denounced him, saying that she had Arab college friends and they TOLD her that the footage was bogus - again, she KNEW that footage was old. She was very passionate about her convictions. Donahue tried to pass it off and go on to another audience member when Goldberg stopped him. He said, "No, Phil - let's address this. Was that old footage or was it real?" Phil hemmed and hawed a bit but Goldberg pressed him. Finally Donahue told the girl that the footage was indeed "contemporary". They cut to the girl, who was vehemently shaking her head in denial. Then Donahue danced a bit, saying that the footage was certainly not the response of ALL Arabs worldwide. But you could tell by his face that he was caught and he knew it.
- Franken was trying to refute Goldberg's accounts of bias at ABC, saying that many people have come forward to say that Goldberg's version of events never happened and that he was lying. Goldberg asked WHO refuted his facts? Franken hemmed and hawed and tried to move on. Goldberg said, "No, tell me who said that my version of events wasn't true." Franken danced around and Goldberg finally said, "You can't tell me one person who said it wasn't true because there isn't anyone." Franken shook his head and did that, "Whatever" thing but he never gave a name nor did he care to pursue his comments.
- A 60-ish woman got up and said she doesn't like George Bush because he doesn't even speak our native language. That got the biggest laugh and applause of the whole show.
All three of those incidents brought home to me exactly WHY conservatives look down their noses at liberals. #1, they're zealots. #2, they lie. #3, the best they can do is some ignorant quip.
Curious what Dems and Maynard have to say about this? Does it embarrass you to be lumped in with these people?
