Posted on 07/31/2005 8:02:27 AM PDT by Pikamax
WEB EXCLUSIVE By Carl Sullivan Newsweek Updated: 12:26 p.m. ET July 30, 2005 July 30 - Everyone loves lists. They certainly sell magazines. (Think The 10 Hottest Stocks or 5 Easy Ways to Please Your Man.) They apparently sell books, too. Bernard Goldbergs 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America (And Al Franken Is #37) is No. 6 on The New York Times Best-Sellers list.
A former CBS News reporter, Goldberg became a lightning rod in the debate over the news medias alliances when he published Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News in 2001 and Arrogance: Rescuing America From the Media Elite in 2003. His new book, published this month by HarperCollins, takes aim not only at the media, but also Hollywood, TV executives and liberal academics. NEWSWEEKs Carl Sullivan recently spoke with Goldberg about his book and his politics. Excerpts:
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He should follow up that book with one titled "The 100 Best Americans".
I'm reading this book now, it's very good; He has Michael Savage on the list. I've been wondering for a couple of years now if Savage is a deep cover left-wing plant on talk radio, put in place to foster distrust of the Republican party, generally bashing them, especially Pres. Bush, and serving as a lightning rod to make conservatives look bad. Think about it:
Born and raised in NYC
College at UC Berkely
Multiple academic degrees
Environmentalist background
Lives in San Francisco
Savage, left wing loonie?
(*drumroll*)
I HATE lists!
I only listen to Laura Ingraham and Rush... once in a while, Howie Carr. IF... he's talking politics.
1. Neil Boortz
2. Sean Hannity
3. Rush Limbaugh
"They never will be missed, they never will be missed!"
Me, too.
With a passion.
Me too! For the following reasons:
LOL! (I get it! I was going to ask the original poster for his ten main objections about lists, but first checked to see if anyone else had already gone that way.)
Dan
Oh, wait.
I have to amend my statement:
I do like lists of funny things.
Heh heh...my wife swore that no one would get it...so little faith, that one!
I can't imagine how any book in this vein can be anything but subjective. I don't think that makes the opinions lack legitimacy.
People do love list though. Mostly because they like to say "This person shouldn't be on there" or, "This person was only number 83??" It's fun stuff.
Heck...I still have ancient copies of "The Book of List" around my house.
Wives never properly appreciate our sparkling sense of humor, do they?
Dan
By that, he appears to me to be the lefts idea of what a conservative is. He has a following, and that is ok. I just don't bother listening anymore.
Excellent point. And a very interesting bio-data.
Defintely a wolf in sheep's clothing. Savage should be outed.
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