Hmmm...have any inside info here? Is character assassination the tactic CBS had decided upon?
Bernard Goldberg has been a thorn in their side for years. He actually had the nerve to mouth off when the SinkEmperor was firmly astride his throne [early 1996!]. This could have cost him big-time, including a friendly little IRS audit, etc., etc.
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From the February 1996 MediaWatch
Front Page
CBS Reporter Bernard Goldberg Charges Colleague, Media with Liberal Bias
This month MediaWatch planned to include an article about CBS reporter Eric Engberg's February 8 CBS Evening News "Reality Check" attack on Steve Forbes' flat tax. But one of Engberg's colleagues beat us to it. In an unprecedented February 13 Wall Street Journal op-ed, CBS reporter Bernard Goldberg said that "Mr. Engberg's report set new standards for bias." Reaction was swift: CBS News President Andrew Heyward tagged the charge "absurd."
Goldberg began by observing that one reason fewer people are watching network news "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."
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