Posted on 12/06/2001 3:54:33 AM PST by bert
Bernard Goldberg is coming up on Fox and friends and apparently is going to comment on Dan Rather. The fight against media bias is the topic
Specifically targeted how networks will go to NOW whenever a woman's issue arises, which is OK, but they never think to go to a conservative women's organization for comment. Also targeted how the term 'right-wing' conservative or moderate Republican will be used to introduce or name a person speaking on the network in th titleblock, but never refer to Barney Frank or Barbara Boxer as left wing Democrats.
Said, the only use of the term left-wing in the networks is when they're speaking about an aircraft.
He also claimed he was a Democrat originaly, voted for McGovern twice (primary and election), born in NYC, inner city youth, public schools, and still recognizes this incredible bias that the networks refuse to even recognize while they are labeling conservatives as 'right-wing extremists'.
Hadn't heard about that one. Can you elaborate?
Basically, he said that the media are by nature liberal, travel in liberal circles, and don't really comprehend that there is any other rational way of being.
He said that this made the bias harder to overcome -- i.e., there is no conspiracy per se; just a mindset that NOW represents all women, that Jesse Jackson speaks for all blacks, and that the liberal position is not liberal -- just moderate and rational.
He said that the cure was to move all 3 network headquarters to Omaha. He compared them to the Flat Earth Society -- a small group denying the reality [in this case, media liberal bias] that the rest of the world KNOWS to be true. He mentioned Rather, Brokaw, and Jennings just in passing.
A very good interview overall.
Pointed out that they never called democrats by the moniker of 'Left Wing Senator Mudslinger' - used Boxer as an example - yet they called most conservatives Right Wingers.
Never called anybody but NOW for women's views....didn't even occur to them to call a conservative women's group.
That's the gist of it.
Sorry. Had to go to work for a while. When the daughter-in-law of the college president committed suicide after she said she had been having a 19-year affair with him, all hell broke loose. The administration circled the wagons and Dr Roche eventually resigned. The police botched much of the investigation, and her husband, George Roche IV, also a professor at Hillsdale, acted really weird. Bottom line is that Bill Bennett was on the board or had initially said he would serve on the committee to find a new president. He resigned, saying something like the administration was trying to sweep the whole scandal under the rug. I just lost a little respect for the guy when he cut and ran.
It's my original hometown and have followed the story. I ran into Sam Tannenhaus in Dec 99 when I was visiting the area. He wrote the most recent biography on Whitaker Chambers, and I understand he will be writing one for William F Buckley. Tannenhaus wrote what some would call a 'hit' piece in the March or April 2000 issue of Vanity Fair. I recommend it.
Thanks for the info on Bennett and Hillsdale. I've always had such admiration for Hillsdale. That scandal was really an unfortunate turn of events. I wonder what Bennett was referring to when he said Hillsdale was sweeping it under the rug. Didn't appear that way to me. Bennett's a neo-con anyway and I've always had a little trouble with that.
So now, who was this "hit" piece on in Vanity Fair--Bennett?
"Hit" may have been a poor choice of words. I think I read a review or two that tried to say Tanenhaus had put a sinister spin on the whole operation of Hillsdale College under Roche. I didn't feel that way. Thought it was fair and balanced.
The interesting thing to me is the Chambers-Buckley-Tanenhaus connection. Whitaker Chambers, of course, is a hero to Hillsdale because he switched from being a staunch Communist to one who condemned Communism. He then became a mentor to a very young William F Buckley in the 50's. Tanenhaus writes the definitive biography on Chambers and will eventually write one on Buckley. Buckley, BTW, has been a long time supporter of Hillsdale. The more I grow up, the more I support what Hillsdale stands for. I only took a couple courses there during a short break in my military service back in the 60's.
Here is a link to the IMPRIMIS Newsletter archive. Notice that there was no Nov or Dec 99 issue. Lissa Roche had been the coordinator/editor of the IMPRIMIS.
HILLSDALE: Greek Tragedy in America's Heartland. by Roger Rapoport is a book on the subject that came out about a year ago.
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