ZGram - 12/11/2001 - "As if we didn't know..."

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Copyright (c) 2001 - Ingrid A. Rimland

ZGram - Where Truth is Destiny

December 11, 2001

Good Morning from the Zundelsite:

Today a brief book review by yet another Goldie discarding the liberal cause=
:

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CBS insider exposes media distortion

 In 1996, veteran CBS News reporter and producer Bernie Goldberg committed
the unpardonable sin of publicly mentioning the issue of liberal bias in
the media.

 For that he became persona non grata at CBS. In his new book, "Bias: A CBS
Insider Exposes How the Media Distorts the News," Goldberg tells how
friends and colleagues turned on him, from junior CBS reporters all the way
to Dan Rather. But much more than that, he exposes a bias so uniform and
overwhelming that it permeates every "news" story we hear and read -- and
so entrenched and deep rooted that the networks themselves don=92t even
recognize it.

 Goldberg thought of himself as a typical liberal television news reporter.
It was only when a friend called to his attention a particular news story
on his own network unduly ridiculing a Republican presidential candidate
did he realize the depth of the bias within the national news media.
Goldberg wrote an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal calling the
offending reporter and his own employer to task.

 The resulting outcry from reporters and anchors on all three networks --
including cold shoulders from co-workers -- help to confirm his suspicions
that bias in the national news media is indeed real.

 Goldberg goes beyond the circumstances of his brave op-ed and resulting
ouster as member of the establishment news media in good standing. He
presents the cold, hard truth about the entire news media and backs it up
with cold, hard facts.

 Goldberg shows:

 * how media bias has twisted the facts of some of the biggest stories of
the last two decades;

 * the facts that prove that conservatives and liberals in politics are
treated radically different by the news media;

 * how the news is knowingly "manufactured," why certain key facts are
omitted from some news stories if they make a case or a cause seem less
compelling;

 * that the news media feels free to heap criticism on just about anyone or
anything but is absolutely intolerant of any criticism of its own work; a
behind-the-cameras tour to witness scenes of jaw-dropping arrogance and
"spin-cycle" journalism.

 "Bias" has already climbed to the best-seller lists -- even before the
book was officially released. You've heard him on Rush Limbaugh and seen
him interviewed on Fox. Now you can read this explosive book for yourself.

 http://www.shopnetdaily.com/store/item.asp?ITEM_ID=3D328

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Thought for the Day:

"Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel;
Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle."