Bernard Goldberg Quotes

• There are lots of reasons fewer people are watching network news, and one of them, I'm more convinced than ever, 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.

  Bernard Goldberg

  Dark, Media, People

  "CFIF General Counsel Talks With Veteran CBS Reporter Bernard Goldberg About Media Bias". Interview with Renee Giachino, www.cfif.org.

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• We in the press like to say we're honest brokers of information, and it's just not true. The press does have an agenda.

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  Nwo, Doe, Agendas

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• I worked with these liberal elites for 28 years at CBS News, and they were always throwing around the term 'white trash,' by which they meant poor southerners who didn't go to Harvard. I'm not sure why that makes them trash.

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  Years, White, News

  "O'Reilly and Bernie Goldberg Respond to Jon Stewart's Criticism of Fox News". "The O'Reilly Factor" with Bill O'Reilly, www.foxnews.com. April 19, 2010.

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• I have met guys who work the overnight shift at 7-11, selling Slurpees and Camels to insomniacs who have more introspection than a lot of people in the mainstream media.

  Bernard Goldberg

  Media, People, Guy

  Interview with Jed Babbin, humanevents.com. February 2, 2009.

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• I have a big problem when the sanctimonious, holier than thou congressmen and women go on national television for six hours and beat somebody up with a stick, and not because I'm 'Ms. Manners.' That's not what bothers me. People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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  Glasses, People, House

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• The most meaningless term in the English language is "I take full responsibility." When a politician utters those words it means absolutely nothing.

  Bernard Goldberg

  Mean, Responsibility, Language

  "Goldberg: The media is slobbering over Hillary Clinton". "The O'Reilly Factor" with Bill O'Reilly, www.foxnews.com. January 25, 2013.

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• Journalists love to show their compassion.

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  Compassion, Shows, Journalist

  "Media Unfair to Michael J. Fox And Rush Limbaugh?". "The O'Reilly Factor", www.foxnews.com. October 27, 2006.

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• 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.

  Bernard Goldberg

  Dark, News, Strategy

  "CFIF General Counsel Talks With Veteran CBS Reporter Bernard Goldberg About Media Bias". Interview with Renee Giachino, www.cfif.org. August 12, 2004.

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• I respect the Kennedy family. I respect their service. They do a tremendous amount of good. You don't blame the children for the sins of the father and all of that.

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  Children, Father, Kennedy Family

  "Bernie Goldberg Explains Why We Should Be Thanking Rich Americans". "The O'Reilly Factor", www.foxnews.com. December 13, 2010.

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• Except for talk radio, liberals pretty much control the culture.

  Bernard Goldberg

  Culture, Radio, Talk Radio

  Bernard Goldberg (2009). “Crazies to the Left of Me, Wimps to the Right: How One Side Lost Its Mind and the Other Lost Its Nerve”, p.19, Harper Collins

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• I mean, I think everybody realizes that calling people racist is a waste of time, nobody buys it anymore.

  Bernard Goldberg

  Mean, Thinking, People

  "Bernie Goldberg on Far Left Calling Tea Party 'Terrorists'". "The O'Reilly Factor", www.foxnews.com. August 1, 2011.

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• As a matter of fact, you know, Jesus probably would be, except for one or two issues, a liberal Democrat if he were around today.

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  Jesus, Issues, Two

  "Bernie Goldberg Explains Why We Should Be Thanking Rich Americans". "The O'Reilly Factor", www.foxnews.com. December 13, 2010.

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• I don't think liberals in the media are really that much different from liberals outside the media.

  Bernard Goldberg

  Thinking, Media, Different

  "Bernie Goldberg on Possibility of Hillary Clinton Challenging Obama in 2012". "The O'Reilly Factor" with Bill O'Reilly, www.foxnews.com. July 12, 2010.

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• There are some programs on FOX that are not only fair and balanced, they're commentary shows. They don't have to be. But they brag about how fair and balanced they are. They don't cover rallies and tea parties. They cheer lead for rallies and tea parties. And as a journalist, I am totally against that.

  Bernard Goldberg

  Cheer, Party, Tea

  "Bill O'Reilly and Bernie Goldberg Debate Fox News and Conservative Bias". "The O'Reilly Factor", www.newsbusters.org. September 30, 2009.

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• I didn't say one negative word about poor people or about middle-class people or anything else. All I said was that the rich deserve our gratitude.

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  Gratitude, Negative Words, Class

  "Bernie Goldberg Explains Why We Should Be Thanking Rich Americans". "The O'Reilly Factor", www.foxnews.com. December 13, 2010.

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• You don't smear somebody as a racist when there is obviously nothing there.

  Bernard Goldberg

  Racist

  "O'REILLY FACTOR: 'Bill Maher Doesn't Have An Ounce Of Courage'" by Steven Loeb, www.businessinsider.com. February 15, 2011.

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• The evening news is a concept whose time has come and gone.

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  News, Gone, Evening

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• Look, everybody in journalism has a reputation of sorts.

  Bernard Goldberg

  Looks, Reputation, Journalism

  "Guest Tells Bill O'Reilly: Don't Kid Yourself, Your Ambush Interviews Are NOT Journalism" by Steven Loeb, www.businessinsider.com. March 1, 2011.

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• Don't pretend to be a journalist if you're not a journalist.

  Bernard Goldberg

  Journalist, Ifs

  "Bill O'Reilly and Bernie Goldberg Debate Fox News and Conservative Bias". "The O'Reilly Factor", www.newsbusters.org. September 30, 2009.

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• I've never seen class warfare as nasty as it is today, as a result of tax debate.

  Bernard Goldberg

  Class, Warfare, Today

  "Bernie Goldberg Explains Why We Should Be Thanking Rich Americans". "The O'Reilly Factor", www.foxnews.com. December 13, 2010.

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• Liberals, many of them, not all of them, but many of them are obsessed with race. They see everything through a filter of race.

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  Race, Filters, Obsessed

  "Bernie Goldberg Exposes Liberal, Skinhead Obsession". "The O'Reilly Factor" with Bill O'Reilly, nation.foxnews.com. April 24, 2012.

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• A lot of so-called rich, according to this legislation, make $250,000. That's a lot of money, but it is not rich.

  Bernard Goldberg

  Rich, Legislation, Lots Of Money

  "Bernie Goldberg Explains Why We Should Be Thanking Rich Americans". "The O'Reilly Factor", www.foxnews.com. December 13, 2010.

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• I don't believe all rich people are selfless philanthropists.

  Bernard Goldberg

  Believe, People, Selfless

  "Bernie Goldberg Explains Why We Should Be Thanking Rich Americans". "The O'Reilly Factor", www.foxnews.com. December 13, 2010.

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• Try to imagine an America without rich people. Rich people contribute a lot to this country.

  Bernard Goldberg

  Country, America, People

  "Bernie Goldberg Explains Why We Should Be Thanking Rich Americans". "The O'Reilly Factor", www.foxnews.com. December 13, 2010.

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• I admire Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly a lot because I think they're standup guys.

  Bernard Goldberg

  Thinking, Guy, Bills

  "Everyone Loves a List". Interview with Carl Sullivan, www.newsweek.com. July 29, 2005.

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