Comments on: Arrogance by Bernard Goldberg

By: A Nickel's Worth of Free Advice

A Nickel's Worth of Free Advice — Thu, 04 Mar 2004 03:19:28 +0000

TNR Admits Media Bias

Okay, maybe not everyone at the New Republic but at least Jonathan Chait. In his article Bias he has this…

By: A Nickel's Worth of Free Advice

A Nickel's Worth of Free Advice — Thu, 04 Mar 2004 03:18:59 +0000

TNR Admits Media Bias

Okay, maybe not everyone at the New Republic but at least Jonathan Chait. In his article Bias he has this…

By: Chuck

Chuck — Tue, 20 Jan 2004 07:28:08 +0000

I subscribe to the NY Times, and the NY Review of Books. I read both pretty regularly in the early seventies. Then I went off pretty much for 28 years in a new age religion. Then I got out of the religion, and part of my re-entry to normal life again was to pick up my subscriptions to the NY Times and NY Review of Books. I’ve been reading both religiously weekly for the last 8 months now that I have left my religion career. I can’t honestly say that the NY Times ever was different than it is now. Has it become what Mr. Goldberg claims it has? My opinion is that it has, slightly. It would take a journalism scholar to really study this issue. I liked Mr. Goldberg’s BIAS, which I am still reading. My opinion is that in general the quality of journalism is worse than it was in the 70′s. I agree with Mr. Goldberg that today’s journalism should be more seriously objective. We need more scholarly journalism, if that is possible.

By: Cliff

Cliff — Tue, 18 Nov 2003 01:57:39 +0000

Well I read your review and you have done a good job I think – even if I don’t agree with Goldberg’s analysis. I read his first book and I would bet $5 without having read this book that everything in it is anecdotal evidence. There is no rigor in the analysis. By that I mean go out and get a representative sample of news and other events and then count words and articles to determine the facts. His other book was just not up to snuff mathematically in my opinion. I could be wrong of course. My opinion is that both liberals and conservatives are blasting us everyday with their respective views and are led by elitists that are battling each other for control of the media. I don’t see either side representing the interests of those at the low end of the wage scale – by that I mean less than say $70,000 a year. I believe that anyone who’s income is more than a half million per year or networth is over a few million doesn’t have many things in common economically with those below those levels. The media serves the interests of the wealthy in this country. Those who use their money to buy media time to propagate their issues, get results. All the rest of us get to listen. I am not trying to be cynical, but I feel like a lot of people that I know – disenfranchised with regard to my economic interests.

By: A Nickel's Worth of Free Advice

A Nickel's Worth of Free Advice — Wed, 12 Nov 2003 18:31:30 +0000

Is media bias our fault?

Tyler Cowen, part of the Volokoh Conspiracy, has a article up at Tech Central Station arguing that media bias comes

By: A Nickel's Worth of Free Advice

A Nickel's Worth of Free Advice — Mon, 03 Nov 2003 22:40:28 +0000

Collected Miscellany tackles Arrogance

For those of you who haven’t checked out my new Book focused blog Collected Miscellany now is a good time