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`Bias` a CBS insider exposes how the Media Distort the News by Bernard Goldberg

br April 28 , 2007

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Bernard Goldberg Bias , A CBS Insider Exposes How The Media Distort The News Bernard Goldberg , author of Bias , A CBS Insider Exposes How The Media Distort The News ' demonstrates in this book how the media are bias in their news reporting . He suggests that they slant their coverage of the news while they tell you that they are presenting all the facts that are involved in the news reports

The author takes a deep view into news reporting , in which he is a part of , in

to offer the public a better understanding of what exactly takes place with important stories in which the media covers , and how they offer an opinion that strongly reflects their own personal views on the

In 1996 , Bernard Goldberg came clean with his opinion about the bias that he recognizes with the media . As a CBS news reporter , Goldberg discussed , before a public audience , the liberal bias in the media . It was clear that his associates weren 't happy about him mentioning his personal view on the and he quickly was treated differently because of his open announcement

This book shows how one person can cause so much chaos in the news business by mentioning subjects that many who are also in the same business , would rather keep private (Irvine , 2002 ) Reed Irvine , a media monitor tells us that Goldberg was not fired but his career did not prosper ' This statement shows how by giving the truth facts can greatly make or break your career

We learn how Goldberg was treated differently after he made this claim by most people that he had been associating with in the industry . He mentions that some of his closest friends and colleagues turned on him in a negative way , after his admission , including a famous CBS news reporter , Dan Rather

Goldberg offers us a look inside the media and how the industry operates . For many people who have often wondered what goes on behind closed doors , with the media , they can gain valuable information from this book and be able to recognize hints and clues about stories that they are viewing and determine if they are getting all the facts about the story or if possibly and most likely , they are getting a bias opinion from the news reporter

Exposing colleagues was a feat that Goldberg took extremely seriously He had to determine if his words would help society or harm them in any way . His clear decision to blow the whistle on the industry was a sacrifice in which Bernard Goldberg offered his listening public , so they could better make decisions , after hearing these reports from the media , and then make educated decisions about the stories that were being covered and then decide if what they were hearing was accurate stories or if they were simply reports that were altered or swayed in a direction that misled the public

In this book Goldberg shows that everyone does have...

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