Think the media are biased? CONSERVATIVES HAVE BEEN crying foul for years, but now a veteran CBS reporter has come forward to expose how liberal bias pervades the mainstream media. Even if you've suspected your nightly news is slanted to the left, it's far worse than you think. Breaking ranks and naming names, Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist Bernard Goldberg reveals a corporate news culture in which the close-mindedness is breathtaking, journalistic integrity has been pawned to liberal opinion, and "entertainment" trumps hard news every time. In his three decades at CBS, Goldberg repeatedly voiced his concerns to network executives about the often one-sided nature of the news coverage. But no one listened to his complaints-or if they did listen, they did nothing about the problem. Finally, Goldberg had no choice but to blow the whistle on his own industry, to break the code of silence that pervades the news business. Bias is the result. As the author reveals, "liberal bias" doesn't mean simply being hard on Republicans and easy on Democrats. Real media bias is the result of how those in the media see the world-and their bias directly affects how we all see the world. In Bias you'll learn:

-How on issues ranging from homelessness to AIDS, reporters have simply regurgitated the propaganda of pressure groups they favor, to the detriment of honest reporting

-The Peter Jennings test for classifying politicians-and how all the networks do it

-The network color bar-why so many "victims" on network news stories are blond-haired, blue-eyed, and middle class

-How one high-level CBS News executive told Goldberg that of course the networks tilt left-but in the next breath said he'd deny that statement if Goldberg ever went public

-One of the biggest stories of our time-and why you probably didn't hear about it on the evening news

-How political correctness in network newsrooms puts "sensitivity" ahead of facts

-The real Dan Rather-a man who regards criticism of liberal bias as treason. If you ever suspected the network news was shortchanging the truth, Goldberg will not only prove you right, he'll give you a glimpse of just how it's done, and how fairness, balance, and integrity have disappeared from network television.

伯纳德・戈德堡

七次艾美奖得主，被《电视指南》评为电视上十大最受欢迎人物。在CBS担任了近30年的记者和制片人以后，戈德堡现在任HBO“真正体育”栏目记者。戈德堡曾经为《纽约时报》和《华盛顿邮报》撰稿。

戈德堡这本书在2001年12月问世后，连续14周刊登在《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜上，400多个电台节目专访、几十家有线电视台访谈。在国际上，有无数的媒体采访和报道他或评论他的书。在中国，诸多媒体以及网站对其进行了大量报道。