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In the thread "Newsman a Political Activist," Accountable wrote "Shame on Tim Russert for abdicating his responsibility as a newsman to promote his own views."

Based on the historical record of other main stream media-types, this should really not come as a great revelation, except for Russert's own record:

ABC former anchorman Peter Jennings in his radio commentary after the Republicans won control of the House, November 14, 1994 -

"Some thoughts on those angry voters. Ask parents of any two-year-old and they can tell you about those temper tantrums: the stomping feet, the rolling eyes, the screaming....Imagine a nation full of uncontrolled two-year-old rage. The voters had a temper tantrum last week....Parenting and governing don't have to be dirty words: the nation can't be run by an angry two-year-old."



USA Today columnist Julianne Malveaux on Justice Clarence Thomas, November 4, 1994, PBS, To the Contrary -

"The man is on the Court. You know, I hope his wife feeds him lots of eggs and butter and he dies early like many black men do, of heart disease. Well, that's how I feel. He is an absolutely reprehensible person."



National Public Radio and ABC News reporter Nina Totenberg reacting to Senator Jesse Helms's claim that the government spends too much on AIDS research, July 8, 1995 -

"I think he [Helms] ought to be worried about what's going on in the Good Lord's mind, because if there is retributive justice, he'll get AIDS from a transfusion, or one of his grandchildren will get it."



Newsweek Washington bureau chief Evan Thomas on Paula Jones, May 7, 1994, Inside Washington -

"Yes, the case is being fomented by right-wing nuts and yes, she is not a verycredible witness, and it's really not a law case at all. But Clinton has got a problem here. He has a history of womanizing that most people believe is a problem....It leads to things like this, some sleazy woman with big hair coming out of the trailer parks."



Dan Rather to Denver KOA Radio's Mike Rosen, November 28, 1995 -

"I'm all news all the time. Full power, tall power. I want to break in when news breals out. That's my agenda. Now respectfully, when you start talking about a liberal agenda and all the, quote, 'liberal bias' in the media, I quite frankly, and I say this respectfully but candidly to you, I don't know what you're talking about."



Source: The above quotes were taken from the book Bias by Bernard Goldberg, Chapter 12 "Liberal Hate-Speech, Pages 180-183.

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Time former reporter Nina Burleigh on Bill Clinton, as recounted by Burleigh in the July 20, 1998 New York Observer

"I would be happy to give him [Clinton] a ____ job just to thank him for keeping abortion legal. I think American women should be lining up with their presidential kneepads on to show their gratitude for keeping the theocracy off our backs."



PBS, To the Contrary, May 13, 2000

"Linda Chavez, Center for Equal opportunity: "If you're someone like me, who lives out in a rural area - if someone breaks into my house and wants to murder or rape me or steal my property, it'll take half an hour for a policeman to get to me.... Thousands of lives are saved by people being able to protect themselves." Bonnie Erbe, host and former NBC Radio/Mutual reporter: "And if you look at the statistics, I would bet that you have a greater chance of being struck by lightning, Linda, than living where you live, and at your age, being raped. Sorry."

Source: The above quotes were taken from the book Bias by Bernard Goldberg, Chapter 12 Liberal Hate-Speech, Pages 180-183.

And the award for the most calories burned to dig up anything and everything negative about liberals goes to:



Chip



Careful, it's still warm.

No awards needed. Just trying to provide parity and balance to the liberal media elites. If you need to support "business as usual," well.... it's a free country.

If the words provided by Mr. Goldberg aren't enough, there are some others doing research into, and montioring of, the liberal media bias.

Warning: Some may consider one or more of the sites below "conservative." View at your own risk.

http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/page.asp?RelNum=6664

http://www.thatliberalmedia.com

http://www.mediaresearch.org/biasbasics/biasbasics1.asp

ArnoldLayne, Post #6

I know. It's not about the issues. It's all about me. Like they said on Sienfield- "yada, yada, yada..." :-3

Far Rider wrote: I believe there is a liberal media bias when it comes to mainline news sources... ABC CBS and NBC... as well as some of the bigger 24/7 news agencies CNN. I have no doubt the wire services are biased towards the liberal side. I tend to watch a news program on TV and can weed out the slant and surmise what really happened.


Filtering is good. I commend your ability to do that. Many do not have that capacity and buy into the liberal media bias group-think hook, line and sinker.

Fellow Gardeners, here Chiptbeef has shown his true nazi colors. I am ignoring any further posts by him and urge all other Gardeners to do the same. This filth is not worth the effort.

Dear Accountable,

Why the hostility and bigoted, unfounded statements / lables. Relax. No need to attack. Just debate. If you can....