Bernard Goldberg Quotes

Circumstantial evidence is evidence.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

There's a kind of journalistic narcissism that New York-based journalists are guilty of.

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

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

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

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

Look, everybody in journalism has a reputation of sorts.

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

Bill Maher fancies himself the reincarnation of Lenny Bruce.

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

You know, I was at CBS News for 28 years. I may have run an unidentified source. Frankly, I don't remember.

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

We need to build a beautiful granite and bronze monument in our nation's capital to honor American heroes, unsung American heroes. And those unsung American heroes are the rich.

Journalists love to show their compassion.

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

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.

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.

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