Arrogance

Rescuing America from the Media Elite

By: Bernard Goldberg

Narrated by: Bernard Goldberg

Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins

Publisher's summary

In his #1 New York Times best seller, Bias, Emmy Award-winning journalist Bernard Goldberg created a national firestorm when he exposed the liberal biases of the so-called mainstream media. Now, in his new blockbuster, Goldberg goes even further. He not only takes on Big Journalism, but offers a twelve-step program to help the media elites overcome their addiction to bias.

In Arrogance, Goldberg punctures the bubble in which the media elites live and work, a culture of denial where contrary views are not welcome. He shows how they base their stories on assumptions many Americans don't share-which inevitably leads to biased reporting and slanted news. With blistering wit and passion, he names names and builds his case, revealing:

How the media's coverage of the Jayson Blair scandal missed far more serious problems at the New York Times
How some of the toughest watchdogs in journalism became Hillary Clinton's lapdogs
Why the media refuse to shoot straight when the subject turns to guns
What the real truth is behind the Ms.-information put out by feminists and passed on to you by their friends in the media
Which CBS News icon is "transparently liberal," according to commentator Andy Rooney
Which Hollywood celebrities say the dopiest things about America
Why some think the top journalism school in America is an intellectual gulag
Why the only kind of diversity you cannot find in a lot of newsrooms is a diversity of ideas
How some journalists, like Bob Costas and Tim Russert, do get it ¿ and how they think American journalism can be made better.

Arrogance is one of those rare programs that can change not only a powerful American institution, but the American landscape as well.

©2003 Medium Cool Communications, Inc. (P)2003 Time Warner AudioBooks

Critic reviews

"Vocally, Goldbert is blunt, loud, and insistent....He adds an intelligent, combative voice to the media mix." (AudioFile)

wow

Mr. Goldberg hits the nail on the head with 'Arrogance'.

His experience as an 'insider' gives the reader (or listener) a glimpse of just how out of touch many of the 'media elites' are.

Mr. Goldbergs wit and style, make 'Arrogance' a joy to read. 'Arrogance' could have very easily become an overly passionate rant or a boring, if accurate, legal brief. Mr. Goldberg has instead, created an entertaining and important book.

When reading other 'Arrogance' reviews, ask yourself if the person who wrote it actually read the book, or if they're simply opposed to a 'diversity of ideas'.

Please,..Let,s hear it AII!

Very good read, from a 'middle of the road' reader...
But..Ahem, Most Kind Audible folks, ..
two things are missing here, perhaps.

1.The unabridged version (always critical) for this type of non-fiction.

2.Book 1,"Bias" The NY # 1 best seller and precurser to this audio document.
(I have read both 'complete versions' and can guarentee the readers of this book that the impact and cohesiveness is greatly augmented by reading the former publication as well!

They are really a two part opus in content,.. and should definitely be assimilated in tandum.

Thanks in advance, Audible!

Eye opening

This is the first audio book that I've listened to that I couldn't put down. From start to finish this book will grab you with anecdote and example of the fascinating career of the author, as told by the author. It is amazing to me how the ?big three? networks can continue to operate the way they do after Mr. Goldberg exposes them for what they are. Anyone who wants proof of a liberal bias in the press, and the arrogance that is behind it should get this book.

Masterful ... Required Reading ...

Thanks for writing this important book! You've written what I've felt for years - that there is Arrogance in the news rooms around the country ... that they have to 'think for us', 'cause we're too stupid to figure it out on our own.

Should be required reading for all ...

Bang on!

God save the media! If it is her will that it be done. Wow! Just wow!

Feed the Liberal Media Myth

Another attempt to ignor the reality that the media is controlled not by the reporters, but by the owners. And they are not liberal and not inclined to allow a liberal bias in today's newsrooms.

Bias is in beholder's eyes, & Goldberg is blind

Goldberg speaks of a left leaning media elite from the perspective of New York. Perhaps...but in many parts of the country the media elite is right leaning and just as biased -- if not more so. Goldberg does little in this book except feed the right-wing paranoia that has lead to the rise of Rush Limbaugh, Fox News, etc.

An artful piece of propaganda, I'll give it that.

A book for the supremely gullible only...if there's an overall bias to the American media at all, it's painfully obvious that it's in the opposite direction. The American "mainstream" media are all owned by large corporations, and let's face it, very few corporations are politically liberal. But hey, propaganda works; and, if nothing else, the apparent popularity of Goldberg's books is ample proof of that fact.