January 16, 2002
Nicholas von Hoffman (he of the Andrew Sullivan Von-Hoffman Awards for "most prophetically challenged pieces of media war-wisdom") weighs in with his take on Bernard Goldberg and media bias. Von Hoffman’s take is that yes, there is a liberal media bias, but it’s old news that everybody already knows, and "if you're smart, you know it's there and you view or read accordingly."
So what is von Hoffman’s best example of how thoroughly this bias has already been covered by the very media that commits it?
Sounds great, but wondering where you might catch this seemingly groundbreaking show? It might be tough, especially because Beggars and Choosers, a short-lived Showtime series, was cancelled last February, and I believe now only appears in reruns on one of the auxiliary Showtime networks (Showcase).
So I guess von Hoffman’s point is that Goldberg needn’t have bothered writing the best-selling Bias, which has garnered huge media attention, since the topic has already been completely covered by a nearly unknown, now-defunct cable television show. Makes sense to me.
So what is von Hoffman’s best example of how thoroughly this bias has already been covered by the very media that commits it?
"Bernie, Bernie, Bernie, you are not exposing liberal bias to the light of day for the first time. Indeed, television itself acknowledges it and uses it to provide viewers with some marvelous entertainment. If you haven’t seen any of the episodes in the cable series Beggars and Choosers, you’ll do yourself a favor by dialing on this funny, funny comedy built around life in the West Coast headquarters of a major television network. is funny, funny comedy built around life in the West Coast headquarters of a major television network. You will see the caving in to screech-owl feminism, the ass-kissing of ethnic-minority-rights racketeers […], the kowtowing to preposterous claims of political homosexuality, the whole nine yards of craven, cotton-headed, automatic reflex liberalism."
Sounds great, but wondering where you might catch this seemingly groundbreaking show? It might be tough, especially because Beggars and Choosers, a short-lived Showtime series, was cancelled last February, and I believe now only appears in reruns on one of the auxiliary Showtime networks (Showcase).
So I guess von Hoffman’s point is that Goldberg needn’t have bothered writing the best-selling Bias, which has garnered huge media attention, since the topic has already been completely covered by a nearly unknown, now-defunct cable television show. Makes sense to me.
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