Goldberg’s “liberal bias” schtick was a significant development on the road to Trump. He took an ugly truth about the demographics of the news business and used it to make an argument that “the elites” are journalists, not their bosses or their advertisers. Trump took this argument and ran with it on the trail in 2016. It’s been at the core of his rhetoric ever since. Ironically, Goldberg—far too late—tried to argue with Bill O’Reilly a few years ago that while “liberal media” bias may be a problem, Fox isn’t any better. (It’s actually about a hundred times worse, but give Goldberg credit for
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