Daily Show last night

Watched the Daily Show last night where Jon interviewed Bernie Goldberg who most recently wrote a book arguing for a liberal bias. His argument, essentially, is that the major sources of power in the media exist in a bubble. Inside that bubble, they are able to live their entire lives without having their world-view challenged. When Jon asked about the existence of conservative "bubbles," Goldberg admitted there were, but that the majority was liberal.

Stewart made a joke about Bernie being a conservative, and Goldberg responded that he was an old-style liberal--the likes of Hubert Humphrey and JFK--but that the modern liberals were too mean spirited and angry. Here was his weakest point. He is critical of mean spirited partisanship and never mentions Sean Hannity or Ann Coulter. He singled out Al Franken and Micheal Moore, but doesn't even acknowledge that the biggest and meanest voices in talk radio and loud punditry are conservative.

All in all, his argument was incredibly weak. I have no problem believing that many of the reporters and editors are liberal (though, interestingly enough, Al Franken argues that while they are liberal on social issues, they are very conservative on economic issues and taxation), but Goldberg ignores the role of corporate owners (who ARE conservative) and completely minimized the huge market share that Fox News has on the market.

Update. For those who are interested, the Daily Howler has written a lot on Goldberg's logical fallacies.