that sort of made it safe for liberals to say he wasn t satanic. and so i think what people are doing is reacting to the post presidential image of reagan. remember, most you know, a lot of the establishment press, a lot of democrats, still thought reagan was awful, all the way to the end. oh, my lord. went from being the nuclear cowboy to the fact that you have people now that are democrats that say, oh, ronald reagan was reasonable. go back exactly. and read what anthony lewis and the new york times wrote about ronald reagan. go back and read what the editorial board of the new york times wrote about ronald reagan. go back and read what main i mean, my god, seriously? if somebody decided to just write a book on slanderous quotes against ronald reagan throughout the 1980s by the people now saying, well, you know, he was a reasonable
bill: you are such a nerd. [ laughter ] bill: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. hi, i m bill o reilly, thank you for watching us tonight. a media war breaks out in america. that is the subject of this evening s talking points memo. off the shirley sherrod controversy this week, there is now an open media war in play. and that situation extends from the white house to your living room. on one side is the liberal establishment media led by nbc news and the new york times. these pro obama vehicles actively promote progressive policies in their hard news coverage. on the other side is the new media that leans more traditional than the urban lefties who have dominated the press for decades. new media which includes fox news and a bunch of internet concerns is skeptical about president obama and liberalism in general. the establishment media used
are a after being exposed, the establishment press is now trying to recover. it s not hard to tell when fox news is pushing a story, it shows up hour after hour after hour. and fox is pushing hard on allegations that the justice department dropped the case against a new black panther party because of racial politics. bill: pushing the story? well, here is a memo to howard kurtz who works for the the washington post in addition to cnn. yesterday howard the ombudsman wrote: so while fox news reported the story responsibly, howard, the the washington post did not now regrets it what say you? then cutters inner kurtz
are a after being exposed, the establishment press is now trying to recover. it s not hard to tell when fox news is pushing a story, it shows up hour after hour after hour. and fox is pushing hard on allegations that the justice department dropped the case against a new black panther party because of racial politics. bill: pushing the story? well, here is a memo to howard kurtz who works for the the washington post in addition to cnn. yesterday howard the ombudsman wrote: so while fox news reported the story responsibly, howard, the the washington post did not now regrets it what say you? then cutters inner kurtz
journalism in america is on the verge of collapse. the factor has dozens of important stories ignored by establishment press and ignored those liberal slanted. for you, the honest american, this is very bad news. the folks need accurate information because we are living in dangerous times. we must elect people who can solve complicated problems and truly look out for us. the press was given constitutional privileges by the founders to serve the folks. but right now, many in the media are abusing those privileges. and that s the memo. now for the top story tonight, reaction. joining us from north carolina fox news analyst bernie goldberg. what s the media headline this week for you? well, let me start out with the new media headline and make two brief points and then go to the mainstream media headline. first, andrew breitbart, who broke this story, either made an honest or dishonest mistake. in either case, he owes