Bernie Goldberg: Newsroom Diversity Is To Blame For Opinion Journalism

O’Reilly appeared to agree — but left himself, and Goldberg, some wiggle room — by saying “I got it … the numbers of recruiting tended to be on the left.” That is, he worked his way around the inflammatory thrust of what Goldberg seemed to be saying, which was that women and minorities are innately more liberal than white men, and made it about the individuals (“the numbers”) being hired due to some bias in the system.

So to recap: Two weeks ago, Bernie Goldberg made news by claiming that Fox News hosts should stop claiming to be journalists. Then in response to similar criticisms made by the White House, Goldberg claims that the alleged bias is due to the fact that the newsroom now features women, African-Americans, Asians, and Hispanics who have all come in with a liberal bent, which didn’t exist when newsrooms were completely made up of white men. Got it.

Goldberg’s comments calling out Fox News hosts: