Bernie Goldberg Praises NYT On Coverage Of Wikileaks/Afghanistan Story

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by Frances Martel | 9:39 pm, July 26th, 2010

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Fox News contributor Bernie Goldberg has finally found a subject on which he can praise the New York Times: the publication last night of top secret military documents uncovered by the website Wikileaks. Supporting the leak as long as it “doesn’t hurt either American troops or the ability to gather information,” Goldberg noted that, in this case, the NYT has treated the Obama administration the same as the previous one.

Goldberg outlined his metric of determining whether the leak was justified to Laura Ingraham, filling in for Bill O’Reilly: “If the release of classified documents puts out troops in harm’s way… I’m against it, you’re against it, virtually everyone is against it.” But, in this case, he is not entirely sure if that is true, and he would be even more suspicious of the danger if there was no government intent to bring the people behind the operation to justice:

“If they are harmful, then prosecute the leakers. You’re allowed to do that. And if you don’t prosecute the leakers, then I have to wonder how harmful the release of these documents really are [sic]. Because this war looks to me a lot like nationbuilding, and that makes me very uncomfortable, so the more information the better, as long as it doesn’t hurt either American troops or the ability to gather information.”

As for the New York Times itself, he had a bit of a backhanded compliment for them: “I’d like to say a good word about the New York Times: They released secret documents during the Bush administration, and now they’re releasing it during the Obama administration, so, Laura, we finally found one subject– one subject, one area– you see where I’m going with this…”

Goldberg also makes a prediction about President Obama’s visit to his “cousin” on The View, Whoopi: “Whoopi Goldberg is going to give him the hardest time on that couch.”

Video from Fox News’ O’Reilly Factor below:

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Grammie

OT but Matt Garza just pitched a No Hitter for the Tampa Bay Rays!!!

He only faced 27 batters.
http://apostrophejones.com Apostrophe jones

Bernie , Whoopi , Jonah and Lucianne . A good family .
Iris

Bernie “Mumbles” Goldberg is relevant why??
http://apostrophejones.com Apostrophe jones

Words of wisdom from the black-hearted harridan Iris . Always quick on the trigger with venom and bile .
felixw

When the total amount of confidential material leaked is more than 90,000 pages, it is clear that whoever leaked this mountain of material could never have screened all of it to see what exactly was being revealed. Given this, it is obvious that the leaker had absolutely no concerns over whether the release of this material puts American troops in harm’s way. A very sorry situation, and indefensible by any reasonable person. Then again, there will be plenty on the Left who won’t fall into the “reasonable person” category — probably the same ones who think it is okay for Black Panthers to intimidate voters or for Congress to pass trillion dollar spending bills without reading them.
the real john t

felixw said:
Then again, there will be plenty on the Left who won’t fall into the “reasonable person” category — probably the same ones who think it is okay for Black Panthers to intimidate voters or for Congress to pass trillion dollar spending bills without reading them

That’s it Felix, turn it into a political story of the left. We wouldn’t expect anything more out of you.
Some_Dude

I don’t think sensitive information like this can be leaked. Who are we, or Bernie, to judge whether or not it can be used to harm people working in information?

I once worked with an ex spook, who had been a marine prior to joining the CIA. Their work sounds boring but vital. And I learned about how the smallest, seemingly meaningless bit of info could lead to people losing their lives. And this was a heap of it.
Some_Dude

Some_Dude said:
I don’t think sensitive information like this can be leaked.

Meant *should be leaked* (obviously)
Bootleghaircut

” Then again, there will be plenty on the Left who won’t fall into the “reasonable person” category — probably the same ones who think it is okay for Black Panthers to intimidate voters or for Congress to pass trillion dollar spending bills without reading them.”

awwwwww poor widdle Felix is gonna mention the BBP storyevery time his small mind
can’t come up with anything relevent. He might as well just start crying about Rev. Wright!
Some_Dude

felixw said:
Then again, there will be plenty on the Left who won’t fall into the “reasonable person” category — probably the same ones who think it is okay for Black Panthers to intimidate voters or for Congress to pass trillion dollar spending bills without reading them.

Because it’s germane: that single person didn’t deter any voters, and action was taken against him – he was no more special than any other loon that stands outside of voting areas.

Congress has been passing bills that increase the deficit without having an intimate knowledge of it (generally speaking) for some time – you should do some self reflection and figure out exactly why it bothers YOU now when it didn’t before.
Azarkhan

“Can I get out of here please?”

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Nachi

Bernie Goldberg? Bernie Goldberg?? Sweet Geesussah!!