Bernard Goldberg on Rev. Jeremiah Wright: "We can see that he is a black man, but..."

[Amerigo Vespucci]

O'Reilly: Rev. Wright came very close to 'bringing Obama down'

David Edwards and Mike Sheehan
Published: Wednesday March 26, 2008

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/OReilly_Rowland_Martin_chief_apologist_for_0326.html



Fox host Bill O'Reilly called columnist and author Roland S. Martin the "chief apologist" for Sen. Barack's embattled ex-pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, leading Martin to an animated response at his website.

Speaking with former award-winning CBS reporter Bernard Goldberg, well-known for his scathing attacks on what he perceives as liberal bias in the media, O'Reilly described Martin as "a race guy" and sought Goldberg's opinion on the Wright fracas, which Fox has focused on heavily in recent weeks.

Said Goldberg of Martin, "We can see that he is a black man, but many white liberal journalists take the exact same position. ... The reason white liberals want to downplay this kind of stuff is because they want to say, 'Look at me, I'm one of the good white guys. I will ignore black racism, I will ignore stupid remarks by a black person ... because I want to show you my racial decency.'" He termed such behavior as "white liberal paternalism."

Goldberg continously referred to snippets of Wright's controversial sermons, saying matter-of-factly that Wright fingered "white people" as being the causes behind AIDS and drugs in blacks neighborhoods. In fact, Wright repetitively placed blame for these and other ills on the U.S. government. O'Reilly agreed with Goldberg, adding, "I think you're right, but I think there's a political component here as well. I think the Rev. Wright story came very close to bringing Barack Obama down."