To the Journal editor:

In his book, “BIAS”, former CBS news reporter Bernard Goldberg claims that there is a “liberal bias” in the national news media.

He writes, “The bias I’m talking about, by the way, isn’t so much political bias of the Democratic-versus-Republican sort … For me that isn’t the real problem. The problem comes in the big social and cultural issues … abortion, gun control, feminism, gay rights, the environment, school prayer.” To his list, I would add “the plight of illegal immigrants.”

You will notice that nowhere in his list do any of the economic and financial struggles and problems of the poor, the near-poor, the lower classes, and the middle classes appear.

He is among a number of “Conservatives” who seem to suggest that the “liberals” of the 1960s were primarily concerned with the “bread-and-butter issues” of survival of these groups as well as with expanding the social safety-net programs (Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Food Stamps), while the “progressives” of 2020 seem to be primarily concerned with the social, “identity-politics” and “culture-wars” issues.

To the extent that this is accurate, you can put me down as siding more with the “liberals” of the 1960s than with the “progressives” of 2020.

Sincerely,