No wonder liberal radio host Bill Press thinks the “liberal media” is a myth. In his new book, “The Obama Hate Machine,” he calls Washington Examiner columnist Tim Carney a liberal--then a conservative.
“It’s not every day I’m called a liberal in a political book, especially the same book that attacks me as a ‘right-wing journalist’ 50 pages later,” says Carney.
Press, who argues that “liberals are still a minority in the press,” lists Carney’s 2009 “Obamanomics” in his chapter on anti-Obama books, but files it under the category of “blasting Obama from the left.” Writes Press on page 172: “This is a searing indictment from the left of Obama’s economic policies, reflecting the disappointment felt by many liberals.”
Then on page 222 he puts Carney among the “right-wing journalists” who spoke at a conference organized by conservative corporate activists Charles and David Koch. “Press has no footnotes in his book,” says Carney, “but it’s obvious that he--embarrassingly--used Think Progress as his source, because he repeated some of their factual errors in falsely suggesting the Kochs paid me.” Carney didn’t get a dime.
“It’s not every day I’m called a liberal in a political book, especially the same book that attacks me as a ‘right-wing journalist’ 50 pages later,” says Carney.
Press, who argues that “liberals are still a minority in the press,” lists Carney’s 2009 “Obamanomics” in his chapter on anti-Obama books, but files it under the category of “blasting Obama from the left.” Writes Press on page 172: “This is a searing indictment from the left of Obama’s economic policies, reflecting the disappointment felt by many liberals.”
Then on page 222 he puts Carney among the “right-wing journalists” who spoke at a conference organized by conservative corporate activists Charles and David Koch. “Press has no footnotes in his book,” says Carney, “but it’s obvious that he--embarrassingly--used Think Progress as his source, because he repeated some of their factual errors in falsely suggesting the Kochs paid me.” Carney didn’t get a dime.
