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Partisans of Neutrality By Richard ReebPosted October 19, 2004   A review of Weapons of Mass Distortion: The Coming Meltdown of the Liberal Media by L. Brent Bozell III The Republican Noise Machine: Right Wing Media and How It Corrupts Democracy by David Brock This presidential election brings with it the near-simultaneous publication of two books radically different in their understanding of the political influences in today's mass media. Brent Bozell and David Brock are both well known to conservatives, although Brock's star has fallen since he turned left. Brock first came to public attention with his "Troopergate" exposes...

Washington (CNSNews.com) - Former conservative author-turned-liberal activist David Brock, whose new book and website are devoted to denouncing conservative media outlets, says network news personalities have privately praised him and told him, "Thank God you are doing this..." Brock, the author of The Republican Noise Machine: Right-Wing Media and How it Corrupts Democracy, told an audience of several hundred fellow liberal activists about off-the-air exchanges he has had with network news hosts. Brock spoke Thursday in Washington at the "Take Back America" conference, which is billed as a gathering of progressive activists. "In the past few weeks -- as I...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This article appears in the June 14, 2004, issue of National Review. Susie Tompkins Buell was very, very impressed with David Brock. A California businesswoman who co-founded the fashion giant Esprit and went on to become a major donor to Democratic causes, Buell was in Washington last fall attending a meeting of friends and supporters of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton when she met Brock, the self-described former "right-wing hit man." Buell listened as Brock, now a defector to "progressive" causes, presented plans for Media Matters for America, his new Internet-based project to monitor and criticize conservative media. In...

Upset at an alleged conservative dominance of the news media, the liberal Center for American Progress has created a new think tank dedicated to rectifying the problem by exposing "erroneous assertions" made by conservative media figures. Heading the effort is, David Brock, who made a name as a conservative journalist and author but later renounced his work and proclaimed he was a liberal. "The right wing in this country has dominated the debate over liberal bias," Brock told the New York Times. "By dominating that debate, my belief is they've moved the media itself to the right and therefore they've...

MIDI - I'LL BE WATCHING YOU - scroll down to Police Everywhere I go…he is sure to know He is our AG…what's the frequency Ashcroft's after me I'm on CBS…this whole thing's a mess He is our AG…what's the frequency Ashcroft's after me Around the clock…this is such a crock I'll end up committed…just like David Brock I can take no more…I'm declaring war He is our AG…what's the frequency Ashcroft's after me When I read my e-mail, I know he's there Behind my mirror each time I comb my hair In my own bathroom I cannot take a...

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As he tells the story, David Brock's life changed profoundly one day during his sophomore year at the University of California at Berkeley. On that day, he began a journey that would eventually lead to a starring role in the "vast right-wing conspiracy" that crippled a presidency. The date was February 15, 1983. United Nations ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick was scheduled to deliver a speech on human rights at Wheeler Auditorium on campus. At the time, Brock was a young reporter for the Daily Californian, and he recalls getting the assignment to cover Kirkpatrick's spiel "quite by chance." As a liberal...

Blinded By The Right The Conscious of a Supposed Ex-Conservative By Raymond Green (www.supportnospin.com, The Republic, and editorial contributor to www.michnews.com) Recently, I made yet another attempt to open my mind to more liberal views. People often accuse those with "right of center" beliefs to be narrow-minded; therefore I research various points of view before forming my opinion. This attempt, though, would be fairly different. While shopping at the local bookstore, I spotted and purchased a copy of David Brock's "Blinded By The Right". The book caught my attention primarily because of the "The Conscious of an Ex-Conservative" sub-title on...

David Brock’s Blinded by the Right has made the New York Times bestseller list thanks to the liberals who used to hate him. He had called Anita Hill "little bit nutty and a little bit slutty" in an article about the left’s effort to block Clarence Thomas’s elevation to the Supreme Court. He broke "Troopergate," stories told by Arkansas state troopers who drove Governor Clinton to dates with girl friends and arranged meetings with women who caught the governor’s eye. Brock’s story about one such incident resulted in Paula Jones suing the president. Brock got a million-dollar advance for a...

Frank Rich of the New York Times offered up a lengthy piece touting the theory that with Bill Clinton's departure, the "cultural witch hunt" era has ended. He sees David Brock's book, "Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative," as proof that the destructive and misguided right concedes defeat. Mr. Brock, once a featured writer for American Spectator, allows that he lied after succumbing to the right's might and charm. As a self-confessed member of the vast right-wing conspiracy, I can attest that Mr. Brock is mistaken. We have fearsome Charlton Heston, but Moses doesn't do intimidation of...

Paul Krugman, an economist who writes columns for the New York Times Op-Ed page, plugged a new a book by David Brock in his March 29 column. Brock is a former conservative who turned left and repudiated the work that won him fame and fortune. As a conservative, he had exposed how the left used Anita Hill in its failed effort to block Senate confirmation of Clarence Thomas’s nomination to the Supreme Court. He was responsible for breaking "Troopergate," the stories told by Arkansas state troopers who had served as bodyguards for Gov. Clinton. One of their duties was to...