Fall of the Wall

On Eve of Fall of Berlin Wall, Recalling the Liberal Media’s Take on Communism
By Rich Noyes (Bio | Archive)
November 5, 2009 - 10:48 ET

As readers of Cal Thomas’s
As readers of Cal Thomas’s latest syndicated column already know, the Media Research Center is releasing a new report today on the media’s coverage of communism, timed to coincide with the 20 anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Monday. Sad to say, but before, during and after those momentous events two decades ago, many in the liberal media continuously whitewashed the true nature of communism, or suggested free-market capitalism was somehow worse.

For our report, Better Off Red?, Scott Whitlock and I combed through the MRC’s archives; the quotes (and 19 audio/video clips) we pulled together show some liberal journalists utterly failed to accurately depict communism as one of the worst evils of the 20th century, and often aimed their fire at those who were fighting communism rather than those who were perpetuating it. The full report has more than 70 quotes; here's a sample from the Executive Summary:

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/rich-noyes/2009/11/05/eve-fall-berlin-wall-recalling-liberal-media-s-take-communism