110 People Who Are Screwing Up America

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'''''110 People Who Are Screwing Up America (and Al Franken is #37)''''' is a 2006 book by former CBS newsperson-turned-[[Fox News]] toady [[Bernard Goldberg]].<ref>''110 People Who Are Screwing Up America (and Al Franken is #37)'' by Bernard Goldberg (2006) HarperCollins. ISBN 0060761296.</ref> The book is a revision of his 2005 book when Goldberg only hated 100 people.<ref>''100 People Who Are Screwing Up America (and Al Franken is #37)'' by Bernard Goldberg (2005) HarperCollins. ISBN 0060761288.</ref> While Goldberg does bash some [[conservative]]s and [[racist]]s, in the introduction of the book he admits that the list mostly contains "[[liberals]]". The introduction also gives a screed against [[blasphemy|profanity]], [[rap]] music, the [[liberal media]] (odd, given he worked for CBS, which conservatives view as liberal), television, [[Ameriphobia|anti-Americanism]], trial [[lawyer]]s, [[affirmative action]], [[Enron]], [[feminism]], [[professor values]], and "[[Hollywood values]]".{{cn}}

==Who?==
Here are some of the most notable on his list, in order of evilness. Some were obscure even when the book was written. Here are the top 12, as well as some other notable ones.

===Top 12===
1. [[Michael Moore]]:  Moore is ''clearly'' the greatest threat to America. Goldberg doesn't even say why, just a photo and a quote.<br />
2. {{wpl|Arthur Ochs Sulzberger||:}}  Publisher of the ''[[New York Times]]''.<br />
3. [[Ted Kennedy]]: Oops he's dead now, isn't he?<br />
4. [[Jesse Jackson]]<br />
5. {{wpl|Anthony Romero||:}} Head of the [[ACLU]]. Because [[civil rights]] or something.<br />
6. {{wpl|Ramsey Clark||:}} [[Saddam]]'s lawyer. The [[rule of law]] shouldn't extend to evil people.<br />
7. [[Jimmy Carter]]: who does he think he is, helping poor people?<br />
8. {{wpl|Margaret H. Marshall|Margaret Marshall||:}} [[Massachusetts]] Supreme Court justice who legalized [[gay marriage]].<br />
9. [[Paul Krugman]]<br />
10. {{wpl|Jonathan Kozol||:}} Left-wing [[education]] advocate.<br />
11. {{wpl|Ralph Neas||:}} Head of People for the American Way, a liberal lobbyist group.<br />
12. [[Noam Chomsky]]<br />

===Notable entries===
15. [[Ted Rall]], though in fairness, Ted Rall blamed [[9/11]] widows for putting on airs.<br />
18. {{wpl|John Edwards}}<br />
20. [[Al Gore]]<br />
21. [[George Soros]]: Did he ruin the wrong economy?<br />
22. [[Howard Dean]]<br />
23. [[Roy Moore]]: 1st [[conservative]] on the list! (Look! [[Balance fallacy|Equal opportunity]]!)<br />
37. [[Al Franken]]<br />
51. [[Robert Byrd]]<br />
65. [[Michael Savage]]: 
2nd Conservative! We are on a roll!
 Too obvious, as are the next three. Yawn.<br />
70. [[David Duke]]<br />
74. [[Fred Phelps]]<br />
75. [[Jimmy Swaggart]]<br />
78. [[Ward Churchill]]<br />
109. [[Matthew Lesko]]<br />

==Hypocrisy==
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Cathy Young, in a review of the book, noted that Goldberg was constantly criticizing those on the left who he deemed "uncivil," despite allowing people like [[Ann Coulter]] to get a pass for her harsh behavior. Furthermore, she notes that Goldberg goes hard on those on the left who "side with [[terrorists]]", despite not mentioning those on his side who blamed the 9/11 attacks on the ACLU and People For the American Way.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20060115120539/http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/08/15/the_book_on_one_sidedness/</ref>

==Response book==
Jack Huberman, a liberal author, wrote a response book titled ''101 People Who Are Really Screwing America (and Bernard Goldberg is only #73)'' in 2006.<ref>''101 People Who Are Really Screwing America'' by Jack Huberman (2006) Nation Books. ISBN 1560258756.</ref>

==Inspiration for a mass shooter==
Jim David Adkisson, a far-right [[Mass shooting|mass shooter]] who shot up the Tennessee Valley [[Unitarian Universalist Church]] in 2008 and killed two people in the process,<ref>https://religiondispatches.org/hate-crimes-update-killing-liberal-vermin-in-tennessee/</ref> noted that he wanted to target the 100 people listed in the first edition of the book.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20090327130401/http://web.knoxnews.com/pdf/021009church-manifesto.pdf</ref>

==External reviews==
* Philip Dingra, [http://www.philosophistry.com/specials/100-people.html Who is in Bernard Goldberg's 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America? And Why?]
* New York Times, [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/28/books/review/100-people-who-are-screwing-up-america-whos-no-1.html 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America': Who's No. 1?]
* Yin Review Blog, [http://yin.typepad.com/the_yin_blog/2006/06/110_people_who_.html 110 People Who Are Screwing Up America]

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