Bob Costas: I Am a Juan Williams Liberal and a Bernie Goldberg Conservative

Bob Costas: I Am a Juan Williams Liberal and a Bernie Goldberg Conservative (RealClearPolitics)

BOB COSTAS: I would be disingenuous if I said that generally speaking I don't lean somewhat left of center. I'll use an imprecise example, though, that might be relatable to the FOX audience. To the extent that I am liberal, I'm a Juan Williams liberal who will call out the excesses and the contradictions of the extreme left.

And to the extent that I am conservative, I'm like a Bernie Goldberg conservative. I think there are certain common sense issues on which I would agree with him. On the other hand, the know-nothing part of the spectrum where people just reflexively defend a Phil Robertson-type person, I'm not in that camp and never been in that camp.

HOWARD KURTZ: You're not a Duck Dynasty fan?

COTAS: No. I think a lot of people that watch FOX would be surprised at how much George Will I read, how much Charles Krauthammer or Rich Lowry or on and on. And how often I nod in agreement and how much I respect those voices. I don't respect the heat over light voices which can be found in some corners of FOX News and can be found on the radio, as well.