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Bill Moyers Journal

Bill Moyers hosts the weekly PBS news program Bill Moyers Journal. He served as President Lyndon Johnson's press secretary. More information


As the host of Bill Moyers Journal in the 1970s and a commentator for CBS Evening News in the 1980s, Moyers explored American society and politics, typically from a liberal perspective and often emphasizing the media’s role in shaping and influencing events, for better or worse. Though mostly on the sidelines during the 1990s, Moyers returned to television during the George W. Bush years. Heavily critical of the Bush White House and the media's role in the Iraq War, he has experienced a resurgence in popularity. In 2006, Ralph Nader even made the case that Moyers should be drafted for president.

Though he did not coin the phrase, Moyers is one of the original sources of the concept that there is a unified, and sometimes irresponsible, "mainstream media.” He has famously made a habit of criticizing his own network, first at CBS in 1986, when he refused to renew his contract over concerns of declining journalistic standards, and again in 2005, when he publicly denounced PBS leadership.
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Bill Moyers on All Topics

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January 15, 2010
War in Afghanistan

Moyers on Priorities

“$94 billion [for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan] have come from taxpayers here in New York state... With money like that, we might be able to completely rebuild Haiti.”
January 8, 2010
Wall Street and Banking

David Corn and Kevin Drum, Part 1

“What's their secret? How do the bankers pick our pockets so thoroughly with barely a pang of guilt or punishment?”
January 8, 2010
Wall Street and Banking

David Corn and Kevin Drum, Part 2

“[T]he overdraft fees that [Wall Street] can now charge can equal something like 10,000 percent? I mean, the mafia would like that, right?”
January 8, 2010
Regulation

Bill Moyers on Greed

“There may not be a movement yet for fundamental change, as David Corn said, but here, there, and elsewhere, citizens are waking up, looking around, and asking, 'What can we do?'”
December 25, 2009
Fine Arts

Bill T. Jones, Part 1

“You've never seen Lincoln's story told like this before.”
December 25, 2009
Fine Arts

Bill T. Jones, Part 2

“Could anyone less sensual than Walt Whitman have written those words?... Could anyone less sensual than a Bill T. Jones have choreographed them?”
December 18, 2009
Literature

Bill Moyers Book Picks of 2009

“Stop the health care debate in its tracks. Allow no Member of Congress to go home for the holidays until everyone has read this book.”
October 30, 2009
Recovering from Recession

James K. Galbraith

“And then there's the small print — will this recovery be permanent or is it a function of the stimulus masking bigger problems?”
October 23, 2009
Law

On Justice

“Lethal injection is practically a religious ritual in Texas.”
October 9, 2009
Health Care Reform

The Health Industry Lobby

“Movers and shakers rotate between government and the lucrative private sector at a speed so dizzying they forget who they're working for.”
September 18, 2009
Republicans

9/12 Protests

“Gingrich became Speaker of the House and Armey the House Majority Leader. But they did nothing about health care except let its costs soar while their corporate backers reaped huge profits.”
September 4, 2009
Health Care Reform

Mr. President, Remind Us of Our Greatness

“Red, white, and blue kooks are as American as apple pie and conspiracy theories.”
August 29, 2009
Torture Debate

Facing Torture Head On

“Smothering the reality of torture in euphemism of course has a political value. The enablers can use it to diminish the horror and possible lawlessness.”
July 17, 2009
Health Care Reform

Profits and Patients

“Over the years [insurance companies] have lavished millions on the politicians who are writing and voting on the bills coming out of committee, now it's payback time.”
July 11, 2009
Society

Hunger in America

“The masters of finance who brought on this disaster seem not a whit embarrassed by handouts of this magnitude.”
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