Bill Moyers is worth his weight in gold

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

and then some. "Journal" tonight was excellent even by his lofty standards.

[napi21]

1. What was his topic? It doesn't air here until Sunday, and even then

sometimes PBS doesn't air it!

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

4. Hate radio and the church shooting in Tennessee

and the second half was a brutal dissection of the toxic cloud of bullshit of the last two weeks and the need for real journalism.

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. Yes indeedy - Moyers is up there with Cronkite and Daniel Shorr. National treasure for the truth.

[truebrit71]

3. No kidding....truly brilliant...

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[jpgray]

5. Brilliant report on both right wing radio hate and news media's current obsession with triviality

Essential viewing as usual.

[DebbieCDC]

6. Good - I'll be watching him in half an hour

Why isn't HE chosen to moderate a debate? WHY???? Too honest? Too smart? Oh, I see we have Gwen Ifill for the PBS representative. Disgusting.

[Kerrytravelers]

7. Here is a link to tonight's show:

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/09122008/profile.html

[melody]

8. He has stayed at it when NO ONE else was telling the truth

He's an amazing man.

[sudopod]

9. I shat bricks. O_o

That made my blood run cold.

[eshfemme]

10. PBS is sadly, probably the last bastion of journalism.

I mean that as a station in its entirety. There will always be one or two good apples at a MSM station but it doesn't take away from the fact that the stations lacks grounding in journalistic principles. PBS is probably the only one where the actual journalists don't need to go back to journalism school.

One thing I liked about PBS is that they hired Aaron Brown, whom will forever be one of my favorite reporters for being there for us on 9/11.

[Festivito]

12. Only in pockets, then local stations play games.

They hurriedly hired right-wingers, i.e. liars, to balance themselves. Listening to various news sources in this country is like finding someone to guard your house and choosing between a petty thief and a felon.

I can't feign happiness for having chosen the petty thief.

My local station is fundraising which means they screw with the times things are shown, if they are shown at all.

EDITED TO ADD: Love Bill Moyers. Love him.

[whatchamacallit]

11. I loves me some Moyers! Good show! nt

[Cell Whitman]

13. the part on hate radio is must view.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3991639

Palin, Wahhabism and Hate Talk radio - how are they different?

[nickyt]

14. Gold, diamonds, rubies, emeralds, silver - he's just the best.