Behold! The Return of Bill Moyers!
Bill Moyers, one of my favorite journailsts and commentators on TV, returns to PBS after some time away with a tough look at how our nation’s media helped lead America to a stupid, pointless, illegal, and ill-conceived war.
An excerpt from a recent release:
NEW YORK, April 20 /PRNewswire/ — Veteran Journalist Bill Moyers returns to PBS with the new weekly series Bill Moyers Journal, airing Friday nights at 9 on PBS (check local listings). The series premieres at a special time on Wednesday, April 25 at 9 p.m. with “Buying the War,” a 90-minute documentary that explores the role of the press in the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq. Two days later on Friday, April 27 at 9 p.m., Bill Moyers Journal features interviews with two influential voices from outside the beltway-The Daily Show host Jon Stewart and political blogger Josh Marshall of talkingpointsmemo.com.
“We follow up Wednesday’s documentary, which is chock full of mainstream mea culpa from inside the beltway, with two guys who have been skeptical of the official line coming out of Washington, albeit in different ways.” says Moyers. “The popularity of Jon Stewart and Josh Marshall demonstrates an appetite for alternative voices for authentic information and analysis and a turn away from the uncritical thinking on much of the cable and network news.”
Related websites and video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl3zs7069UQ and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5Kngf803dQ
Cross posted from TV Bloggin.
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November 20th, 2007 at 12:59 am
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