Bill Moyers reminds us what the Iraq war was really about so when another major event happens affecting the course of this country (the Wall Street bailout?) we can remember that the rationales used by those in power sooner or later usually prove to be short-sighted lies and deceptions. So when the latest theatrics are [...]

“Senator Joe Lieberman, the Democratic candidate for vice president eight years ago has now endorsed Republican senator John McCain for president and become his alter ego on the Middle East. Wherever McCain goes, Lieberman is sure to show up”, says Moyers, as he explains the relationship between the two hawks, both unpredictable, both untrustworthy, both [...]

Keith Olbermann discusses with Bill Moyers the “media biases”, simplifications and sound bites that characterize the modern-day MSM. Moyers explains how people have become more aware of the media manipulations and hence developed the ability to reach nuances that not so long ago were considered either as black or white, good or bad, acceptable or [...]

Don’t miss Bill Moyers’ show on March 21. He will be interviewing Phil Donahue (whose fate was coincidently shared by fellow MSNBC host Tucker Carlson this week, but most likely for totally different reasons) and co-director Ellen Spiro. Check out the official website of the documentary. Here’s also a preview of the PBS show.

“Between 2001 and 2007, we spent about 600 billion dollars on the entire war on terrorism — Iraq, Afghanistan, everything else. Over that same period, we added 2.3 trillion to the debt,” claims Scott Bittle. It looks like Bush is not the only one responsible for the current national debt. It’s the combination of both [...]

This is how things used to be reported. “Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice”, says Bill Moyers in this 20 year old timeless piece of journalism with a truly universal message.

“Capitalism seems quite literally to be consuming itself, leaving democracy in peril and the fate of citizens uncertain,” writes Benjamin R. Barber, an American political theorist and adviser to various politicians, including Howard Dean and Bill Clinton. If you missed the interview with Barber on Bill Moyers Journal, it’s really worth watching it in its [...]

Bill Moyers, one of a few true and authentic American journalists — true because he serves the public, not corporations, and authentic because he works for a public network, not a corporate one — reminds us, especially those who think about voting for Hillary Clinton, that this vote may not bring much change after all.
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