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Bill D. Moyers (born June 5, 1934 as Billy Don Moyers) is an American journalist and public commentator. The White House Press Secretary is a senior White House official with a rank one step below Presidential Cabinet level. ... George Reedy was White House Press Secretary from 1964 to 1965. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... is the 156th day of the year (157th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Oklahoma. ... Hugo is a city located in Choctaw County, Oklahoma. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas Politics Portal Further information: Politics of the United States#Organization of American political parties The Democratic... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... For other uses, see Journalist (disambiguation). ... is the 156th day of the year (157th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Journalist (disambiguation). ...

Born in Hugo, Oklahoma, and raised in Texas, Moyers began his journalism career at age 16 as a cub reporter at the Marshall News Messenger in Marshall, Texas. He and his wife, Judith Davidson Moyers, have three grown children and five grandchildren. He is currently president of the Schumann Center for Media and Democracy and lives in New York City. In April 2007, Moyers returned to PBS with Bill Moyers Journal.^[1]^[2] Hugo is a city located in Choctaw County, Oklahoma. ... For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation). ... Journalism is a discipline of gathering, writing and reporting news, and broadly it includes the process of editing and presenting the news articles. ... This article is about journalistic reporters. ... There have been three newspapers of Marshall, Texas: currently the Marshall News Messenger (originally the Marshall Morning News), the Texas Republican (1849-1872), and the Tri-Weekly Herald (1874). ... Marshall is a major city of the northeastern region of the U.S. state of Texas. ... The Schumann Center for Media and Democracy (formerly The Florence and John Schumann Foundation) was established in 1961, by Florence Ford and John Schumann. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Not to be confused with Public Broadcasting Services in Malta. ... Bill Moyers Journal is the name of an American television news program that provided quality stories outside the New York City public area on a schedule of news topics and events, such as religion, history, sexuality, geography and more. ...

Education and early career

Bill Moyers studied journalism at the University of North Texas. In 1954, he worked as a summer intern for Senator Lyndon Baines Johnson, eventually being in charge of Johnson's personal mail before his internship was finished. Moyers soon transferred to the University of Texas at Austin, where he wrote for The Daily Texan newspaper and graduated in 1956. While in Austin, Moyers worked as an assistant to the news editor for KTBC Radio and Television, a station owned by Lady Bird Johnson. During the academic year 1956-1957 he studied at the University of Edinburgh as a Rotary International Fellow. In 1957, he received a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth. He was ordained two years later after working as a minister. He planned to enter a PhD program at the University of Texas and briefly accepted a lectureship in Christian ethics at Baylor University. During Lyndon Johnson's unsuccessful bid for the 1960 Democratic presidential nomination Moyers served as a top aide, and in the general campaign he acted as liaison between Democratic vice presidential candidate Johnson and the Democratic presidential hopeful, John F. Kennedy.^[3] Journalism is a discipline of gathering, writing and reporting news, and broadly it includes the process of editing and presenting the news articles. ... â€œUNTâ€ redirects here. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Lyndon Baines Johnson ( August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician. ... University of Texas redirects here. ... The Daily Texan is the student newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin. ... KTBC (FOX 7) is the FOX owned-and-operated television station in Austin, Texas. ... Claudia Alta Lady Bird Taylor Johnson (December 22, 1912 â€“ July 11, 2007)[1] was a First Lady of the United States, having been the wife of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. ... The University of Edinburgh (Scottish Gaelic: ), founded in 1582,[4] is a renowned centre for teaching and research in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... Rotary International is an organization of service clubs known as Rotary Clubs located all over the world. ... A Bachelor of Divinity (BD or BDiv) is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a courses taken in the study of divinity or related disciplines, such as theology or, rarely, religious studies. ... Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, is a private, non-profit institution of higher education, associated with the Southern Baptist Convention, whose stated mission is to provide theological education for individuals engaging in Christian ministry. ... Fort Worth is the sixth-largest city in the state of Texas, located about 30 miles west of Dallas on the West Fork Trinity River and forming part of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. ... Baylor University is a private, Baptist-affiliated research university located in Waco, Texas. ... John Kennedy and JFK redirect here. ...

Public service

During the Kennedy Administration, Moyers was first appointed as associate director of public affairs for the newly created Peace Corps in 1961. He served as Deputy Director from 1962-63. When Johnson took office after the Kennedy assassination, Moyers became a special assistant to Johnson, serving from 1963–1967. He played a key role in organizing and supervising the 1964 Great Society legislative task forces and was a principal architect of Johnson's 1964 presidential campaign. When Walter Jenkins resigned from Johnson's staff in October 1964, Moyers became the President's informal chief of staff until 1966. From July 1965 to February 1967, he also served as White House Press Secretary.^[3] In the New York Times on April 3, 1966, Moyers offered this insight on his stint as press secretary to President Johnson: "I work for him despite his faults and he lets me work for him despite my deficiencies."^[4]^[5] The details of his rift with Johnson have not been made public, but may be discussed in a forthcoming memoir.^[6] Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 534 pixelsFull resolution (1300 Ã— 868 pixel, file size: 420 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 534 pixelsFull resolution (1300 Ã— 868 pixel, file size: 420 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... For other uses, see White House (disambiguation). ... John Kennedy and JFK redirect here. ... It has been suggested that Crisis corps be merged into this article or section. ... President Kennedy with his wife, Jacqueline, and Texas Governor John Connally in the presidential limousine just moments before his assassination The assassination of John F. Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, took place on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, USA at 12:30 p. ... The Great Society was also a 1960s band featuring Grace Slick, and a 1914 book by English social theorist Graham Wallas. ... Walter Jenkins Walter Wilson Jenkins (March 23, 1918â€“November 23, 1985) was an American political figure and longtime top aide to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. ... The White House Press Secretary is a senior White House official with a rank one step below Presidential Cabinet level. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ...

Journalism

Recipient of the 2006 Lifetime Emmy, "Bill Moyers has devoted his lifetime to the exploration of the major issues and ideas of our time and our country, giving television viewers an informed perspective on political and societal concerns," according to the official announcement, which also noted, "the scope of and quality of his broadcasts have been honored time and again. It is fitting that the National Television Academy honor him with our highest honor – the Lifetime Achievement Award."^[7] He has received well over thirty Emmys and virtually every other major television journalism prize, including a gold baton from the Dupont Journalism awards, a lifetime Peabody award, and a George Polk Career Award (his third George Polk Award) for contributions to journalistic integrity and investigative reporting. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and has been the recipient of numerous honorary degrees. The George Polk Awards is an American journalism award. ... American Academy of Arts and Letters is an organization whose goal is to foster, assist, and sustain an interest in American literature, music, and art. ... An honorary degree (Latin: honoris causa ad gradum, not to be confused with an honors degree) is an academic degree awarded to an individual as a decoration, rather than as the result of matriculating and studying for several years. ...

His journalistic career began in earnest when he served as publisher for the Long Island, New York daily newspaper Newsday from 1967 to 1970. Moyers left when the paper was fully acquired by the Times-Mirror Company, publisher of the Los Angeles Times.^[6] In 1971 he began working for the Public Broadcasting System (PBS), hosting a news program called Bill Moyers Journal, which ran until 1981 with a hiatus from 1976-1977.^[8] In 1976 he moved to CBS, where he worked as editor and chief correspondent for CBS Reports until 1980, then as senior news analyst and commentator for the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather from 1981-1986. He was the last regular commentator for the network broadcast.^[9] During his last year at CBS, Moyers made public statements about declining news standards at the network. Though Thomas H. Wyman was removed as CBS chairman and news president Van Gordon Sauter resigned, Moyers declined to renew his contract with CBS, citing commitments with PBS. A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... This article is about Long Island in New York State. ... Newsday is a daily tabloid-size newspaper that primarily serves Long Island and the New York City borough of Queens, although it is sold throughout the New York City metropolitan area. ... Tribune Company is a large American multimedia corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. ... This just IN !!!:paris hiltons new dog. ... Not to be confused with Public Broadcasting Services in Malta. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Bill Moyers Journal is the name of an American television news program that provided quality stories outside the New York City public area on a schedule of news topics and events, such as religion, history, sexuality, geography and more. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... CBS Evening News is the flagship nightly television news program of the American television network CBS. The network has broadcast this program since 1948, and has used the CBS Evening News title since 1963. ... Daniel Irvin Rather, Jr. ...

In 1986 Moyers and his wife Judith Davidson Moyers formed Public Affairs Television. Among their first productions was the popular PBS series Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth. Moyers briefly joined NBC News in 1995 as a senior analyst and commentator, and the following year he became the first host of sister cable network MSNBC's Insight program. He was the last regular commentator on the NBC Nightly News.^[9] Not to be confused with Public Broadcasting Services in Malta. ... The Power of Myth is a book and six part television documentary first broadcast on PBS in 1988 as Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth. ... NBC News endcap, used from 2002 to present. ... For the news website, see msnbc. ... NBC Nightly News is the flagship evening news program for NBC News and broadcasts from the GE Building, Rockefeller Center in New York City. ...

Moyers hosted the TV news journal, NOW with Bill Moyers, on PBS for three years. He retired from the program on December 17, 2004 but returned to PBS soon after to host Wide Angle in 2005. When he left NOW, he announced that he wished to finish writing a memoir of Lyndon Johnson.^[10] NOW is a PBS newsmagazine especially covering social and political issues. ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wide Angle is a weekly one-hour PBS series hosted by Bill Moyers and broadcast via the WNET PBS station since 2002. ...

In 2006 he presented two public television series. Faith and Reason, a series of conversations with esteemed writers of various faiths and of no faith, explored the question, "In a world in which religion is poison to some and salvation to others, how do we live together?" The other recent series, Moyers on America, analyzed in depth the ramifications of three important issues: the Jack Abramoff scandal ("Capitol Crimes"), evangelical religion and environmentalism ("Is God Green?"), and threats to open public access of the Internet ("The Net at Risk").

On April 25, 2007, Moyers returned to PBS with Bill Moyers Journal.^[1]^[2] The first episode, entitled "Buying the War", had Moyers investigating the general media's shortcomings in the run-up to the War in Iraq. is the 115th day of the year (116th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Bill Moyers Journal is the name of an American television news program that provided quality stories outside the New York City public area on a schedule of news topics and events, such as religion, history, sexuality, geography and more. ...

Moyers eulogized Lady Bird Johnson at her funeral on July 15, 2007. "She seemed to grow calmer as the world around her grew more furious," Moyers said.[1] Moyers had been a long time friend of President Johnson and his wife and had served as Press Secretary to Johnson in the 1960's. Speaking at the LBJ Ranch in 2004 Moyers recalled that he was drawn to LBJ early.[2] Claudia Alta Lady Bird Taylor Johnson (December 22, 1912 â€“ July 11, 2007)[1] was a First Lady of the United States, having been the wife of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. ...

The Power of Myth, Joseph Campbell, and George Lucas

One of Moyers' signature projects was the popular 1988 documentary, The Power of Myth, consisting of six one-hour interviews between Moyers and mythologist Joseph Campbell. The documentary covers Campbell's exploration of the monomyth and the hero cycle, or the story of the hero, as they manifest in various cultures. The Power of Myth is a book and six part television documentary first broadcast on PBS in 1988 as Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth. ... For other uses, see Joseph Campbell (disambiguation). ... The monomyth (often referred to as the heros journey) is a description of a basic pattern found in many narratives from around the world. ... Heros journey redirects here. ...

One of the most popular examples of Campbell's influence is George Lucas' use of Campbell's work in the creation of the Star Wars saga. In the first interview, filmed at George Lucas' "Skywalker Ranch", ^[11] Moyers and Campbell discuss the relationship between Campbell's theories and Lucas' creative work. Twelve years after the making of The Power of Myth, Moyers and Lucas met again for the 1999 interview, the Mythology of Star Wars with George Lucas & Bill Moyers, to further discuss the impact of Campbell's work on Lucas' films.^[12] This article is about the series. ... George Walton Lucas, Jr. ... Skywalker Ranch is the name of the well-disguised workplace of film director and producer George Lucas in secluded but open country near Nicasio, California. ...

Commentary

Regarding the U.S. media

On the media and class warfare

In a 2003 interview with BuzzFlash.com,^[13] Moyers said, "The corporate right and the political right declared class warfare on working people a quarter of a century ago and they've won." He noted that "The rich are getting richer, which arguably wouldn't matter if the rising tide lifted all boats." Instead, however, "The inequality gap is the widest it's been since 1929; the middle class is besieged and the working poor are barely keeping their heads above water." He added that as "the corporate and governing elites are helping themselves to the spoils of victory," access to political power has become "who gets what and who pays for it." Class conflict is both the friction that accompanies social relationships between members or groups of different social classes and the underlying tensions or antagonisms which exist in society. ...

Meanwhile, the public has failed to react because it is, in his words, "distracted by the media circus and news has been neutered or politicized for partisan purposes." In support of this he referred to "the paradox of Rush Limbaugh, ensconced in a Palm Beach mansion massaging the resentments across the country of white-knuckled wage earners, who are barely making ends meet in no small part because of the corporate and ideological forces for whom Rush has been a hero... As Eric Alterman reports in his recent book — a book that I'm proud to have helped make happen — part of the red meat strategy is to attack mainstream media relentlessly, knowing that if the press is effectively intimidated, either by the accusation of liberal bias or by a reporter's own mistaken belief in the charge's validity, the institutions that conservatives revere — corporate America, the military, organized religion, and their own ideological bastions of influence — will be able to escape scrutiny and increase their influence over American public life with relatively no challenge."^[13] For other uses, see Limbaugh. ... Palm Beach is the name of several places: Palm Beach, New South Wales is a suburb of Sydney, Australia. ... Eric Alterman is a liberal American journalist, author, media critic, blogger, and educator, possibly best known for the political weblog named Altercation, which was hosted by MSNBC.com from 2002 until 2006, and now is hosted by Media Matters for America. ...

On media bias

When he retired in December 2004, the AP News Service quoted Moyers, "I'm going out telling the story that I think is the biggest story of our time: how the right-wing media has become a partisan propaganda arm of the Republican National Committee. We have an ideological press that's interested in the election of Republicans, and a mainstream press that's interested in the bottom line. Moyers said: Therefore, we don't have a vigilant, independent press whose interest is the American people."^[14]

On Karl Rove and U.S. politics

During his speech at the "Take Back America" Conference, Moyers defined what he considered to be Karl Rove's influence on George W. Bush's administration. Moyers asserted that, from his reading of Rove, the mid to late 1800s were to Rove a "cherished period of American history." He further states, "From his own public comments and my reading of the record, it is apparent that Karl Rove has modeled the Bush presidency on that of William McKinley...and modeled himself on Mark Hanna, the man who virtually manufactured McKinley."^[15] Karl Christian Rove (born December 25, 1950) is Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush until the end of August 2007. ... This article is about the 25th President of the United States; for other people named William McKinley, see William McKinley (disambiguation). ... Mark Hanna Mark A. Hanna (September 24, 1837â€“February 15, 1904), born Marcus Alonzo Hanna, was an industrialist and Republican politician from Ohio. ...

He stipulated that Hanna's primary "passion" was attending to corporate and imperial power.

Furthermore, Moyers indicates that Hanna gathered support for McKinley's presidential campaign from "the corporate interests of the day" and was responsible for Ohio and Washington coming under the rule of "bankers, railroads and public utility corporations." He submitted that political opponents of this transfer of power were "smeared as disturbers of the peace, socialists, anarchists, or worse."^[15]

Lastly, he refers to what historian Clinton Rossiter called the period of "the great train robbery of American intellectual history," when "conservatives--or better, pro-corporate apologists" began using terms such as "progress", "opportunity", and "individualism" in order to make "the plunder of America sound like divine right." He added that Charles Darwin's theory of evolution was also used by conservative politicians, judges, and publicists to justify the idea of a "natural order of things" as well as "the notion that progress resulted from the elimination of the weak and the 'survival of the fittest.'"^[15] For other people of the same surname, and places and things named after Charles Darwin, see Darwin. ...

He concludes, "This 'degenerate and unlovely age', as one historian calls it, exists in the mind of Karl Rove, the reputed brain of George W. Bush, as the seminal age of inspiration for the politics and governance of America today."^[15]

During coverage of the 2004 presidential election, Moyers stated, "I think that if Kerry were to win this in a tight race, I think that there would be an effort to mount a coup, quite frankly. I mean that the right wing is not going to accept it."^[16]^[17] Presidential election results map. ... Coup redirects here. ...

Presidential draft initiative

In late 2005 an attempt was begun to draft Moyers for a 2008 run at the Democratic presidential nomination. The founder of this initiative, Scott Beckman, circulated an article on the Internet entitled You Are Not Alone,^[18] laying out his reasoning and establishing a website. Although the effort was popular on the Internet, it was not supported by Moyers, who, according to his attorneys, would "not under any circumstances" run for president.^[19] The petition drive to gain 100,000 signatures by the end of the year garnered less than one percent of the total the few months it was in operation. The website was taken down at Moyers' request, but on July 24, 2006, political commentator Molly Ivins published an article entitled Run Bill Moyers for President, Seriously^[20] on the progressive website Truthdig. A follow-up was published two days later by John Nichols on his blog on The Nation magazine's website.^[21] However, this effort too failed to garner the extensive grassroots support envisioned. Then in October of 2006 an article^[22] was published on Common Dreams NewsCenter by Ralph Nader in which he supported the Moyers candidacy. "With his deep sense of history relating to the great economic struggles in American history between workers and large companies and industries," Nader added, "Moyers today is a leading spokesman on the need to deconcentrate the manifold concentrations of political and economic power by global corporations. He is especially keen on doing something about media concentration about which he knows from recurrent personal experience as a television commentator, investigator, anchor and newspaper editor." Nader's effort was seconded by Nichols.^[23] There are also two new websites promoting the effort: Draft Bill Moyers For President Blog^[24] and Draft Bill Moyers For President Activist Center.^[25] is the 205th day of the year (206th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A political commentator is a figure in the news media who publically airs their interpretation of events in the politics of a state or institution. ... Molly at the 2005 DemocracyFest, Austin TX Mary Tyler Molly Ivins (August 30, 1944 â€“ January 31, 2007) was an American newspaper columnist, political commentator, and best-selling author from Austin, Texas. ... Truthdig is an online Web magazine that provides a mix of long-form articles, interviews, and blog-like commentary on current events, delivered from a progressive point-of-view. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Nation (ISSN 0027-8378) is a weekly [1] U.S. periodical devoted to politics and culture, self-described as the flagship of the left. ... Ralph Nader (born February 27, 1934) is an American attorney and political activist in the areas of consumer rights, humanitarianism, environmentalism and democratic government. ...

Kenneth Tomlinson

In 2005 former PBS chairman Kenneth Tomlinson commissioned a study of the show NOW with Bill Moyers. The study supported what Tomlinson characterized as "the image of the left-wing bias of NOW".^[26] Moyers replied to this by saying that his journalism showed "the actual experience of regular people is the missing link in a nation wired for everything but the truth." Moyers characterized Tomlinson as "an ally of Karl Rove and the right-wing monopoly's point man to keep tabs on public broadcasting." Tomlinson, he said, "found kindred spirits at the right-wing editorial board of the Wall Street Journal where the 'animal spirits of business' are routinely celebrated."^[26] Moyers also responded to these accusations in a speech given to the National Conference for Media Reform, pointing out that he had repeatedly invited Tomlinson to debate him on the subject, and had repeatedly been ignored.^[27] Tomlinson subsequently resigned on 4 November 2005 after a CPB inquiry found improprieties in the commissioning of the study. Investigators at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting said on 15 November 2005 "that they had uncovered evidence that (Tomlinson) had repeatedly broken federal law and the organization's own regulations in a campaign to combat what he saw as liberal bias."[3] The Corporation for Public Broadcasting logo, used from 1969 to 2002. ... Kenneth Y. Tomlinson is an American journalist and government official. ... NOW is a PBS newsmagazine especially covering social and political issues. ...

Referring to a 2007-07-13 edition of Bill Moyers Journal, discussing the possible impeachment of President George W. Bush, and featuring guests from opposing ends of the political spectrum, both in favor of impeachment,^[28] PBS Ombudsman Michael Getler praised Moyers for his initiative in highlighting different topics, but felt he could have used a more balanced approach.^[29] Moyers disagreed, saying: Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 194th day of the year (195th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Depiction of the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson, then President of the United States, in 1868. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the forty-third and current President of the United States of America, originally inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ... Not to be confused with Public Broadcasting Services in Malta. ... For the Canadian television series, see Ombudsman (TV series). ... Michael Getler is an American journalist and currently the ombudsman for the Public Broadcasting System in the United States. ...

Notes

^ ^a ^b Jensen, Elizabeth. "Bill Moyers and Ken Burns Are Back on the PBS Schedule", NY Times, 2007-01-15.
^ ^a ^b PBS (2007-01-15). BILL MOYERS JOURNAL Returns to PBS Line-Up in April. Press release. Retrieved on 2007-06-07.
^ ^a ^b Bill Moyers Biographical Note. LBJ Library and Museum. Retrieved on 2007-06-07.
^ Anderson, Patrick. "No. 2 Texan in the White House", NY Times, 1966-04-03, pp. SM1.
^ Simpson, James B. (1988). Simpson's Contemporary Quotations, No. 848. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-39543-085-2.
^ ^a ^b Carr, David. "Moyers Leaves a Public Affairs Pulpit With Sermons to Spare", NY Times, 2004-12-17. Retrieved on 2007-06-04.
^ National Television Academy (2006-08-01). Bill Moyers to receive Lifetime Achievement Award at News & Documentary Emmy Awards. Press release. Retrieved on 2007-06-07.
^ Moyers, Bill: U.S. Broadcast Journalist. Museum of Broadcast Communications. Retrieved on 2007-06-07.
^ ^a ^b Shister, Gail. "Opinions Differ on CBS News’ Commentary Plan", Philadelphia Inquirer, 2006-04-18. Retrieved on 2007-06-07.
^ "Bill Moyers to leave PBS", AP/USA Today, 2004-02-19. Retrieved on 2007-06-07.
^ The Hero's Adventure. TV.com. Retrieved on 2007-06-07.
^ (1999) DVD: The Mythology of Star Wars with George Lucas and Bill Moyers. ISBN 978-0-7365-7936-0.
^ ^a ^b "Bill Moyers is Insightful, Erudite, Impassioned, Brilliant and the Host of PBS' "NOW"", interview, BuzzFlash.com, 2003-10-28. Retrieved on 2006-12-18.
^ Frazier Moore (2004). Bill Moyers Retiring From TV Journalism (html). Associated Press. Retrieved on 2007-07-25.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Moyers, Bill. "This is Your Story - The Progressive Story of America. Pass It On." 'Take Back America' Conference (2003-06-10). Retrieved on 2006-12-18 The venue and date of the speech are not clear from the source cited here; the date provided is the publication date.
^ Will, George. "How Not To Win Red America", Jewish World Review, 2004-11-09. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
^ Koch, Edward I.. "Shocked by Bill Moyers' 'Coup' Comment and Radical Media", NewsMax.com, 2004-11-18. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
^ Beckman, Scott (2005-12-13). You Are Not Alone. OpEdNews.com. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
^ Brett, James R. (2006-07-27). Why I Took Down the Draft Bill Moyers Website and Petition. self-published. American Liberalism Project. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
^ Ivins, Molly (2006-07-24). Run Bill Moyers for President, Seriously. truthdig.com. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
^ Nichols, John (2006-07-25). Bill Moyers for President? Absolutely!. The Nation blog. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
^ Nader, Ralph (2006-10-28). Bill Moyers For President. CommonDreams.org. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
^ Nichols, John (2006-10-31). A New 'Moyers for President' Twist. The Nation blog. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
^ Very Active Bill Moyers for President Blog?. blog. Draft Bill Moyers for President (2006-11-15). Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
^ Draft Bill Moyers for President Activist Center. self-published?. Irreguar Times. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
^ ^a ^b Bode, Ken A. (2005-09-01). CPB Ombudsmen Reports: The Question Of "Balance". Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
^ Moyers, Bill (2005-05-15). Bill Moyers’ speech to the National Conference for Media Reform. FreePress.net. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
^ Bill Moyers (2007-07-13). Bill Moyers Journal (html). PBS. Retrieved on 2007-08-11.
^ The Ombudsman Column (2007-07-20). Retrieved on 2007-08-09.
^ On Balance: Bill Moyers Responds (2007-07-26). Retrieved on 2007-08-09.

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Contents

Education and early career

Public service

Journalism

The Power of Myth, Joseph Campbell, and George Lucas

Commentary

Regarding the U.S. media

On the media and class warfare

On media bias

On Karl Rove and U.S. politics

Presidential draft initiative

Kenneth Tomlinson

Notes

Books

External links

Television productions

Contents

Education and early career GA_googleFillSlot("encyclopedia_square");

Public service

Journalism

The Power of Myth, Joseph Campbell, and George Lucas

Commentary

Regarding the U.S. media

On the media and class warfare

On media bias

On Karl Rove and U.S. politics

Presidential draft initiative

Kenneth Tomlinson

Notes

Books

External links

Television productions

Education and early career