Moyers On PBS

He doesn't come across well in the piece either, foof.
It's about how THIS profession turtled.

 

If you haven't seen it, you really should watch it.

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/index-flash.html

 

Watching this now with my 13-year-old, who just called the New Repubilc boy blunder of an editor a "jackwipe."

The lesson on how the media abrogated its responsibility to this country and its people is one he's learning firsthand.

 

no thanks. moyers is to the left what rush is to the right. neither is to be taken seriously.

 

Neither are you, with comments like that.

You must have forgotten the blue sarcasm font. Because I thought I just read you comparing that Nazi gasbag to someone who has won 10 Peabody Awards, 30 Emmy Awards for broadcasting excellence and is considered one of the foremost journalists and documentarians of the last 35 years.

And oh yeah. He's an ordained Baptist minister. The only thing Limbaugh ministers to is his own racist, sexist, drug-addled, corporate fellating.

Your comparison needs work, not to mention serious, rational thought. :

 

Wait-- that was Michael Moore in Bill Moyers body right?

 

Bill Moyers?

Holy Christ on a fucking sidecar.

Hey how does your duodenum look, anyway?

 

What a show. And what a complete f*cking embarrassment this country is to every man, woman and child who live here.

This has been discussed in other Frontline shows before, but the events of September 8, 2002 are spelled out clearly:

1) White House leaks (incorrect) information about Saddam's nuclear buildup to the NY Times.
2) NY Times prints A-1 story about nuclear buildup.
3) Cheney goes on Meet the Press and discussed nuclear buildup, citing the NY Times story as proof or evidence of said buildup. Thus, the circle is complete.
Other administration officials (Condi, Powell, Rummy) go on the other shows. Obviously there was a talking points memo since Powell and Condi use the same buzz words ("Hunt and Peck").

The Washington Post and NY Times completely failed in their jobs to do any investigative work. Knight Ridder guys were lone voices in the wind, questioning the White house info. It made a noise like a tree in a forest with nobody around.

Powell's speech at the UN included a report on Iraq done by the British government. The basis for that "report" was a thesis paper done by a college student in California. Read that sentence again. British media properly condemned the Blair administration. The student complained of plagiarism! Crickets in the US.

At least it showed in the proper light the uselessness of those dopey cable news talk shows that many posters here watch and comment on. Utterly worthless wastes of airtime.

One show, Phil Donahue's, actually questioned the White House misinformation marketing machine. It was cancelled literally because the execs were afraid that it looked unamerican.

It was a revolting 90 minutes of television and completely depressing to anyone with a vested interest in the way our country is run.

 

Luckily for Moyers, he isn't fat.

The trolls will have to dig deeper.

 

For those who missed this, it's posted here:


http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/btw/watch.html

 

In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including Al Qaeda members, though there is apparently no evidence of his involvement in the terrible events of September 11, 2001. It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons. Should he succeed in that endeavor, he could alter the political and security landscape of the Middle East, which as we know all too well affects American security." -- Hillary Clinton, October 10, 2002

 

"worked to"

Two very fucking important words.

I'm not arguing a syllable of that statement.

It most certainly does NOT make the case to invade Iraq.