Stories by Bill Moyers

Veteran journalist Bill Moyers is the host of “Moyers & Company,” airing weekly on public television. Check your local listings. More at www.billmoyers.com subscribe to Bill Moyers's feed

Battlefield Earth

Posted on: Dec 8, 2004, Source: AlterNet

The environment is in trouble and the religious right doesn't care. It's time to act as if the future depends on us – because it does.

Norquist Gets Candid

Posted on: Nov 9, 2004, Source: NOW with Bill Moyers

Gorver Norquist, leader of the American conservative movement, shares his vision of the next four years with the GOP in control of Washington.

Journalism Under Fire

Posted on: Sep 17, 2004, Source: AlterNet

"I believe democracy requires 'a sacred contract' between journalists and those who put their trust in us to tell them what we can about how the world really works."

Asleep at the Wheel

Posted on: Sep 9, 2004, Source: NOW with Bill Moyers

Much of the truth about 9/11 is now public, thanks to the Commission's report: Key government officials failed the system, and they failed the American people.

Outsourcing and Patriotism

Posted on: Aug 20, 2004, Source: NOW with Bill Moyers

Lou Dobbs talks about how American businesses are putting their interests ahead of the national interest with the outsourcing of jobs.

The Real Show

Posted on: Jul 25, 2004, Source: AlterNet

Who needs a movie when you have the news?

The Fight of Our Lives

Posted on: Jun 15, 2004, Source: AlterNet

Some things are worth getting mad about. Case in point: the growing, vast equality gap between the richest and the poorest Americans. If this isn't class war, what is?

The Media, Politics and Censorship

Posted on: May 6, 2004, Source: AlterNet

Every news organization has First Amendment rights. But speaking out is one thing, keeping others from being heard is another.

Calling of a Generation

Posted on: Apr 6, 2004, Source: AlterNet

We Americans cannot begin to do our part in the battle against terrorism as long as the Bush White House makes it a partisan cause.

Farewell to the Sixties

Posted on: Mar 16, 2004, Source: AlterNet

One of the most respected commentators on television explains why he is bidding his viewers goodbye.

The Media Consolidation Beat Goes On

Posted on: Nov 30, 2003, Source: NOW

The imperial union of media and government is the most important story of all, the one that determines what other stories get told.

Big Media Gets Bigger

Posted on: Oct 9, 2003, Source: Bill Moyers

Skirting existing FCC regulations, Big Media controls more of what we hear, read and watch.

Acceptance of America's Future

Posted on: Jun 9, 2003, Source: AlterNet

In a speech for the Take Back America conference, Moyers takes a look at the progressive landscape: the many accomplishments and the work that lies ahead.

Another Day, Another $350 Billion in Debt

Posted on: May 29, 2003, Source: Bill Moyers

While the rich reap instant rewards from the Bush tax cut, the poor get stiffed again in a last minute act of Congressional cowardice: Dropping a $400 child tax credit for the working class.

On the Role of a Journalist In a Democracy

Posted on: May 24, 2003, Source: NOW

Every Memorial Day I think about what our soldiers did on D-Day and what we owe them. They thought democracy was worth fighting for. The least we can do is to help make democracy worthy of them.

Barry Diller Takes on Media Deregulation

Posted on: Apr 27, 2003, Source: Bill Moyers

The founder of Fox Broadcasting and present CEO of USA Networks is an unlikely but passionate opponent of plans to loosen media ownership rules.

Perle Resignation Changes Little

Posted on: Mar 30, 2003, Source: Public Affairs Television

Moyers talks to Chuck Lewis of the Center for Public Integrity about Richard Perle's resignation from the Defense Policy Board.

Republican Politics, Then and Now

Posted on: Nov 11, 2002, Source: NOW

One of the most important differences between the right-wing of this country in the 1950s and today is that the extremists were few and far between in the 50s, and they are the standard today.

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