Home
Archive
Newsletters
Video
Blogs
Discuss
About
Search
Donate
Advertise
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
  • AlterNetYour turn

Support AlterNet
Do you value the information you're getting from AlterNet? Please show your support with a tax-deductible donation.


Feedback
Tell us how we're doing.

Advertisement
Advertisement

Bill Moyers Addresses National Conference for Media Reform

Posted by Isaac Fitzgerald at 12:21 PM on June 9, 2008.


Moyers gives electrifying speech trumpeting the importance of democratic media.

Share and save this post:

      

      

Share on Facebook       

AlterNet Social Networks:
follow us on twitter
find us on Facebook

Got a tip for a post?:
Email us | Anonymous form

Get Video in your
mailbox!

 

In a powerful speech Bill Moyers praised the media reform movement as "the most significant citizens' movement to emerge in this new century." With over 3,500 people in attendance Moyers said that the work of activists has "challenged the stranglehold of mega-media corporations over our press" and fostered "alternative and independent sources of news and information that people can trust."

The freedom of information is one of the most important issues we face today. Watch as Moyers encourages citizen journalism and reminds us that "democracy only works when ordinary people claim it as their own."

Digg!

Tagged as: media, bill moyers


Honduras Crisis Forces Obama to Focus on Latin America
Will Obama side with a democratically elected government that happens to be a Venezuelan ally?
Post by Tom Hayden. July 1, 2009.
Fox News Urges Viewers to Keep on Tea Baggin' on July 4th (VIDEO)
No, we won't EVER get tired of that double-entendre!
Post by Lee Fang. June 30, 2009.
Katie Couric, Tavis Smiley, Bob Woodward, Nicholas Kristof, and I Hit YouTube with Pointers for Citizen Journalists
Become The Huffington Post's 'Eyes and Ears.'
Post by Arianna Huffington. June 30, 2009.
Advertisement
Comments Turn comments off sitewide Give us feedback »
Comments closed.
The comments for this story have been closed. Thank you to everyone who participated.
View:
No one commented on this??? It's incredible!
Posted by: Ghoulman on Jun 9, 2008 6:46 PM   
Current rating: 5    [1 = poor; 5 = excellent]
... this is a defining speech in US journalism for today. Watch it! All of it!

[« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]