“You’ve been in both government and journalism; that makes everything you say twice as hard to believe”
Bill Moyers’ acceptance speech for the Ridenhour Courage Prize. Extract:
So for all the blunders for which we are culpable; for all the disillusionment that has set in among journalists with every fresh report of job cuts and disappearing news space; for all the barons and buccaneers turning the press into a karaoke of power; [...]
More Troubling Views about John McCain
The more I hear about John McCain the less I like what I hear. The most recent instalment came from Bill Moyers Journal, which had two segments on its March 7 show.
The first, on Christians United for Israel and its leader, John Hagee, frankly alarmed the heck out of me. Senator McCain has [...]