Loading...
IMPORTANT :: YOU MUST SAVE THE FILE AS ".FLV"
Change the file name from "get_video" to "video.flv"
Bill Moyers Journal: Buying the War
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at 9 PM on PBS (check local listings)
How the administration marketed the war to the American people has been well covered, but critical questions remain: How and why did the press buy it, and what does it say about the role of journalists in helping the public sort out fact from propaganda?
In this clip from the premiere of Bill Moyers Journal on PBS, Bob Simon of 60 Minutes, who was based in the Middle East, talks about the reporting he was seeing and reading out of the beltway, and John Walcott and Warren Strobel of Knight Ridder newspapers (now The McClatchy Company), discuss their work burrowing deep into the intelligence agencies to determine whether there was any evidence for the Bush Administration's case for war. On Wednesday, April 25 at 9 P.M. on PBS (check local listings), watch "Buying the War," a 90-minute documentary that explores the role of the press in the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq, which includes interviews with Dan Rather, formerly of CBS; Tim Russert of Meet the Press; and Walter Isaacson, former president of CNN.
Two days later on April 27, the Bill Moyers Journal airs its regular timeslot on Fridays at 9 P.M. with interviews and news analysis of underreported stories across an array of beats, including: the environment, media, politics, the economy, arts and culture, and social issues.
Tags: arts, culture, economy, environment, Iraq, media, Moyers, pbs, politics, war,
Comments to “BILL MOYERS JOURNAL | Buying the War | Excerpt | PBS”
Leave a Reply
This entry was posted
on Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 at and is filed under Videos.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the feed.
Both comments and pings are currently closed.
January 7th, 2009 at 05:05:47 the press core was directed by rumsfeld for continued lies that support israel. and you guys thought good guys rely on truth....... really sad.
January 7th, 2009 at 05:28:46 when the facts are presented then you wash it away to lessen the effect so there will be continued aipac support. right? you are a sheep.
January 7th, 2009 at 05:51:45 You'll never hear McCain threaten Bin Laden. When I heard them say Bush was reelected in '04 I knew Bin Laden would be alive for at least four more years. He's a PNAC partner. He's like a junkie's enabler, and they love him. There are National Review type rightists who wish him victory. So what kind of "victory" their boy Mocain is peddling I can't guess.
January 7th, 2009 at 06:14:44 Ok God is real. The Bible is 100% pure and true. 9/11 was a U.S. government set up. Gay marriage is wrong and disgusting. Fluoride is put in your water to kill you. Don't eat meat especially not McDonalds. The Illuminati is 100% real and active. The U.S. Economy will soon Crash. McCain is going to win. There Not Looking for Bin Laden. The US is Trillions of dollars in Debt. The Titanic was Sunk on purpose, By the Captain. Jesus is coming back soon. Satan is real and bent on your destruction.
January 7th, 2009 at 06:37:43 take a bloodbath in Iraq stupidity, it might wash away your simple fears, and might awake the demon you feared, you affixed ridicule to the informed and professional, that is in itself inexcusable
January 7th, 2009 at 07:00:42 "Terrorism is the best political weapon, for nothing drives people harder than a fear of sudden death." -Adolf Hitler
January 7th, 2009 at 07:23:41 PEACE FREESPEECH
January 7th, 2009 at 07:46:40 This is something new? I hear not one fact not one source. You people need to move on with your life> You people can't get over the fact that you Don't have the power of spoon feed news (LIE'S) to the American people anymore, Just to keep your hold of you power
January 7th, 2009 at 08:09:39 I recommend everyone see this whole broadcast. It's an absolute classic. Sickest of all, though, is that there are some--look at these pages for example!--who're still arguing that the Bush regime was right. That's roughly the state of critical thinking in the US now...and why we completely lack credibility in the rest of the world.
January 7th, 2009 at 08:32:38 I guess that was his connection to terrorism, to answer alvincay100 - our own CIA, lol.
January 7th, 2009 at 08:55:37 actually if you look it up sadam has been employed by our own CIA since he was about 20 years old
January 7th, 2009 at 09:18:36 Exactly! lol
January 7th, 2009 at 09:41:35 Saddam was content to be a rich dictator. As this video clearly points out, and most other Middle East experts, he was a control freak, so he kept out 'competition,' like Islamic extremists. Bush-Cheney had more ties to terrorism than Saddam, they have put out pure BS on 9-11, Iraq, etc.; not 5, or 10, but SIXTEEN US intelligence agencies have said Bush's Iraq war has Increased hatred of US, therefore Terrorism! Defeat Bush's boy McCain, more of the same.
January 7th, 2009 at 10:04:34 sometimes called the 4th branch of the government
January 7th, 2009 at 10:27:33 Don't bother trying to explain it to this person. Their brain has rotted away and has been replaced with a robot neocon brain that will believe anything those derelicts say. This person is a lost cause and will most likely vote for Mc Can't in this year's election and suit up for his 100 year war.
January 7th, 2009 at 10:50:32 So who is 'Rev Lindsay Williams'? Just another man with another opinion. Who know whether HIS FACT are true - one source doesn't prove ANYTHING to me.
January 7th, 2009 at 11:13:31 who's report though?
January 7th, 2009 at 11:36:30 Of course Saddam had ties to terrorism.... Look it up, there was a recent report released.
January 7th, 2009 at 11:59:29 First of all most all of the media in owned by the bankers and money changers and most of them are the ones in the Bush Administration. Or worse yet they are all supporters. Read the book Energy the Non Crisis by Rev Lindsay Williams. Very interesting business the govt and media is not telling the American people. Keep us all in fear and they can control the world. They are all crooks and it is time Congress starts DEFENDING our Constitution instead of the ones who want to change it????
January 7th, 2009 at 12:22:28 The mainstream media is just the propaganda arm of the government.
January 7th, 2009 at 12:45:27 Have you ever been in a confrontational situation that led to a fight either in school or as an adult then when you explained it to authorities you told a biased version that made you look good? U.S. History books are biased, Presidents are biased, U.S. news media is biased & censored, you have to listen to all sides to get the real truth. Watch the Movie Wag The Dog to get a concept of how you the people are manipulated & die in wars for false reasons.
January 7th, 2009 at 13:08:26 Yeah but everything Ive been told by trusted news outlets here in the states tells me that since these guys are reporting outside the US media status quo, they must be pro terrorism and anti US troops.....Im really confused, Fox and friends are my friends.....right?
January 7th, 2009 at 13:31:25 EXCELLENT!!! g. w. bush is a Piece of Shit
January 7th, 2009 at 13:54:24 Dude you think that is bad just look up on You Tube Cheny and Iraq 1994.
January 7th, 2009 at 14:17:23 The war never made sense. Bush's own father and Dick Cheney repeatedly said that it would be a mistake throughout the 1990s. Instead of asking W why he was refuting his father, they asked him questions that looked like they were cheerleaders instead of journalists.