Democracy Now has posted a
RUSH transcript of:
Bill Moyers Responds to CPB's Tomlinson
Charges of Liberal Bias: "We Were Getting
it Right, But Not Right Wing"
In his first public address since leaving PBS six months ago, journalist Bill Moyers responds to charges by Kenneth Tomlinson - the chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting - of liberal bias and revelations that Tomlinson hired a consultant to monitor the political content of Moyers' PBS show "Now." We spend the hour playing an excerpt of Moyers' closing address at the National Conference on Media Reform in St. Louis, Missouri. [includes rush transcript] Over 2,000 people converged in St. Louis Missouri this weekend for the second-ever National Conference on Media Reform. Few issues were discussed as much as the future of public broadcasting in this country.
I realize link-only diarys are frowned on. I posted it in Hummingbirds - Bill Moyers Rocks!!! Stunning Speech! Diary just before it fell off the front page.