[...]
When Stewart asked Moyers what the he thinks the biggest lapse in journalism is, Moyers stated that many journalists only provide their opinions instead of providing the facts. He thinks that "a lot of news organizations no longer do much reporting."
Moyers ends with summing up what good journalism should be: "It's comparative. It's not declarative."
Bill Moyers on "Daily Show": 'A Lot Of News Organizations No Longer Do Much Reporting'
huffingtonpost -- 2011/06/02
Bill Moyers is on his new book tour. It sound interesting and insightful ...
Would we expect anything less, from Moyers ?
Democracy Talks -- Listen Up
by Michael Winship -- pbs.org -- May 25, 2011
Bill Moyers Journal: The Conversation Continues,
[...] some excerpts:
Biologist E.O. Wilson: "We're the ones that can destroy the world. No other single species ever had anything like that power. And we also have the knowledge to avoid doing it. It's sort of a race to the finish line that we will develop the intelligence and the policies and the decency to bring it to a halt not just for life itself but for future generations before the juggernaut takes us over."
Activist and analyst Holly Sklar: "The rising tide's not lifting all boats. Little crumbs aren't trickling off the table. What's really happened is that so much is being ripped off at the top. It's a level of extreme, almost pathological greed and it's not tolerated in any other of the democracies.'
[... more ]
And some parting thoughts from Journalist extraordinaire ...
“Democracy cannot survive without disinterested people to speak truth to power.”
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Bill Moyers on NPR, May 23, 2011
Well said, Mr Moyers. Well said, and thank you.