Bill Moyers

Best Political Videos Of 2008 From The UpTake

The Uptake | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Election 2008 Coverage, John McCain, Ron Paul, Al Franken, John Kline, election2008, Minnesota, Barack Obama, Muslim, Poop, Rnc, Arab, Mn, Norm Coleman, Iowa, Iowa Caucuses, Republican National Convention, Bill Moyers, Weird, New Year's Commentary, Politics News
The Uptake

It's hard to pick the "best" videos of the year. There are so many reasons that they can be good. So I've picked several based on my own categories.

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'Yes We Can' Create a Sane Food Policy in the U.S.

Bruce Friedrich | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Charlie Stenholm, Whole Foods, Time Magazine, Pew Foundation, Center for Public Integrity, John Carlin, Pew Commission, Larry Summers, Joe Klein, Barack Obama, Clinton Administration, Farm Bill, Michael Pollan, John Salazar, Colin Peterson, Union of Concerned Scientists, Dwight Eisenhower, Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture, John Podesta, Rosa DeLauro, Obama Transition, National Economic Council, Eric Schlosser, Bill Moyers, Politics News
Bruce Friedrich

In January, we will have a president who understands and cares about the broader implications of our food policy. This will be an impressive first.

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Way to Go, Obama!

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Russ Feingold, Obama Foriegn Policy Team, Obama Administration, Obama Foriegn Policy, Barack Obama, War on Terror, United Arab Emirates, Patriot Act, Bush Administration Torture, Obama Appointments, Bush Administration Foriegn Policy, Extrajudicial Renditions, Bush Foreign Policy, Fisa, President Elect Obama, Bill Moyers, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

What a delightful change after a regime of secrecy, classified documents, and withholding information not just from citizens, but the press. What a breath of fresh air!

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Son of a Gambler's Guide to Holiday Books

Don McNay | Posted 11.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Ted Turner Book, Hugh Hefner, Ken Kesey, Holiday Season, Hugh Heffner Book, Books, Merry Pranksters, Poker, Grateful Dead, Kentucky, Don McNay, John Eckberg, Business Books, Joe Nocera, Warren Buffett Biography, Facebook, Joe McNay, Hippies, Holiday Gifts, Ed McClanahan, Hippie, Ted Turner, Gambling, Preparing for the Holidays, Martha Frankel, Donald Trump, Newport Kentucky, Cincinnati, Warren Buffett, Cincinnati Enquirer, Bill Moyers, Personal Finance, Business News
Don McNay

It's a lesson to me, the ablers and the beggars and the thieves -The Grateful Dead If you read my book, Son of a Son of a Gambler, you'll know that...

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Top Ten Heroes of the George W. Bush Era

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 11.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Top Ten List, Valerie Plame Wilson, Heroes, George W. Bush, Winter Soldier, Obama, Afghanistan War, Veterans, Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine, Internet, Cindy Sheehan, Iraq Veterans, Amy Goodman Rnc, Iraqi Civilian Deaths, Michael Moore, Protest, Democracy Now, Bill Moyers, Politics News
Shirin Sadeghi

As the W. Bush regime comes to an end it seems appropriate to pay tribute to the countless individuals and groups who have spent the last nearly 8 years exposing this government.

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George Soros: Investing In Green Energy Could Save Global Economy (VIDEO)

GreenInc | Posted 10.14.2008 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Soros Moyers Interview, Video, George Soros, Green Investing, S Renewable Energy, Billionaires, Green Energy, Solar Power, Bill Moyers, Green News

Last Friday, in an interview with Bill Moyers on PBS, George Soros, who has made billions of dollars based on his ability to read the ebb and flow of ...

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Let Bill Moyers Question Palin

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Christianity, Jesus Thieves, Sean Hannity Sarah Palin, Charlie Gibson Palin Interview, John McCain, Bill Moyers, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Robert S. McElvaine

On Friday, the anniversary of John F. Kennedy's 1960 speech and Q-and-A session addressing concerns about his religion, I called upon Sarah Palin t...

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The Hidden Meaning Behind the Moyers Ambush

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Moyers, Porter Barry, Fox Ambush, Bill Moyers Fox Ambush, Politics News
Robert J. Elisberg

The volunteer sent in by his commander for no valid news reason, just to bully someone for his boss's self-aggrandizement. The foolish attempt to ambush Moyers is a microcosm of the Iraq war.

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Copyright Taxes Are Killing Democracy

Max Keiser | Posted 06.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Bill Moyers, Insurrection, Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Lawrence Lessig, Business News
Max Keiser

I have a question for Bill Moyers, but before I get to that... America was founded by patriots who were sick and tired of, "taxation without represen...

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Message to Bill O'Reilly and Bill Moyers

Leslie Griffith | Posted 06.11.2008 | Media

Read More: Visiting Each Other, Informing the Public on the Great Divide, Bill O'Reilly and Moyers, Bill O'Reilly, Bill Moyers, Media News
Leslie Griffith

Let's act like free American citizens who don't have to bully each other to get a point across.

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FOX Ambushes Bill Moyers; Journalists Ambush FOX

The Uptake | Posted 06.09.2008 | Home

Read More: Politics, Fox News, Video, Media, Bill O'Reilly, The Uptake, Bill Moyers, Offthebus, Home News
The Uptake

An "O'Reilly Factor" producer cornered PBS's Bill Moyers at a conference on media reform this weekend, leading Moyers to demand an unedited interview about Iraq. Angry journalists piled on.

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Don't Take the Internet for Granted

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 06.09.2008 | Media

Read More: National Conference for Media Reform, Arianna Huffington, Free Press, Dan Rather, Naomi Klein, Bill Moyers, Media News
Alison Rose Levy

At the National Conference for Media Reform I shed a few tears for the lost honor of my profession -- and for the crumbling integrity of our democracy, knowing that as I wept, other fearless journalists fight on.

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What I Said About Iraq and the Media on Bill Moyers' Show Last Night

Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Warwire, Wmd, Mcclellan, Moyers, Scott Mcclellan, War, Iraq, Media, Mcclatchy, Bill Moyers, Politics News
Greg Mitchell

I was a guest last night on BIll Moyers Journal along with two stalwarts from McClatchy (formerly Knight Ridder), John Walcott and Jonathan Landay, fa...

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Greg Mitchell Discusses The Media's Reaction To The Scott McClellan Book

PBS.org | Posted 06.06.2008 | Media

Read More: Greg Mitchell, Scott McClellan Book, Scott Mcclellan, Pbs, Bill Moyers, Media News

HuffPost contributor and editor of Editor and Publisher magazine Greg Mitchell discussed the media's reaction to the Scott McClellan book with Bill Mo...

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I'm on Bill Moyers' Show Tonite -- Here is Preview

Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iran, Warwire, Mcclellan, Wmd, Scott Mcclellan, Moyers, War, Coverup, Iraq, Media, Bill Moyers, Politics News
Greg Mitchell

On Bill Moyers' Journal tonight I will be featured along with with two of the few journalistic "heroes" of prewar Iraq coverage from Knight Ridder/Mc...

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7 Days: Moyers and Democracy: He'd Rather Write Than Be President, w/ Huffington, vanden Heuvel & Green

Mark Green | Posted 05.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: 7 Days, Bill Moyers Book, Moyers, Bill Moyers, Politics News
Mark Green

There was lots of hard news this week -- West Virginia, John Edwards, appeasement, McCain's 2013 Space Odyssey -- but it was Bill Moyers who uttered some hard truths on 7 Days.

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Do You Believe in Objective (Ha! Ha! Wink, Wink!) Science?

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 05.17.2008 | Living

Read More: Science Reporting, Objective Science, Pharmaceutical Companies, Pharmaceutical Industry, Antidepressants, Melody Petersen, Medical Marketing, Medical Adverstising, TV Advertising, Our Daily Meds, Pr, Independent Media, Bill Moyers, Living News
Alison Rose Levy

There's no doubt that some drugs are beneficial and even life-saving, but there's no way to know which ones are truly effective or necessary until all the real outcomes are considered.

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Bumper Sticker Broadcasting

Catherine Crier | Posted 05.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Bill Moyers, Media Coverage, 2008 Election, 2008 Presidential Race, Media News
Catherine Crier

Regardless of the victor in the fall, I hope votes will be cast on the big issues facing this nation, not on contrived imagery created by campaigns or pundits in search of ratings.

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Herb Alpert Made My Wife Cry

Tony Sachs | Posted 05.14.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: '60s Pop Music, Music Business, Popular Standards, Sergio Mendes, Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, Herb Alpert, New York City, This Guy's in Love With You, Beatles, Tijuana Brass, Record Industry, Jazz, Corrine Bailey Rae, Brazilian Music., Lani Hall, Tommy LiPuma, Rolling Stones, Burt Bacharach, Joe's Pub, Bill Moyers, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

My wife was a puddle of tears at Herb Alpert's show with his wife, singer Lani Hall, at Joe's Pub in New York last week. If you know Herb Alpert's music, you know it's not the type of thing that starts people spontaneously weeping.

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Bill Moyers On Olbermann: "I Was Greatly Encouraged...That People Saw Through [Hillary's] Flimsy Rationale For The Gas Tax"

Huffington Post | Posted 05.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Bill Moyers Reverend Wright Interview, Jeremiah Wright Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers, Media News

Bill Moyers appeared on Monday night's "Countdown" with Keith Olbermann and discussed the state of the media as well as Jeremiah Wright (and the inter...

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The Pressure To Be Good

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.09.2008 | Home

Read More: Altruism, Bill Moyers, Home News
Deepak Chopra

In a recent interview for his new book on democracy, Bill Moyers presented the bleakest face of goodness that one could imagine. He is too gentle to m...

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My Conversation with Bill Moyers

Charlie Rose | Posted 05.09.2008 | Media

Read More: Reverend Jeremiah Wright., Charlie Rose, Chicago, Election, Pbs, Barack Obama, Bill Moyers, Lyndon, Media News
Charlie Rose

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Newt Gingrich to GOP--Wake Up or Perish

Katrina vanden Heuvel | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Repuclican Senate, Gop, Senate Seats. Gingrich, Conservative Movement, Cheney, Extremism, Democratic Senate, Congressional Election, Right Wing, Newt Gingrich, Senators, Bill Moyers, Bush, Radicalism, Politics News
Katrina vanden Heuvel

Either Congressional Republicans chart a bold course of real change, Gingrich argues or the GOP faces a landslide defeat and disaster in November. It's hard to agree with him. But I think he's right.

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Reverend Wright: Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't

Lecia Shorter | Posted 05.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Black Church Wright, Wright Martin Luther King, Wright Racism, Wright Hero, Naacp Wright, Senator Obama Wright, African American Leadership, Bill Moyers, Reverend Wright, African American Leadership Wright, Reverend Wright African-American, Wright, Reverend Wright King, Home News
Lecia Shorter

The demonization of Wright is part of why there are so few strong black leaders in the United States. He did not cower from his convictions in the face of those who saw him only with jaded prejudice.

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Rev. Wright Launches Own 24-Hr. Channel

Andy Borowitz | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dancing With the Stars, Andy Borowitz, Barack Obama, Susie Essman, Gossip Girl, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Bill Moyers, Miley Cyrus, Jonathan Alter, Calvin Trillin, Billy Ray Cyrus, Hillary Clinton, Politics News
Andy Borowitz

By launching WrightTV, the minister said, "It is my sincere hope that I can quench the public's seemingly limitless thirst for hearing me talk."

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