Bill Moyers is returning to PBS. More exactly, he's returning with a new version of Bill Moyers' Journal, Moyers first public television series that debuted in 1972. He hasn't exactly been absent from PBS, appearing in two PBS specials this past year. Moyers last series for PBS was NOW, which was accused of having a liberal bias by PBS board chairman Kevin Tomlinson, who secretly hired a consultant to monitor the program. Speaking at a conference in 2005, Moyers stated:
One reason I'm in hot water is because my colleagues and I at "NOW" didn't play by the conventional rules of Beltway journalism. Those rules divide the world into democrats and republicans, liberals and conservatives and allow journalists to pretend they have done their job if, instead of reporting the truth behind the news, they merely give each side an opportunity to spin the news.
The new series will debut on April 25 with a report on the media's role during the time leading up to war in Iraq.
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1-15-2007 @ 1:30PM
Jose said...
Of course NOW has a liberal bias. Nothing wrong with that other than the fact that Moyers wouldn't ackowledge it. Tomlinson wanted to balance the show with an opposing viewpoint (as is required in the PBS mandate), namely the Wall Street Journal editorial report. He had no desire to change the content of NOW.
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