Bill Moyers

Bill D. Moyers (born June 5, 1934) is an American journalist and public commentator.

Criticism of Bill Moyers

In addition, Moyers is also a major donor to FAIR, a group which analyzes the American media for instances of bias and which has often been accused by conservative groups of a liberal bias. Moyers' involvement with this group has led many critics, mostly conservative, to label him a liberal commentator rather than an objective journalist 1. During coverage of the 2004 presidential election, Moyers stated, "I think that if Kerry were to win this in a tight race, I think that there would be an effort to mount a coup, quite frankly. I mean that the right-wing is not going to accept it." He later said, "I'm going out telling the story that I think is the biggest story of our time: how the right-wing media has become a partisan propaganda arm of the Republican National Committee. We have an ideological press that's interested in the election of Republicans, and a mainstream press that's interested in the bottom line. Therefore, we don't have a vigilant, independent press whose interest is the American people."

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In a 2003 interview with buzzflash.com, Moyers said "The corporate right and the political right declared class warfare on working people a quarter of a century ago and they've won... Take the paradox of Rush Limbaugh, ensconced in a Palm Beach mansion massaging the resentments across the country of white-knuckled wage earners, who are barely making ends meet in no small part because of the corporate and ideological forces for whom Rush has been a hero." He later added, "As (liberal commentator and author) Eric Alterman reports in his recent book-- a book that I'm proud to have helped make happen-- part of the red meat strategy is to attack mainstream media relentlessly, knowing that if the press is effectively intimidated, either by the accusation of liberal bias or by a reporter's own mistaken belief in the charge's validity, the institutions that conservatives revere-- corporate America, the military, organized religion, and their own ideological bastions of influence-- will be able to escape scrutiny and increase their influence over American public life with relatively no challenge" 2.

Related Topics:
Rush Limbaugh - Eric Alterman

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Moyers has also come under criticism for his PBS specials on literature, religion, and mythology-- most notably with Joseph Campbell, as being an adherent to political correctness and multiculturalism, at the expense of journalistic objectivity.

Related Topics:
Joseph Campbell - Political correctness - Multiculturalism

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