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What Have You Really Lost to the Recession?

Francine Hardaway | Posted 08.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, David Faber, Lobbyists, Cdos, Bill Moyers, Economic Crisis, Recession, Business News
Francine Hardaway

Well, we may think we've lost our jobs, our health insurance, our retirement plans, or our houses. But we haven't really "lost" those, because they were never really ours

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Healthcare and Food Policy: Part of the Same Conversation

Paula Crossfield | Posted 08.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Robert Reich, Lobbyists, Food Policy, Agribusiness, Health Insurance, Subsidies, Healthcare Reform, Single Payer, Barack Obama, Healthcare, Campaign Finance, Bill Moyers, Green News
Paula Crossfield

The critics of single-payer are either paid to tell you this, or are brainwashed by the multi-million dollar lobbying and advertising paid for by insurance companies and the pharmaceutical industry.

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Bill Moyers: Obama's Health Care Struggle Waterloo or Water Down?

CommonDreams.org | Posted 08.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Bill Moyers, Congress, Obama Health Care, Health Care, Obama Health Care Reform, Waterloo, Politics News

President Obama rejected the Republicans' Waterloo metaphor and mounted a massive media counteroffensive of his own. But the President has already run...

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Fear and Waiting: What the Wise County Clinic Means This Year

Marcella Mroczkowski | Posted 08.22.2009 | Home

Read More: Virginia, Consumers Union, Wise County, Offthebus Citizen Journalism, Stan Brock, Health Care Reform, Wendell Potter, Cigna, Frank Luntz, Frank Luntz Healthcare, Health Care, Healthcare, Bill Moyers, Eyes and Ears, Home News
Marcella Mroczkowski

A free medical clinic in the poor southwestern part of Virginia treated over 1,500 patients, some driving up to five hours and sleeping in their cars to secure a place in line.

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Corpocracy vs. Democracy in Health Care Reform

John Geyman | Posted 08.20.2009 | Living

Read More: America’s Health Care Plans, Sustainable System of Universal Access, White House’s Health Care Summit, Long-Term Effects of Conservative Economic Policy, Corpocracy, Democracy in Health Care Reform, PhRMA Lobby, (NHI), Single Payer System, Health Care Reform, Ahip, Media Domination of Health Care News, National Health Insurance, Bill Moyers, Living News
John Geyman

Since corporate dollars trump individual votes, we have a corpocracy, not a democracy.

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Walter Cronkite and the Player Piano

Karen Ocamb | Posted 08.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Richard Nixon, Vietnam, Morton Dean, Ellen Degeneres, Walter Cronkite, Karen Ocamb, Roger Mudd, Watergate, Bob Schieffer, Lyndon Johnson, Dan Rather, Charles Kuralt, Bill Moyers, Media News
Karen Ocamb

Cronkite was so important because he was about the only person in this intensely divided America that both sides could trust. He was our no-frills common bond.

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Jason Linkins

Bill Moyers On WaPo Lobbyist Salons: 'A Glimpse Into How Things Really Work In Washington'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Bill Moyers, Washington Post, Washington Post Salons, Transparency, Media News

In a lengthy piece at TRUTHOUT, Bill Moyers and Michael Winship have weighed in on the Washington Post lobbyist salons. As you might expect, they giv...

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We Cared About Numbers, Not People: Former CIGNA PR Chief Comes Clean

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 08.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Insurance Companies, Health Care, Health, Bill Moyers, Media News
Alison Rose Levy

The industry has always tried to make Americans think that government-run systems are the worst thing that could possibly happen to them.

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Former Health Insurance Exec Comes Clean About Industry Efforts To Discredit "Sicko"

Huffington Post | Posted 08.12.2009 | Home

Read More: Sicko, Michael Moore, Video, Health Insurnace, Health Care, Bill Moyers, Michael Moore Sicko, Home News

On Friday's edition of "Bill Moyers Journal" the PBS host sat down Wendell Potter, a former Head of Corporate Communications at health insurance giant...

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William K. Black Talks To Bill Moyers (VIDEO)

PBS | Posted 05.07.2009 | Business

Read More: William Black, Bill Moyers Journal, William Black Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Intervew, Video, Bill Moyers William Black, William K. Black, Bill Moyers, Business News

Bill Moyers interviewed William K. Black, the former Director of the Institute for Fraud Prevention, on Sunday. Black, author of "The Best Way to Rob ...

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Jay Rosen And Glenn Greenwald On Whether Old Media Is Sustaining Old Politics (VIDEO)

PBS.org | Posted 03.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Old Media, Media, Jay Rosen, Bill Moyers, Glenn Greenwald, Media News

Is the old media sustaining the old politics? News and analysis with NYU journalism professor and PressThink blogger Jay Rosen and political journalis...

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Best Political Videos Of 2008 From The UpTake

The Uptake | Posted 02.02.2009 | 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 01.07.2009 | 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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Son of a Gambler's Guide to Holiday Books

Don McNay | Posted 12.27.2008 | 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, Colbert Report, The Colbert Report, 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 12.13.2008 | 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 11.24.2008 | 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 10.16.2008 | 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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Copyright Taxes Are Killing Democracy

Max Keiser | Posted 06.20.2008 | 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 06.19.2008 | 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 06.17.2008 | 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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Greg Mitchell Discusses The Media's Reaction To The Scott McClellan Book

PBS.org | Posted 06.14.2008 | 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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Bill Moyers On Olbermann: "I Was Greatly Encouraged...That People Saw Through [Hillary's] Flimsy Rationale For The Gas Tax"

Huffington Post | Posted 05.21.2008 | 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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Reverend Wright: Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't

Lecia Shorter | Posted 05.09.2008 | 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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When You're Wright, You're Right

Linda Hansen | Posted 05.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Mainstream Media, Freedom of Speech, Social Justice Gospel, John McCain, Trinity United Church of Christ, Black America, White America, Hillary Clinton, National Press Club News Conference, Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright, Naacp, Bill Moyers, Americanism, Wright Militant, Clinton, Mccain, Obama, Clinton Wright, Wright Problem, Rev Wright, Senator Obama, Senator Clinton, GOP Race, Obama Wright, Militant, Republicans Wright, Mccain Race, Hillary Race, Hillary, Race Issues, Race War, Hillary Wright, GOP Reverend Wright, GOP Wright, Home News
Linda Hansen

The Wright/Obama story has been utterly mangled. It's a human story and a tragic one. Two decent men doing good work are being used against each other in a game of political one-upsmanship.

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