This week's Bill Moyers NOW - Media consolidation, more...

[Wonk]

http://www.pbs.org/now/thisweek/index.html
This week on NOW:

Bill Moyers sits down with Jim Bouton, former Major League Baseball pitcher and author. Bouton, who turned Major League Baseball inside out with his best-selling book BALL FOUR, tells Bill Moyers about the influence of Big Media on his crusade to save a historic baseball park in Massachusetts. BoutonÕs adversary is the formerly family-owned local newspaper Ñ now part of a corporate media empire based in Colorado Ñ that wants to keep opposing voices silent so a new park can be built on land it owns. His latest book, FOUL BALL: MY LIFE AND OLD TIMES TRYING TO SAVE AN OLD BALLPARK, chronicles his battle in a no-nonsense investigative report that goes to the heart of the media consolidation issue.
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/bouton.html


In recent years, the occurrence of polio has been reduced by 99%. Today, the world faces less than 500 new cases Ñ down from an estimated 350,000 per year just 15 years ago. In America, every child is administered the vaccine, a commodity not so accessible throughout the rest the world. NOW takes viewers to what may be the final offensive against polio through the lens of critically acclaimed photographer Sebastiao Salgado. From the Democratic Republic of Congo to Somalia to India, SalgadoÕs unflinching eye captures the poignant human story behind the worldÕs conquest of a deadly disease.
http://www.pbs.org/now/science/endofpolio.html

Bill Moyers talks to John Leonard, media critic for CBS SUNDAY MORNING and NEW YORK MAGAZINE. After a long career as a literary and television critic and social observer, Leonard gives viewers an inside look at how media consolidation and the quest for profits have become a priority over the journalistÕs independence. Leonard delivers a frank review of the state of the media and how it has affected his work as a critic.
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/leonard.html
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/bigmedia.html
http://www.pbs.org/now/commentary/moyers28.html

http://www.pbs.org/now/arts/booklist.html
http://www.pbs.org/now/society/volunteer2.html

Check your local listings.
http://www.pbs.org/now/sched.html

[Wonk]

1. kick

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=791191

[Terwilliger]

2. kick again

[alfredo]

3. Excellent speech. Required listening.

:kick:

[welshTerrier2]

11. fantastic speech ...

"democracy cannot exist without in informed public and these mega-media companies are not informing us."

[Monaco]

4. Bouton was compelling

and articulate about the dangers to democracy inherent in media consolidation. In some ways, this should be the number 2 issue of the campaign.

[Armstead]

6. That was my hometown he was talking about

That whole stadium issue was a huge brouhaha. And the daily newspaper (which is actually a good liberal paper in otehr respects) was vicious towards any opposition to their ballpark.

But people voted it down and democracy trimuphed over special interests for a change.

[Wonk]

5. Time zone kick

[Terwilliger]

7. SF Bay Area at 10p

on KQED Channel 9

[beevul]

8. Media consolidation...

scares the livin crap out of me....

Jeebus...as if things aren't bad enough already...

[Wonk]

9. mp3s and a quicktime here

for those who missed it. They will now be archiving their own videos online too, so there will be more files online at http://www.pbs.org/now/ on Monday. I don't know what kind of quality those will be (possibly higher than these).

mp3
Jim Bouton interview, 5 M

John Leonard interview, 4 M

Moyers Journal, 674 k

Quicktime
Moyers Journal, 8 M

[Wonk]

15. More quicktimes (for those who missed it)

Jim Bouton interview, 68 M

John Leonard interview, 58 M

The End of Polio (high-res), 34 M

The End of Polio (med-res), 20 M

[Lorien]

10. It was excellent as usual tonight

must see TV for every DUer!

[oasis]

12. west coast kick

[realFedUp]

13. Excellent show

Loved Bouton and Leonard...ordered Ball Four and Foul Ball by Bouton.

[oasis]

14. Replays Sundays in some areas.

[oasis]

16. Bill Moyers is one in a million.

[Myra]

17. Let's make Jim Bouton's book a best seller!

http://www.velocitynyc.com/ballfour/

Please spread the word.
He had to self publish 'cause GE tried to censor him.

I may also have to grugingly join PBS again.
I'd been so disgusted with them for so long due
to their lack of alternative programming.

But since PBS broadcasts Bill Moyers...