Dem Now!: Bill Moyers: “Democracy Only Works When Ordinary People Claim It as Their Own”

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Broadcast Legend Bill Moyers on Media Reform: “Democracy Only Works When Ordinary People Claim It as Their Own”

More than 3,500 people gathered in Minneapolis this weekend for the fourth annual National Conference for Media Reform, organized by the group Free Press. The thousands of participants took part in panel discussions and strategized on efforts to fight media consolidation and democratize the airwaves. We play the electrifying keynote address by legendary journalist Bill Moyers.


More than 3,500 people gathered in Minneapolis this weekend for the fourth annual National Conference for Media Reform. The thousands of participants took part in panel discussions and strategized on efforts to fight media consolidation and democratize the airwaves. The three-day event was organized by the media reform group, Free Press. The highlight of the weekend was the keynote address by legendary journalist, Bill Moyers, host of the weekly PBS program Bill Moyers Journal. Moyers was one of the founding organizers of the Peace Corps, press secretary for President Lyndon Johnson, a publisher of Newsday, senior correspondent for CBS News and a producer of many groundbreaking series on public television. He won more than thirty Emmy Awards and is the author of four bestselling books. His latest, just published, is “Moyers on Democracy.” On Saturday morning, Bill Moyers took to the stage and addressed the packed convention auditorium.

http://www.democracynow.org/2008/6/9/moyers