Moyers On America: A Journalist And His TimesDuring the fifty years he has been variously a reporter, a political spokesperson, and a broadcaster, Bill Moyers has demonstrated a deep commitment to understanding the workings of our government and the role of the individual in society. His essays and commentaries, such as the recent “Shivers Down the Spine,” “A Time for Anger,” and “Journalism Under Fire,” are argued over and passed along as soon as they appear in print or on the Internet. Identifying what he sees as a political system increasingly at the mercy of a corporate ruling class, he urges a reengagement with the spirit of community that makes the work of democracy possible. Not only a trenchant critique of what is wrong, Moyers on America is also a call to arms for the progressive promise of the people of America, in whom his faith is strong. |
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User Review - spoko - LibraryThingThe bulk of this book is media analysis, and specifically journalism analysis. That's an important subject, of course, and one to which we could stand to devote more time. Still, I guess I didn't ... Read full review
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User Review - carterchristian1 - LibraryThingTwo essays stand out right now as newspapers are under threat across the United States, and we are beginning to evaluate a president, who like Johnson, inherited a war. Moyers served Johnson for 4 years and still seems to be revising his evaluagtion, these many years later. Read full review
Contents
A Time for Anger | 14 |
This Is Your Story Pass It | 29 |
Which America Will We Be Now? | 47 |
Crossing the Euphrates | 58 |
Many Faiths One Nation 7 | 71 |
The Soul of Democracy | 84 |
Wearing the Flag | 103 |
Journalism Under Fire | 107 |
Journalism and Democracy | 130 |
Countering the Bastard Muses | 138 |
The Fight of Our Lives | 153 |
Where the Jackrabbits Were | 183 |
Second Thoughts | 189 |
Good Friend | 211 |
Aging | 220 |
The Making of a Journalist | 117 |
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| Title | Moyers On America: A Journalist And His Times |
| Author | Bill D. Moyers |
| Editor | Julie Leininger Pycior |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Anchor Books, 2005 |
| ISBN | 1400095360, 9781400095360 |
| Length | 233 pages |
| Subjects | › › Language Arts & Disciplines / Journalism Political Science / American Government / General Political Science / Essays |
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