Bill Moyers at NCMR 2007 -- PART 2

[56jmoney]

I disliked this and I'll tell you why. These aren't his words. If it was written by him, he wouldn't have mispronounced his own words - and this has happened quite a few times. This essay that he is reciting was written by some one else.

[apostate001]

I wish Obama had the balls to say the things Moyers does.

[SkateGuy05]

please run for president!

[reginald58]

all i can say is great we need more bill moyers, I count my self with bill !!!

[kissmytwinkys]

Let's hope they don't squash the internet for us as well.........Wonderful Video!

[mfatah281]

This was great, Thank you!

[Kapysta]

Establish friend networks you can rely on, build your credibility, reinforce your friends' credibility, speak intelligently and with purpose...and spread the word of truth.

[peacethinker]

Moyers is brilliant!

[xxashyy]

What is a "Democratic Media" ive heard of objective media but not a "Democratic Media".

[ray1351]

umm im not gona watcha after 5 sec

[swalker711]

That's because you have the attention span of a nit. Hence, Nit-Wit.

[randomad]

Why? Confused? ESL? Maybe dyslexic? I'm sorry that you have the attention span of a toddler, because Moyers is one of the last great voices in todays media.

[ray1351]

xD i could care less... ima 13 year old livin in canada

[randomad]

Wow, and I thought Canadians were more savvy than that. Oh well. Just because you are thirteen doesn't mean that you should be apathetic, and ignorant. Sigh.

[ray1351]

^^ well there are much more ppl like me :)

[randomad]

Yeah I know, and sadly this seems the way of the world. When we look at the difference of cultures and education you are in the majority, ray; we insist on remaining stupid. If people would simply rise up to educate themselves, we might live in a different world. But no, we remain shallow, callow, and dumb, and we will pay the price for it. We already are.

[ray1351]

lol... dude you should get a life

[randomad]

Says the thirteen year old who couldn't keep his eyes open for five seconds.

[ray1351]

well at least i have a life :)

[JimmyXXL]

"You can lecture a fish to breathe for an hour, but at the end of it, it will still be for nothing."

Don't worry Ray, the problems associated with self-sufficient adults will concern you eventually. Have fun with your life while you can still live it carefree. Just please try not to impose on others. Trust me when I say it's a good habit to practice early.

[dumbass1984]

I hate people like you who tell people my age that we are somehow to dumb to care. What has your generation done?

[dumbass1984]

I was talking about JimmyXXL

[SP567]

Yes, we are. Our people will pay a terrible price for what our gov has done in the rest of the world and for what they have done and are doing to us. It stuns me to know just how shallow and uninformed our countrymen are, in spite of all the truth that has been presented to them. It's like no matter what evidence they see or how clear, they continue speaking and living as if they know nothing. Tough skinned, unmoving, unchanged. Like they don't care. They will.

[dumbass1984]

I'm thirteen and i do care. This affects everyone.

[WobbliesIWW]

compare the comments of those supportive of Moyers and those who oppose him... it is so striking that those duped by the Fox-Republican noise machine inevitably shrill, bitter ad hominem attacks, without ever addressing the substance of the issues... thoughtful, articulate people follow PBS and NPR...

[WobbliesIWW]

an extraordinary speech... how wonderful to at least have someone of Moyers' eloquence and historical perspective... his interview with Jon Stewart is very highly recommended.... thanks for posting this speech

[jeffreyabigail]

What an elitist pompous windbag. Moyers won't be happy until Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly and the other conservatives are off the air.

Rupert Murdoch bought My Space? So what!

Moyers longs for the old days, when there were four channels - CBS, NBC, ABC and PBS, and the so-called Fairness Doctrine made it impossible for Talk Radio to exist.

I think Moyers is bitter because other than his immediate family, NOBODY watches his stupid program "Now" on PBS.

[swalker711]

Thanks for telling where we can hear more from him.

Talk about listening to windbags and having no independent thought of your own. Look at who you listen to. The Republic is not the republic of our fore fathers. You'd probably put them down if your hero media men would tell you to close your mind.

[gangsta12355]

i stoped watching at 12 sec

[swalker711]

Only because it is part of your name. You have the attention span of a Nit. Thus, Nit-Wit.

[ray1351]

jeez man calm down... what is he? your mom?

[hamsterpoop]

that's because gangsta's are mildly retarded :)

[MrTeaB]

wow, great speech. i can already see youtube turning into commercial filtered drivel. look at the directors videos and what you are offered in the related box- ""30 minutes of 80's cartoon Openings"" any takers>? maybe we can meet up and watch together and then playing some bridge.

[sonamopress]

i have a dream...may the freedom speech ring in every city in this great country...

[sonamopress]

i have dream speech?

[Silvacine]

Again Strongtuit: Did you listen to Bill Moyers or did you look him up in YT, listen for 10 seconds and decide that because this guy didn't sound like your favored choices (all of whom say essentially the same thing), you'd bash him. BTW "lieberal bedwetting moonbats?" Is the best you can do to borrow someone elses insults? That I hear these names all the time tells me someone in talk-radio-land must have coined them, thus providing them to loyal listners as ammo in leiu of reasoned debate.

[CandianBear]

Rush? Hannity? Is it hate to dissent? Is it hate to ask why? is it hate to stand out and say I disagree? Isn't that what America is mate? Isn't America the country of Freedom? Then why does Rush and Hannity et al fear dissent and shout down anyone who disagree with their views? That is NOT America! That is Authoritarian.

[CandianBear]

strongtuit,

you are a tit- please let go of your anger and try to listen to some sense.

[turbulentskyy]

Amazing speech. To those who reject him, I am astounded. He is speaking publicly and powerfully for YOU to receive fair, honest and thorough information.

[drdvdus]

i am a concervative and "right" wing but i found Moyers has many good points. i lived in china and now in HK for many years and realize the sheer importance of independent media.

[rushnout]

If the media were reformed, returned to it's original purpose, Washington might follow suit!

In this video, Moyers points out how essential it is to keep with any legislation that is proposed to assault free access to the web. Television, cable, and newspapers are merely the voice of the "plantation owners," as Moyers states. Let's quit saying "yes masir," damnit to hell. Congress has lost their co-jones!

[jonestube2007]

can't we just we all get a long?...!

[darrenrodd]

So refreshing and inspiring, a powerful nourishing voice in the media desert.

[mmmparsley]

Absolutely.  Well said.

[davidmiska]

wow what a bunch of communists

[mdefalla]

Wow what a non sequitor whose time was over when the Berlin wall fell. People who challenge power and privilege should be called "terrorists." Get your emotionally charged non sequitors correct!

[davidmiska]

hey thats not fair man im all for a communal arrangement of society in which all of its members work in harmony to make the world a better place (i.e. communisim)

[LEATSLAN]

What communists? Boy you are a fucking idiot!

[davidmiska]

the only idiot here is the one who assumes that being labeled a communist is in some way a bad thing or insult

[LEATSLAN]

Point taken, but in context and in America the label is usually applied pejoratively

[randomad]

When did Moyers raise his hand and speak of the proletariat? Did he say comrades, lend me your ears? Do you know what communism practices? The word "democratic" rang through this speech. Freedom came up often. But, never did he ask for the working class to rise up, or speak of utopia.

[davidmiska]

it was a dumb comment, i just like the way everytime you speak of true democracy ppl call you a marxist communist fagg

[PoliticalJunkies]

Boy oh boy, the nuts are responding to this nut. Note to you Michael Moore clones: articulation does not equal moral clarity.

[4thstudent]

and moral clarity is..ur not to clear on that. This is clear, the world dies and turmoil trumps while we hear not accurate accounts of lands far off from our starbucks and tanning salons. peece

[freedem]

For some Articulateness is evil. Why else marvel about people coexisting with fish, or other famous inarticulateness. PJ prefers a clean shaven junkie to a scruffy articulate, he has found moral clarity, unfortunately it is clearly pure evil

[littlezab]

I have worked in media (local TV) for over 30 years and I have never heard a more accurate, more inspiring, or more moving account of the past, current and future state of media. I believe every thinking person in this country should hear this talk.

littlezab

[freedem]

My great fear is that they have

[PHubb]

Moyers main point here is that we live in a class society and economy. One class of super rich mega corporate interests run the world for their private wealth and interests. This is classic Marxist theory and analysis and lays bare the great lie of 'the American Dream'. Private is not better - community and common interest of the masses is what will improve peoples lives and advance human life on this planet. The nanme of this class system is CAPITALISM and it's rotten to the core

[mdefalla]

Communism's treatment of media was just as bad. My problem with Fox News is that it acts as the new Pravda for power and privilege in the US. Media should not serve concentrations of power, be it the state or private interests. Go hock your kool-aid somewhere else.

[mutualpea]

Moyers' speech kicked off the conference on Friday morning, and I missed it. Everyone said how inspiring it was. Now I know. Man, this guy is so eloquent, yet he pulls no punches, leaving us --- not hating -- but feeling a real sense of resolve to change things. A true statesman.

[Darganot]

I just love his plantation analogy. It seems so fitting for what's going on, especially with television. We need to keep not just this site but the whole internet an underground railroad!

For those interested in more, please check out the book and documentary by Noam Chomsky entitled "Manufacturing Consent". Seeing the film has changed the way I perceive the American media.

[multiple5]

Please don't miss his point. It's not about Bill Moyers as President, or someone else saving the Republic or the internet. It's about US! Email the video link to everyone you know and join a mass movement. Join or organize a union. Resist the plantation owners! Organize, organize, organize!

[Maymet]

Make him President!!!

[Makaeff]

I gotta agree with Surely57, what a brilliant man. I knew that already, he never fails to inspire hope. Bill Moyers 2008!!!

[aragee]

It is becoming so rare to hear such eloquently stated truths these days. I fear that even these small tokens will one day soon become extinct or even declared illegal if the sheeple of this land and their chosen leaders have their way.

I am a pessimist! The fact that of the 1900+ viewers who happened to watch part 1 of this speech some 1400 did not even bother to watch part 2, is definitely enforcing my pessimism and any hope I should have of the survival of this broken empire.

[atomburke]

part one won an award and is linked to in other blogs, it will naturally have a larger number of hits

"broken empire"?

can you give us more of your thoughts about that term?

[Surely57]

What a brilliantly articulate man.

[octohorse]

I feel very lucky to have a guardian of democracy like Bill Moyers. Thank God someone is watching that is as articulate and as inspiring as he is.

[ToddBoyle]

The two wolves are bigg media, and small local media. Even herein, they never pledge independence from the advertisement-financed model, or from government control over the information commons. The lamb is not the 1000 people in the room, at NMCR2007, it is the viewing public.

[hardluck]

Moyers always hits the nail squarely on the head, but this speech was especially good. It could turn out to be my favorite, or at least until I am fortunate enough to hear another by him. He never fails to inform and entertain, while at the same time provide deeply moving inspiration.

Wouldn't having a president with such honesty and strength of character be a refreshing change from all the deceit and deadly sophomoric foolishness we have had to be subjected to over the past six or seven years?

[winnanne]

We need a revolution. We need an alter-net delivered through cell phones. We need to make a network out of public access stations. We need to give more Bill Moyers and Amy Goodmans to run it.

[Funkid125]

Awsome, good to see we have friends in high places.