Bill Moyers Journal (2007-2010); Trudy Lieberman and Marcia Angell; Rage on the Airwaves
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BILL MOYERS JOURNAL examines the partisan messages in the heath care debate to find out who's playing politics to influence, and possibly derail, real health care reform. Bill Moyers sits down with Trudy Lieberman, director of the health and medical reporting program at the City University of NY Graduate School of Journalism, and Marcia Angell, senior lecturer in social medicine at Harvard Medical School and former Editor-in-Chief of the NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. The JOURNAL revisits its report on the industry of hostile "Shock Jock" media. Correspondent Rick Karr traveled to Knoxville, where a shooting at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church a year ago has left the pastor asking what role hateful speech from popular right-wing media personalities may have played in the tragedy. BILL MOYERS JOURNAL -- Award-winning public affairs journalist Bill Moyers hosts this weekly series filled with fresh and original voices. Each hour-long broadcast features analysis of current issues and interviews with prominent figures from the worlds of arts and entertainment, religion, science, politics and the media.
