Bill Moyers Journal (2007-2010); Rage on the Radio; Media Analysis with Les Payne and Brooke Gladstone; Aiding the National Guard
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BILL MOYERS JOURNAL takes a tough look at the hostile industry of "Shock Jock" media with a hard-hitting examination of its effects on our nation's political discourse. The JOURNAL's Rick Karr traveled to Knoxville, where a recent shooting at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church has left the pastor asking what role hateful speech from popular right-wing media personalities may have played in the tragedy. Also on the program, Bill Moyers sits down with Brooke Gladstone, host of NPR's ON THE MEDIA and Pulitzer prize winning journalist Les Payne to discuss the struggle of journalists to report the truth in such partisan and polarized times. 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.
