Sure enough, as merger has followed merger, journalism has been driven further down the hierarchy of values in the huge conglomerates that dominate what we see, read and hear. And to feed the profit margins journalism has been directed to other priorities than "the news we need to know to keep our freedoms"
Bill MoyersWhen ideology and theology couple, their offspring are not always bad but they are always blind.
Bill MoyersYou only have to glance at the daily news to see how passions are stirred by claims of exclusive loyalty to one's own kin, one's own clan, one's own country, and one's own church. These ties that bind are vital to our communities and our lives, but they can also be twisted into a noose.
Bill MoyersWatching the debate this afternoon it was apparent they loved term limits in the House - as Brutus loved Caesar.
Bill MoyersOur very lives depend on the ethics of strangers, and most of us are always strangers to other people.
Bill MoyersBig money and big business, corporations and commerce, are again the undisputed overlords of politics and government. The White House, the Congress and, increasingly, the judiciary, reflect their interests. We appear to have a government run by remote control from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers and the American Petroleum Institute. To hell with everyone else.
Bill Moyers