An Hour with Bill Moyers: Is American Democracy Lost?

Join Charlie Rose as he speaks with Bill Moyers for the hour on Moyer's contention that the state of democracy in the United States is in a severe state of disrepair and if it can even be salvaged.

33 minutes with Bill Moyers on Democracy

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Video excerpt: Bill Moyers on Democracy


WNYC: TV journalist Bill Moyers assesses the health of democracy in America today. His new book is Moyers on Democracy.

Bill Moyers with Victor Gold and the religo-con theft of the GOP

Gold calls them theo-cons, I call them religo-cons, but it's all the same thing. Religous conservatives invading and taking over the Republican party in the US (and most recently the Conservative party in Canada) pushing Goldwater Conservatives aside.

Enjoy a rich interview with Victor Gold by Bill Moyers in this full lengh episode of "Bill Moyers Journal" below as well as another MP3 file by Gold from when he was at the CATO Institute.

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Runs 60 minutes

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finally click here to play (right click to download in MP3) Victor Gold at The CATO Institute direct from CATO.org
Runs 8:30 minutes

Canadians may also want to check out The Walrus article "Stephen Harper and the theo-cons" on how Canada's new Prime Minister has suceeded in turning Canada's former "Progressive Conservative" party into an extremist conservative party controlled by religious zelots and neo-cons by clicking right here.

and click here to check out Gold's new book "Invasion of the Party Snatchers" over at Amazon.com

Politics aside that's one damn catchy title. If Gold hadn't gone into politics he would have made a good humourist.

Jon Stewart on Bill Moyers

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Bill Moyers: Net Neutrality documentary

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Further Reading on Net Neutrality from PBS.org

Check out the "Citizens Class" by Bill Moyers

The debate is hot, the language heady, the metaphors many. Op-ed pages alternately bemoan "The End of the Internet" or curse "Net Neutrality Nonsense." Allegations fly about the stifling of free speech, the holding back of progress and corporate hegemony. Indeed, network neutrality has become something of a cause celebre in the digital world, pitting a slew of high-profile Internet content providers and consumer-advocacy groups against major phone and cable companies, and federal lawmakers against each other.

But what exactly is net neutrality, and why does it seem to have everyone from Google and Yahoo! to Verizon and AT&T concerned? In a nutshell, the issue involves the transmission of data over broadband networks (e.g. DSL or cable internet services). As the number of sites on the Internet continues to grow and the quality of data becomes more sophisticated-encompassing video and audio files and other multimedia applications-broadband service providers (generally cable and phone companies) are seeking to regulate how material flows to users through their increasingly taxed networks. For most large providers, this has come down to one general desire: They could establish a tiered system of content delivery in which companies with data-heavy content can pay a fee to the providers in return for "special treatment" in transmission. An analogy: For those companies that pay the fee, their content would breeze through the fast-pass lane at the toll bridge, reaching users more quickly; those who don't pay will be stuck in the crowded, slow-moving line, and users will have to wait longer for their content to load.

A Bevy of Bill Moyers

An Evening with Bill Moyers: Writer's Symposium by the Sea 2005
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Bill Moyers -- The National Conference For Media Reform

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