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Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:29:19 -0500 (CDT)


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Buying the War

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Wednesday on Bill Moyers Journal - "Buying the War"

"This gutsy program is essential viewing for explaining how punditry
often overshadows journalism on television."

- Orlando Sentinel

"Every American should watch it, especially those, like me, who
naovely bought into a war sold on false pretenses.... Much on
television is junk. I'd call 'Buying the War' must-see TV."

- Providence Journal

"It takes us through its argument free of hyperbole...

This is the kind of work that should be shown to journalism students
as a warning about how dangerous a cowed press can be to democracy's
health."

- Seattle Post-Intelligencer

How the administration marketed the war to the American people has
been well covered, but critical questions remain: How and why did
the press buy it, and what does it say about the role of journalists
in helping the public sort out fact from propaganda?

On Wednesday, April 25 at 9 P.M. on PBS (check local listings),
watch "Buying the War," a 90-minute documentary that explores the
role of the press in the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq, which
includes interviews with Dan Rather, formerly of CBS; Tim Russert
of Meet the Press;

and Walter Isaacson, former chairman and CEO of CNN.

Two days later on April 27, Bill Moyers Journal airs in its regular
timeslot on Fridays (check local listings).

Friday on Bill Moyers Journal a.. Jon Stewart, host of Comedy
Central's The Daily Show

b.. Josh Marshall, publisher of Talking Points Memo On The Moyers
Blog:

a.. Discuss "Buying the War" with Jonathan Landay and Warren Strobel
of Knight Ridder (now McClatchy) immediately following the broadcast.

b.. Watch a clip from the premiere episode of Bill Moyers Journal
on PBS, as Bob Simon of 60 Minutes, who was based in the Middle
East, talks about the reporting he was seeing and reading out of
the beltway, and Knight Ridder's John Walcott and Warren Strobel
discuss their work burrowing deep into the intelligence agencies
to determine whether there was any evidence for the Bush Administration's
case for war.

c.. Respond to Bill Moyers who considers John Walcott's take on the
role of the press in the lead-up to the war in a speech Walcott
recently delivered.

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