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Video referenced in Bill Berry's column:

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**Note: My apologies for the lack of posting this week. My work schedule was such that I didn't have time to read a paper or watch the news, let alone compose a blog post.

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O'Reilly's Porter Barry Gets Destroyed By Bill Moyers

Don't they know not to play with the big boys and the real journalists and reporters?

The O'Reilly Factor "producer" Porter Barry attempts the show's common ambush method on none other than Bill Moyers at the National Conference for Media Reform. I guess neither O'Reilly nor Barry realized there would be cameras other than theirs at a MEDIA CONFERENCE.

Moyers, being an absolute gentlemen, wiped the floor with Barry before sending him on his way. Does O'Reilly really think he can match wits and talent with the likes of Bill Moyers? Sadly, probably yes. Diluted minds often have a higher regard for themselves not matching their skills... or lack of.



(H/T C&L)

Bill Moyers Journal: Jon Stewart

Bill Moyers interviewed Comedy Central's Jon Stewart this past week and it was an incredible interview, looking into the man behind the satirical news show, and getting beyond the comedy and see Stewart's serious side.

Here's a section of the interview:

STEWART: You know, one of the things that I do think government counts on is that people are busy. And it's very difficult to mobilize a busy and relatively affluent country, unless it's over really crucial-- you know, foundational issues. That come sort of sort of a tipping point.

But war that hasn't affected us here, in the way that you would imagine a five-year war would affect a country. I think that's why they're so really — here's the disconnect. It's sort of this odd and I've always had this problem with the rationality of it. That the President says, "We are in the fight for a way of life. This is the greatest battle of our generation, and of the generations to come. "And, so what I'm going to do is you know, Iraq has to be won, or our way of life ends, and our children and our children's children all suffer. So, what I'm gonna do is send 10,000 more troops to Baghdad."

So, there's a disconnect there between — you're telling me this is fight of our generation, and you're going to increase troops by 10 percent. And that's gonna do it. I'm sure what he would like to do is send 400,000 more troops there, but he can't, because he doesn't have them. And the way to get that would be to institute a draft. And the minute you do that,
suddenly the country's not so damn busy anymore. And then they really fight back, and then the whole thing falls apart. So, they have a really delicate balance to walk between keeping us relatively fearful, but not so fearful that we stop what we're doing and really examine how it is that they've been waging this.

You can watch the whole interview here.