You can fight a war based on lies, but you can’t win it.*
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Bill Moyers returns to the air tonight with, “Buying the War,” a study of the press during the run-up to the war in Iraq. It airs tonight on PBS. Amy Goodman interviews him for the full hour [after the headlines: bill of impeachment filed] today.
David Halberstam [’55 🙂 ] was the one reporter who, over time, made me realize that it’s not how close you are to power. … The further you get from power the closer you can get to the truth.*
Democracy has become a racket, when it comes to money and politics and the media.*
*Bill Moyers on Democracy Now! April 25, 2007.
