Veteran journalist Bill Moyers, shown in this undated photo provided by PBS, returns to the network in April with a weekly public affairs series called "Bill Moyers Journal," the same name as his first public television series 35 years ago. Before moving to its Friday night slot, the show premieres on Wednesday, April 25 at 9 p.m. EDT with a documentary report, "Buying the War," about the role of the press in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq. (AP Photo/PBS, Peter Krogh)
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Bill Moyers
Billy Don “Bill” Moyers (born June 5, 1934) is an American journalist and political commentator. He served as White House Press Secretary in the Johnson administration from 1965 to 1967. He also worked as a network TV news commentator for ten years. Moyers has been extensively involved with public broadcasting, producing documentaries and news journal programs. He has won numerous awards and honorary degrees for his investigative journalism and civic activities. He has become well known as a trenchant critic of the corporately structured U.S. news media.
