“One of the biggest changes in politics in my lifetime is that the delusional is no longer marginal. It has come in from the fringe, to sit in the seat of power in the Oval Office and in Congress. For the first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of power in Washington. Theology asserts propositions that cannot be proven true; ideologues hold stoutly to a world view despite being contradicted by what is generally accepted as reality. When ideology and theology couple, their offspring are not always bad but they are always blind. And there is the danger: voters and politicians alike, oblivious to the facts.” — Bill Moyers
The brilliantly articulate Bill Moyers is a great journalist reviled by the Radical Right. His retirement leaves us poorer, weaker and more in danger. mjh
His tendentiousness in choice of targets has earned him the fealty of public-television audiences and the enmity of conservative observers.
[A] conservative Web site published a detailed retrospective earlier this month on Mr. Moyers, describing him as a “sweater-wearing pundit who delivered socialist and neo-Marxist propaganda with a soft Texas accent.”
And Mr. Moyers has done nothing to endear himself further as he heads for the exit, telling anyone who will listen that “the conservative press is a propaganda wing of the current administration and the mainstream press thinks only of the bottom line.”
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