Olbermann on Moyers This Week

From the Bill Moyers Journal Newsletter for Friday, December 14, 2007:

“There's no possible interpretation of what's happened other than to say that this Administration and the Republican Party, to some degree the Democratic Party, have taken advantage of fear... to expand their powers on the premise always of security”
- Keith Olbermann

This week on BILL MOYERS JOURNAL (KCET - TV)

What’s on Keith Olbermann’s mind about the media? Bill Moyers gets insight from MSNBC's popular and provocative Keith Olbermann on the changing face of journalism.

How will race play out in the 2008 Presidential race? Bill Moyers speaks with Dr. Ron Walters, director of the African American Leadership Center at the University of Maryland.

As Rupert Murdoch takes over the WALL STREET JOURNAL and as the FCC is about to allow more newspapers to expand into the broadcast business, BILL MOYERS JOURNAL reports on the debate around relaxing ownership rules and looks at the real-world implications of increasing cross-ownership of newspapers and broadcast outlets in the same markets.

On THE MOYERS BLOG

Journalism in a new political climate. React to Keith Olbermann's thoughts on the changing tone of the media.

As Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey hit the campaign trail last weekend, weigh in on our discussion on race and the election.

More on our report on the FCC from JOURNAL media correspondent Rick Karr.

Each week, video, transcripts, and further resources and investigations from BILL MOYERS JOURNAL are available online at www.pbs.org/moyers.

Tonight on Bill Moyers Journal - Nov. 16, 2007

NEWSLETTER - Friday, November 16, 2007

“This was an envrionmental disaster of biblical proportions. This was a housing disaster unprecedented in our history. This is probably going to be the biggest land grab in American history.”- Derrick Evans, Steps Coalition

This week on BILL MOYERS JOURNAL (KCET-TV)

Two years after Katrina, casinos, hotels and condos are coming back strong in the hardest hit areas of Mississippi, but tens of thousands of people are still displaced—in limbo with no solution in sight. BILL MOYERS JOURNAL profiles a group known as The Steps Coalition, which is fighting on behalf of families who are still in need of housing. The Steps Coalition argues that Governor Haley Barbour's recovery plan has made it difficult for the states’ poorest families to rebuild.

BILL MOYERS JOURNAL continues its look at the FCC’s proposed plans to loosen media ownership rules in a report that includes the latest developments in the story. The segment begins with a look at the last of six public FCC hearings on the issue held last week in Seattle where the public largely expressed outrage at the possibility that media conglomerates may be allowed to control more of what Americans read, see, and hear.

Also on the program, a different take on immigration from author Manuel A. Vasquez. "This whole concept of illegality...is really problematic. Because it really doesn't go to the complexities of the situation,” he says.

On THE MOYERS BLOG :

Explore the issues surrounding the immigration debate and tell us what you think.

Ask Manuel A. Vasquez your questions on immigration, and we'll post his answers after Thanksgiving.

Read more from media correspondent Rick Karr on the latest in media reform.

Watch and comment on a short film about an area of Mississippi effected by Katrina.

Each week, video, transcripts, and further resources and investigations from BILL MOYERS JOURNAL are available online at www.pbs.org/moyers.