Yesterday I posted comments here reflecting my view of the dismal state of journalism and our role as citizens in demanding more of both ourselves and the purveyors of fluff who pander to our inner-lowest-common-denominators.
Redemption is at hand. Tomorrow night, Bill Moyers will offer an examination of the herd mentality at work in the leadup to the war against Iraq. The special program is "Buying the War" and it airs on PBS Wednesday April 25, at 9:00 PM. ( I think that's opposite "Dancing With the Stars" but the quest for knowledge involves sacrifice. ) Mr. Moyers then returns to weekly television with "Bill Moyers Journal" Friday nights on PBS.
Yesterday also claimed the life of one of the best and the brightest of our journalists--David Halberstam. This quote was lifted from an Associated Press obituary:
"The crueler the war gets, the crueler the attacks get on anybody who doesn't salute or play the game" he said. "And then one day, the people who are doing the attacking look around and they've used up their credibility."
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