Bill Moyers

Is the Fourth Estate a Fifth Column?
Corporate media colludes with democracy’s demise
I would quote, but every word is worth reading. The corruption of public discourse is the fundamental problem of our nation. On the one hand, we need a functioning public educational system to provide a people with reasoning skills, and on the other, we need media that serve the public interest and provide basic information for public consumption. All of our problems are symptoms of our dysfunctional public discourse.

And last night on PBS's Bill Moyers Journal, he hosted a terrific example of televised rational discussion. He had on two leading conservatives, Mickey Edwards and Ross Douthat, and they discussed the fall of the Republican party. It's excellent.