CBS Reports

As senior correspondent for CBS Reports in the late 1970s, Bill reported on news stories as wide-ranging as the court case against Gary Gilmore, the CIA’s secret army, the big business of baseball, the fastest growing religious group in America (born-again Christians) and the arson capital of the world (the Bronx).

Extra: Read Tom Spain’s recollections of what it was like to work with Bill as a producer during the early CBS years. (1976-1981)

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  • The Fire Next Door
    March 22, 1977 | CBS Reports
    In this award-winning documentary, Bill Moyers takes a breathtaking look at the arson and crime that nearly destroyed the Bronx in the 1970s.
  • History
    The CIA's Covert War Against Castro
    June 10, 1977
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    In this clip from the 1977 documentary, The CIA's Secret Army, Bill Moyers talks to Fidel Castro about communism, President Nixon and American policy towards Cuba.