Celebrating the peoples' network

The following remarks were made at the presentation of the Helen Bernstein Book Awards for Excellence in Journalism. The ceremony took place at the New York Public Library. Bill Moyers chronicles the struggle of today's journalists to report the truth despite dwindling resources and the opposition of the powerful.

The creator of "All in The Family" and "The Jeffersons" calls on public television to protect Independent Lens and POV, two important documentary series.

The longtime media critic, producer, director and radio personality Danny Schecter died of pancreatic cancer last week.

Journalist Chris Hedges marks the day Phil Donahue was fired by MSNBC for opposing the war in Iraq as the day that TV news became a "carnival act."

How big money and big media have coupled to create a ‘Disney World’ of democracy. Plus, a Bill Moyers Essay on Rep. Allen West (R-FL) and McCarthyism.

Bill denounces a recent court decision to allow political and issue advertising on public TV and radio channels.

Two popular political writers share how American liberalism and Christianity have gone off the rails -- and the implications for American democracy.

Why the public airwaves should be clear of super PAC-powered political ads.

Excerpted from a November 10, 2011 keynote speech Bill Moyers delivered at American Public Television's annual conference.