Why would Bill Moyers can a special about "Islam vs. Islamists"?

Question

Lawmakers and journalists are receiving a viewing. Why wont PBS air it?

http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20070423-104947-9789r.htm

FYI, Bill Moyers runs PBS.

Answer 1

Two reasons Bush hates Moyer and Bush controls PBS

As a reference let me remind you of Bush's PBS message to Congress, "Either get rid of Moyer or I will put someone in charge of PBS that will"

The biggest lie the Government ever told is that PBS is liberal. It is the voice of the US Government.

Answer 2

It's possible the documentary isn't ready. The America At Crossroads series had a one hour segment devoted to the views of neo conservative Richard Perle, so clear that PBS is balancing out the views, left and right. This would be very appropriate since the theme of the series is that we are at a choice point.

Washington Times is an extremely right wing Murdoch paper; it's even more right wing than Fox News. I would check and see what the PBS site says, and what Bill Moyers says on this also.

Answer 3

What does Bill Moyers have to do with this?

As to why they won't air it, they tell you why -

"CPB decision-makers, however, said the film was unfinished and did not uphold standards for fairness, ultimately delaying, but not canceling, its broadcast."

What part of that, from your own link, is so hard to understand?

Edit: You are either addled from crack or are a complete idiot. Bill Moyers does not "run" PBS. The PBS is governed by the CPB (Corporation for Public Broadcasting), which is run by a board of governors who are appointed by the President and approved by the Senate for a six year term. We're beyond six years into Bush's presidency, so each and every person on the board that runs PBS is a BUSH APPOINTEE.

Moyers formed a PRODUCTION COMPANY called "Public Affairs Television" that produces and distributes his shows for sale to networks.

He has no say over what any network does for programming decisions, and has no say over what they do with other people's shows.

So, again, I ask, what does this have to do with Bill Moyers?

Answer 4

I didn't see Bill Moyers name mentioned in the article.

Apparently, PBS thinks the film is one-sided.

Answer 5

PBS was influence by someone. The special was supposed to be very even in its representation.

Its a shame, Moyer is a well respected journalist and former white house press secretary.

Answer 6

what number fundamentalist islamists are there? no longer many. no longer adequate to be a danger on a international scale, so no longer adequate for a international warfare. it must be coalitions vs. man or woman states if something, like contained in the first Iraqi warfare, Afganistan, and possibly the 2d Iraqi warfare. the concerns contained in the Balkans were also dealt with extremely immediately and with none alliances on the parts of the islamists. Given the poverty maximum of those tricky countries exist in, they don't have any threat antagonistic to a determined west, a lot less even than Japan did in WW2 antagonistic to the U. S.. If the states are dealt with, as i anticipate they're going to be quickly, what danger remains? man or woman cells of a 17 november that could slip via the cracks are unable to conserving centers for the manufacture of risky-adequate guns to fairly threaten our livelihoods. they could't arise with the money for nuclear guns, and no matter if or not they could, that's in basic terms as possibly the mob ought to. certainly, islamic terrorists ought to change into component of the winning criminal ingredient, per chance in straightforward words somewhat extra risky than crime is already. there is not any threat for islamists could they war to start up a international warfare, or any warfare truly. they're going to be in basic terms obliterated. Even France would not tolerate someone attacking them. No, the in straightforward words conceivable international warfare I see must be fought contained in the middle East even if it must be between the total powers: Europe, Russia, India, China, and the u . s . a ., in some mixture. The escalation via fundamentalists is because they imagine that in the adventure that they reason adequate chaos, they could take care of to sieze power from it even as something human beings strive against over the middle east, similar to they did in the course of the chilly warfare.

Answer 7

PBS needs the federal funds it gets and they have already been warned not to air anything that might embarrass or insult the sitting idiot president. They were warned that the funds would be taken away.

Answer 8

Because Muslims might jump up and down in the streets about it and go nuts?