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'''Bill Moyers''' (born 1934) was an intimate adviser to President [[Lyndon Johnson]] while the decision was made to commit U.S. forces to the [[Vietnam War]] ultimately resulting in the deaths of 58,282 U.S. troops and 2 million Vietnamese,<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/23/world/20-years-after-victory-vietnamese-communists-ponder-how-to-celebrate.html 20 Years After Victory, Vietnamese Communists Ponder How to Celebrate], [[The New York Times]]</ref> and leaving hundreds of thousands of survivors permanently maimed or injured. | '''Bill Moyers''' (born 1934) was an intimate adviser to President [[Lyndon Johnson]] while the decision was made to commit U.S. forces to the [[Vietnam War]] ultimately resulting in the deaths of 58,282 U.S. troops and 2 million Vietnamese,<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/23/world/20-years-after-victory-vietnamese-communists-ponder-how-to-celebrate.html 20 Years After Victory, Vietnamese Communists Ponder How to Celebrate], [[The New York Times]]</ref> and leaving hundreds of thousands of survivors permanently maimed or injured. | ||
| − | ==Dirty tricks and civil rights violations= | + | ==Dirty tricks and civil rights violations== |
Two weeks before the [[1964 presidential election]] Johnson instructed [[Bill Moyers]] to transmit an order to the FBI to run checks on numerous members of Goldwater's campaign and [[Senate]] staffs in an effort to obtain derogatory information about their possible sexual aberrations. What Johnson was looking for, Moyers told the FBI, was information about "fags" on Goldwater's staff.<ref> | Two weeks before the [[1964 presidential election]] Johnson instructed [[Bill Moyers]] to transmit an order to the FBI to run checks on numerous members of Goldwater's campaign and [[Senate]] staffs in an effort to obtain derogatory information about their possible sexual aberrations. What Johnson was looking for, Moyers told the FBI, was information about "fags" on Goldwater's staff.<ref> | ||
Eric F. Goldman, ''The Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson'', Dell, 1969, p. 299 </ref> | Eric F. Goldman, ''The Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson'', Dell, 1969, p. 299 </ref> | ||
Revision as of 14:00, November 8, 2016
Bill Moyers (born 1934) was an intimate adviser to President Lyndon Johnson while the decision was made to commit U.S. forces to the Vietnam War ultimately resulting in the deaths of 58,282 U.S. troops and 2 million Vietnamese,[1] and leaving hundreds of thousands of survivors permanently maimed or injured.
Dirty tricks and civil rights violations
Two weeks before the 1964 presidential election Johnson instructed Bill Moyers to transmit an order to the FBI to run checks on numerous members of Goldwater's campaign and Senate staffs in an effort to obtain derogatory information about their possible sexual aberrations. What Johnson was looking for, Moyers told the FBI, was information about "fags" on Goldwater's staff.[2]
PBS harangues
Moyers has remained employed for more than four decades by the public-sector funded Corporation for Public Broadcasting, an entity created during the Johnson administration by a Democratic controlled Congress. He is a liberal journalist and currently hosts PBS's show Bill Moyers' Journal, a forum for attack on Republicans and conservatism which espouses envy as a popular virtue. He became an ordained Baptist minister almost 50 years ago. Moyers has a lot of liberal political views, such as democratic socialism and support for gay rights.
See also
References
- ↑ 20 Years After Victory, Vietnamese Communists Ponder How to Celebrate, The New York Times
- ↑ Eric F. Goldman, The Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson, Dell, 1969, p. 299