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>
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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>
==PBS harangues==
==PBS harangues==
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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]].
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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]].