Moyers is Back!

And PBS, with a jolt, begins it's trip back into the reality-based community - for the first time since Tomlinson took over (and departed) CPB. Maybe we're beginning to see some unexpected benefits of the Democratic takeover of Congress.

Buying the War should be extremely interesting, even for those of us who managed to keep our eyes open, read reliable sources, and preserve an appropriate degree of skepticism about administration hype in the run-up to the war. Moyers managed to pull in a number of good journalists (including Phil Donahue and the Knight Ridder reporters who were ignored pre-war) and some who admitted they were bamboozled (like Beinert of TNR and Rather of CBS). Needless to say, those who still haven't apologized for their whoring for the administration (Safire, Crystal, et al.) declined. The dissection of our current media morass is sterling. Anyway, if you missed it the first time around, you can catch it on repeat. Check for your local schedule or podcast here.

UPDATE:
Digby and Glenn Greenwald have weighed in on Moyers' superb piece. Read them for more details. They offer some of the best writing on the media that you're likely to find.