PBS: Bill Moyers Calls For PrimeTime Airing of Trump Impeachment Hearings, More

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As PBS Did With Nixon, Bill Moyers Calls for Primetime Airing of Trump Impeachment Hearings. "Pull out the stops once again, and for the sake of the nation, throw away the schedule," writes luminary of public broadcast journalism in full-page ad. "Who wins? Democracy-- and viewers like you." Common Dreams, Nov. 8, 2019.



- Former president Richard Nixon at his desk in the White House on June 23, 1972, six days after the Watergate break in.

UPDATE: After it was reported Friday afternoon that PBS, in addition to its live coverage, will air upcoming Trump impeachment hearings across its digital platforms as well as re-airing them at prime time on its digital channel WORLD, carried by 157 public television stations (covering 64.4% of US TV households) nationwide, Bill Moyers issued the following statement to indicate that the broadcasters refusal to run the hearings in its flagship all-access public channels does not meet his and Winship's demand for a full and complete "Watergate-like primetime replay."

Moyers responded: “Our friends at PBS are saying they will not carry the hearings in prime time — period. Instead, they will throw them in the river and viewers can dive for it, because that’s what WORLD is, a place where important programs are sent to die. Raise your hand if you have ever found a show on World?

*How in the world — no pun intended — does it serve democracy to hide the hearings from people who come home from work to see them but don’t have cable, satellite, and internet access? If PBS were truly an alternative to corporate networks, it would repeat the hearings in prime time for the mass audience. Period.”

> If you agree with us, said Moyers, "contact your local public station or PBS directly."

1/ Update: @PBS has announced that it "will broadcast the Trump hearings live starting Nov. 13, with analysis from its new @NewsHour team." ... https://t.co/a1tODbHL5v

— BillMoyers.com (@BillMoyers) November 8, 2019
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/11/08/pbs-did-nixon-bill-moyers-calls-primetime-airing-trump-impeachment-hearings

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1. I think this could be a good idea. Put it all out there during prime time television....

The alternative has not helped us before - all the facts and evidence were out there to see and read (like the Mueller Report) but instead they just watched fux news at night and consumed fake summaries of what happened. And believed it.

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2. Moyers full page ad will also help- we need primetime airing on all access!

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3. DU has 254,870 registered users. The potential for our voice to be used forcefully is limitless.

I’m, one, I’m in and will contact PBS.

You?

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4. Same, excellent. I watched the hearings in 1973, fascinating & scary..

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5. Me as well, I was young in 1973 but our entire household was captivated which drew me in. I

expect there will be ample opportunity to see the testimony as even PBS and CSPAN will re-play hopefully more than once.

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6. I came home from work and watched them

on PBS until I could not keep my eyes open. It was worth it.

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7. When I got home from college classes I watched on TV, the

coverage was engrossing. I knew it was major, but not the full extent until much later.

IN 1977, five years later in DC one day near Amer. Univ. I walked right by judge John Sirica standing outside a pharmacy in a small shopping center. Those piercing dark eyes and brows were recognizable anywhere.