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going to be a victory for the status quo. >> moyers: stay tuned. >> from our studios in new york, bill moyers. >> moyers: welcome to the journal. i'm okay with protest. sometimes i wish i'd done more of it myself when i was young. but it's hard to reason with someone who's packing a gun. that's why i found so menacing that photograph of the fellow standing outside president obama's town hall meeting on health care in new hampshire this week with a 9mm pistol strapped to his thigh and a sign quoting thomas jefferson on watering the tree of liberty with the blood of tyrants and patriots. knowing from his myspace profile that he admires white supremacists, it made me queasy to see that man standing there, pistol at his side. of course, he's exercising his second amendment rights under the constitution and he has a carry permit. but still. the protesters i admire are those unarmed men and women who put themselves in danger for civil rights. and the suffragettes, marching for the right to vote. and the veterans of the bonus army who camped out in washington after the first world war, when the gove

. >> from our studios in new york, bill moyers. >> moyers: wco to the journa some years ago, rgeons opened myaughter's skull and removed a brain tumor th threateneto ll or ind her. less thaa month later,hen one my arteries sdenly ut do, open heart surgery saved my life. those skilled physicns and hospital stilllow in my family's memory. but the dual crisis in our lives st tens of thousands of dollars. when the iurance came through, bathed a sigh of relief. the economist and nobel laureatepaul krugman, ys that's thehing about health insunce; you'll never know when y will need it. if you nd it and don't have it, you'ren deep, deep trble. th'shahappened tthe families tt u willeein is wees oaas thfimaker roger weisbe, whose workasong been decated to putting a hum ce on publ polic traveled the country to meet people who desperately needed healtcare that they couldn't afford. what they went throu and what they had tsaabout it is potent reminders that the need r heal care reform is a national emergency. here's a look at "critical condition." >> joe and i have been together 22 years. they say you

being put back into the system to help people, we've lost our way. >> from our studios in new york, bill moyers. >> moyers: welcome to the journal. the world of medicine has changed radically since i was a kid in east texas. back then, dr. sam tenney made house calls for a couple of bucks a visit. dr. granbury raced to a patient's side with such speed you could hear his tires screeching around the courthouse square blocks away. and if you needed a prescription, dr. wyatt would offer to drop it off at your door on his way to the hospital-- a non-profit community hospital, by the way, run by civic-minded citizens who counted every penny. if any of them were around today, they would surely marvel at our high-tech medicine. but as prudent folks, they would also marvel- in a horrified way, i think-- at the cost of it all. how did we get here? maggie mahar wanted to find out. she's one of our best financial journalists. now, after years of research, she has written: "money-driven medicine: the real reason health care costs so much." during their summer recess, if every member of the house and senate

journal" by mail, e-mail, or on the blog at pbs.org, and we'll keep reading. >> we now return to bill moyers and wendell potter in the studio. >> moyers: why is public insurance, a public option, so fiercely opposed by the industry? >> the industry doesn't want to have any competitor. in fact, over the course of th last few years, it has been shrinking the number of competitors through a lot of acquisitions and mergers. so, first of all, they don't want any more competition period. they certainly don't want it from a government plan that might be operating more efficiently than they are, that they operate. the medicare program that we have here is a government-run program that has administrative expenses that are like three percent or so. >> moyers: compared to the industry's... >> they spend about 20 cents of every premium dollar on overhead, which is administrative expense or profit. so they don't want to compete against a more efficient competitor. >> moyers: you told congress that the industry has hijacked our health care system and turned it into a giant a.t.m. for wall street. you said

log on to pbs.org and clk on "bill moyers journ."ere to answer your questions line. we'll link you to th"money- driven medicine" website wre ere's more info about the bo anthe film. we'll also link you to se analysis of what advocates o reform are up agnst in taking on the health inrance industry, the drug lobby, an the wall seet equity firms. take a look at this recentover of "business week." reporterchad terhune and keith stein write that the c.e.o.s of t giant insurance companies should be smilin eir lobbyists have already won. "no matter what specifics erge in the volumous bill congress y send to president obama th fall, the insurance indust will erge more profitable." and remember that levision ad bara obama made as a candidate for president? >> the prmaceutical industry wrote into therescription drug plan that medire could not negotiate with drucompanies. and you know what,he chairman of the committee who pusd the w through went to work for t pharmaceutical iustry making $2 mlion a year. imagine that. at's an example of the sam

>> this week on bill moyers journal. sara lawrence-lightfoot who says there is passion and adventure after the age of 50, if you're open to learning and change. >> all of us at this point, to some degree i think are on a search for meaningfulness, for purposefulness. we want to find what this next 25 years, this in fact penultimate chapter of our life, is going to be about. >> moyers: and a photographer turns our mass consumption into a thing of beauty and a warning about the fate of the earth. >> this one is called plastic bottles, and it depicts two million plastic bottles, the number we use in the united states every five minutes. stay tuned. captioning sponsored by public affairs television >> moyers: welcome to the journal. this is that time of year when public television asks you to go to your phone or computer and make a pledge to this station. more than ever, it can use your help in these very difficult economic times. this week, as we often do during pledge drives, by popular request we're bringing back one of y

. >> om our studios in new york, bill moyers. >> moyers: welcome to e jonal. i'm okay witprotest. sometimes i wish i'd done mo of imyself when i was young. but it's hard reason with someone who'packing a gun. that's why i foundo menacing at photograph of the fellow standing outside presint ama's town hall meeting on health care in n hampshire is week with a 9mm pistol strapped to his igh and a sign quoting thom jefferson on wateringhe tree ofiberty with the blood of tyrantand patriots. knowing from his myspacerofile that he admires white supremacists, itade me queasy to see that man anding there, pistol at hiside. of course, he's exersing his second amendme rights under the constitutionnd he has a carry permit. but still. the otesters i admire are ose unarmed men and women wh put emselves in danger for civil rights. and the suffragettesmarching for the right to vote. and the veterans of the bonu army who camped out in washingtonfter the first world war, when the vernment defaulted on its obligions to th. and thoswho spoke out against the vietnam war. ve been haunted for years by t

intelligent debate types of shows a lot of us grew up on don't exist very much any more though bill moyers i think does a fantastic job on pbs on fridays but i think the information is out there, it is just that people have to dig for it and that really is unfortunate, because a lot of people don't bother to dig and that is where all of us come in, in making sure that people we go in our local community or our families or our friends or whatever there are better sources of information, and, you know, can look for those themselves and i think that is a good first step. it is not a solution but at least it is a first step. >> and what about this next generation, when you all learn in high school the you. >> dish year is the third branch of government and not much more and what should our teachers be teaching high school and middle school students in order to engage them in the process? >> well, obviously, they should teach civics but they should teach reality, too. and the reality that they should teach is that the courts have played a major role in the american government, not just as umpir

. >> you named bill moyers as the best lbj source.5 years old at the time. >> that is right. he was trying to deal with the press. always great sources in the kennedy white house, because he was close to kennedy, and kennedy -- i mean, johnson had pierre salinger. we had some success with bill moyers. he was very critical of me in years to come. he thinks i have moved far to the right, and i think he has moved far to the left. >> wilbur mills. >> he was the chairman of the ways and means committee. the smartest member of congress -- he was brilliant. he had strong ideas on tax policy, believing in tax cutting, but only in terms of cutting tax advantages. so he got at crosswords with john f. kennedy, who wanted to cut taxes without taking out loopholes. >> you say you never criticize sources in your column? >> i try not to. you do not get total protection, but that is the way it works. >> the biggest scoop ever -- the former secretary of defense, layered? you call him your best source? >> yes, he was wonderful. we would go up to his li

you name bill moyers has the best lbj source. >> guest: that's right. c-span: he was 25-years-old at that time. >> guest: that's right. he was trying to deal with the press, and we were trying to -- rowlie had agreed sources in the kennedy white house because he was very close to jack kennedy. and kennedy had had pierre salinger i mean johnson -- johnson had pierre salinger phone rowlie and tell him your day is over year. you don't have any sources. you're out of there. rowlie was trying to rebuild some sources and had some success with bill moyers. bill has been very critical of me in years to come. he thinks i move far to the right, and i think he's moved far to the left. c-span: wilbur mills, a marvelous source. who was the? >> guest: wilbur mills was the chairman of ways and means committee. he had a reputation as the smartest member of congress, and he was brilliant. and had some very strong ideas on tax policy. tax cutting, but only in return for cutting tax advantages. and so, he got crossways with john f. kennedy, who wanted to cut taxes without

this was expressed on bill moyer's the journal on pbn with the discussion he had.se are my points and my observations. host: thanks for the observations. on top of that. suzy, the lead story in the philadelphia inquirer this morning says obama is saying the media is overplaying the protests, "tv loves a ruckus." he said it is polite to have questions. your thoughts. guest: absolutely. i was a journalist for 20 years. i will tell you this, reporters are lazy. they're really lazy. i don't think most people understand that there is nowhere near as much fact-checking going on as you think there is. people think what they saw on tv is true. all the time on stories. you need to fix it. they would get mad at me. i'm sure a lot of those people worked their way up through the ranks and maybe they even work at cnn. the thing is, also with the 24-hour news channels, what happens is when they have a mistake in the story, once the mistake is there, they rarely go back and fix it. they have to fill up a big news hole on a 24-hour channel. they keep repeating the same erroneous s

intelligent debate source of shows that a lot of us grew up on don't exist anymore, although i think bill moyerstill does a fantastic job on pbs on saturdayed, but the information is out there, if people dig. that's where we come in. and making sure that people we know in our communities or our families or friends, know that there are better sources of information and can look for them themselves. that's a good first step. it is not a solution, but at least it is a first step. >> and what about the next generation? we all learn in high school that the judiciary is the third branch of government, but not much more. what should our teachers be teaching high school students and middle school students in order to make them emgauged in this process? >> well, obviously they should teach civics, but they should teach reality, too. and the reality that they should teach is that the courts have played a major role in american government. not just as umpires. to hear the nonsense in this confirmation hearing, the courts are umpires, they just call the balls and strikes, they don't decide things. well, tha

this was expressed on bill moyer's the journal on pbn with the discussion he had. those are my points and my observations. host: thanks for the observations. on top of that. suzy, the lead story in the philadelphia inquirer this morning says obama is saying the media is overplaying the protests, "tv loves a ruckus." he said it is polite to have questions. your thoughts. guest: absolutely. i was a journalist for 20 years. i will tell you this, reporters are lazy. they're really lazy. i don't think most people understand that there is nowhere near as much fact-checking going on as you think there is. people think what they saw on tv is true. all the time on stories. you need to fix it. they would get mad at me. i'm sure a lot of those people worked their way up through the ranks and maybe they even work at cnn. the thing is, also with the 24-hour news channels, what happens is when they have a mistake in the story, once the mistake is there, they rarely go back and fix it. they have to fill up a big news hole on a 24-hour channel. they keep repeating the same erroneo

intelligent debate source of shows that a lot of us grew up on don't exist anymore, although i think bill moyersill does a fantastic job on pbs on saturdayed, but the information is out there, if people dig. that's where we come in. and making sure that people we know in our communities or our families or friends, know that there are better sources of information and can look for them themselves. that's a good first step. it is not a solution, but at least it is a first step. >> and what about the next generation? we all learn in high school that the judiciary is the third branch of government, but not much more. what should our teachers be teaching high school students and middle school students in order to make them emgauged in this process? >> well, obviously they should teach civics, but they should teach reality, too. and the reality that they should teach is that the courts have played a major role in american government. not just as umpires. to hear the nonsense in this confirmation hearing, the courts are umpires, they just call the balls and strikes, they don't decide things. well, that

moyers and the treatment center. and she's grateful to her friends who supported her along the way. >> how is she doing now? >> i'm thrilled to say, billinterview, she checked herself into ten days of rehab. i spoke to her just last night. and she told me she's literally not had a drink in five months. she says it brings tears to my eyes, juju, to tell you how good i feel. which, of course, brought tears to my eyes. she says, every morning, i wake up feeling great. she says, there's still cravings. but they're getting better. and she's just feeling great. >> hopefully someone watching this can carry it forward, as well. >> absolutely. >> thanks, juju. >> my pleasure. >> we'll be right back. >>> coming up on "good morning america," no job? join the club. how some creative people are finding their next career and going from fired to hired. >>> and it is "your week in three words." concentrated detergent. all free clear's powerful clean is free of the ingredients you'll find in most detergents: no perfumes... no dyes... no preservatives... free clear is specially designed for people with sensitive skin and has powerful stainlifters, so yo