Bill Moyers Journal (2007-2010); Ken Silverstein; Zaid Shakir

June 22, 2007

When HARPER'S Magazine editor Ken Silverstein went undercover to recruit Washington lobbyists to help improve the image of Turkmenistan, a corrupt Central Asian government with appalling human rights abuses, K-Street lobbying firms laid out plans to get the job done. Bill Moyers and Silverstein discuss what that says about the state of influence-peddling in Washington. Also on the program: Imam Zaid Shakir, an emerging leader in the Muslim-American community, talks about how he copes with the ongoing skepticism toward and scrutiny of Muslims in post-9/11 America. BILL MOYERS JOURNAL -- Award-winning public affairs journalist Bill Moyers hosts this weekly series filled with fresh and original voices. Each hour-long broadcast features analysis of current issues and interviews with prominent figures from the worlds of arts and entertainment, religion, science, politics and the media.