Bill Moyers Journal (2007-2010); Moyers on the Nominee; Media, McClellan, and the War; Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Dr. Ronald Walters

June 6, 2008

Journalists Jonathan Landay and John Walcott of McClatchy newspapers and Greg Mitchell of EDITOR & PUBLISHER examine the performance of the press in the lead up to the war. Landay and Walcott were part of an award-winning team of journalists at Knight-Ridder (now McClatchy) that consistently challenged the administration's case for war and Mitchell is the author of SO WRONG FOR SO LONG: HOW THE PRESS, THE PUNDITS - AND THE PRESIDENT - FAILED ON IRAQ. And as the contest between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination comes to an end, Bill Moyers sits down with campaign expert Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Ron Walters, director of the African American Leadership Center at the University of Maryland, to discuss how race and gender have played out in the presidential campaigns. 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.