Bill Moyers Journal : The Legacy and Legend of Lincoln / Political Journalism in the Age of Obama / Bill Moyers.

Infobase, (film distributor.). Bill Moyers (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary:

To commemorate Abraham Lincoln’s bicentennial birthday, Bill Moyers sits down with Eric Foner, author of Our Lincoln: New Perspectives on Lincoln and His World, in this edition of the Journal to discuss the evolution of Lincoln’s image from politician to icon. In addition, Moyers explores the question of how well journalism has responded to the task of getting to the truth and informing the public in an increasingly political media environment with PressThink blogger Jay Rosen and Salon.com blogger Glenn Greenwald. The program concludes with an essay on the need to channel the renowned empathy of Lincoln into political will that helps ordinary people caught in the undertow of America’s economic meltdown. Broadcast date: February 6, 2009. (57 minutes)

Record details

Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (56 min., 40 sec)) : sound, color.
Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Bill Moyers, [2009]
Distributor: New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Infobase, 2016.
Copyright: ©2009

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally released by Bill Moyers, 2009. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on September 13, 2016.
Formatted Contents Note:	Change in White House and Media Response (8:10); Challenges to Media Narrative (8:04); Power of Citizens to Force Change (8:06); Abraham Lincoln and New Ideas (8:48); Principled Politician (7:09); Reconstruction and Lincoln’s Legacy (9:53); Empathy and Government Corruption (1:55); Credits: Bill Moyers Journal: The Legacy and Legend of Lincoln / Political Journalism in the Age of Obama (1:34);
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
Target Audience Note:	9 - 12, Academic/AP
System Details Note:	Streaming video file. System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:	Title from distributor's description