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May. 17th, 2005 05:28 pmText of Bill Moyers' address to the National Conference on Media Reform on Sunday, May 16, 2005 in St Louis, Mo:
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/05/17/moyers/print.html
This is always hard to do, but it has never been harder than today. Without a trace of irony, the powers-that-be have appropriated the newspeak vernacular of George Orwell's "1984." They give us a program vowing "No Child Left Behind" while cutting funds for educating disadvantaged kids. They give us legislation cheerily calling for "Clear Skies" and "Healthy Forests" that give us neither. And that's just for starters.
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/05/17/moyers/print.html
This is always hard to do, but it has never been harder than today. Without a trace of irony, the powers-that-be have appropriated the newspeak vernacular of George Orwell's "1984." They give us a program vowing "No Child Left Behind" while cutting funds for educating disadvantaged kids. They give us legislation cheerily calling for "Clear Skies" and "Healthy Forests" that give us neither. And that's just for starters.
