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Bill Moyers Gets Rev. Wright

April 25th, 2008 at 2:50 pm

While the national press speculates over Barack Obama’s relationship with his former pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Bill Moyers goes beyond the national brouhaha and will engage Reverend Wright in conversation, on Friday, April 25 at 9 p.m.; at 10 p.m. you can watch the interview online here.

Wright, who retired in early 2008 as pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, where Senator Obama is a member, has been at the center of controversy for comments he made during sermons and his criticisms of the United States government, which surfaced in the press in March.

The Bill Moyers Journal appearance will be Rev. Wright’s first broadcast interview since he became embroiled in a controversy for his remarks and his relationship with Obama.

photo credit: Robin Holland

Tags: 2008 election, Barack Obama, Bill Moyers Journal, Reverend Jeremiah Wright

COMMENTS

21 comments

#21

4/28/08 :: 10:04 am
Walter Lipman Says:

Thank you, Bill, from the bottom of my heart. If ever a good and great man has been maligned by the travelling circus masquerading as the 4th Estate, it is Jeremiah Wright.

My only question is how can we hope to get the message out to the rabble that believe what the carnival barkers have told them to believe?

#20

4/27/08 :: 8:25 pm
Vernice Hicks Says:

Thank You for this broadcast.I t confirms that commerical T.V is not willing to be honest with the public.Which is why PBS is necessary.

#19

4/27/08 :: 11:45 am
Tom Keane Says:

Reverend Wright uses inflammatory language and ethnic isolation to obtain credibility with his people. It is an “ends justifies the means” way of thinking, short sighted and demeaning to the vision of a one culture America. Instaed of harmony his church teaches ethnicity - the kind of self identification that separates and invites oppression. Most “real” Americans black white and yellow have ong forgotten this roots obsession made famous in another era of black militancy.

#18

4/27/08 :: 11:40 am
Jaclyn Durant Says:

Please air the interview with Jeramiah Wright again and offer a CD. America needs to hear more from him

#17

4/27/08 :: 9:03 am
Ruth Marchese Says:

Dear Mr. Moyer,
Thank you for the interview with Rev. Wright. Please, broadcast it again and again and again! People need to know what the Reverend REALLY said, in what context and what he stands for.
Thank you again
Ruth Marchese

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