Comments on: Bill Moyers Gets Rev. Wright

By: Walter Lipman

Walter Lipman — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:04:06 +0000

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?

By: Vernice Hicks

Vernice Hicks — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:25:28 +0000

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.

By: Tom Keane

Tom Keane — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:45:48 +0000

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.

By: Jaclyn Durant

Jaclyn Durant — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:40:11 +0000

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

By: Ruth Marchese

Ruth Marchese — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:03:38 +0000

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

By: Elaine M.

Elaine M. — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:49:38 +0000

Thank you, Bill Moyers, for conducting a very in-depth, professional interview with Rev. Wright. It was so important to hear from the man himself in an effort to find the truth amidst the media storm of criticism. I was so enraptured by the Reverend; he is scholarly, intelligent, and fair-minded. I can see why Barack Obama would never disavow him. I think Rev. Wright is right about America, and I wish all Americans would judge him by your interview, not by the terribly misleading soundbites that have inundated the airways. Thank you for this excellent reporting! Please rebroadcast this show again soon.

By: Johb Landvater

Johb Landvater — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:59:38 +0000

I agree that a reasonable person could not help but to agree with every thing Wright said, both on your show and in his sermons. The interview was conducted in the best manner, and we came from it with a great admiration of Rev. Wright. I urge you yo rerun the interview frequently throughout the present campaign season. We all have short memories and need to be reminded of the excellence of Rev Wright.
Now I can see how candidate Obama was attracted to and positively influenced by his church.

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:51:36 +0000

How can any reasonable person not agree with every single thing Wright said, both on your show and in his sermons?

Did the arrogance of American foreign policy cause 9/11? Absolutely.

Has American domestic policy wiped out Native Americans and systematically given black people a raw deal? Absolutely.

Couple that with the fact that Wright has done more good for both his community and his country than all of his detractors combined and you have yet another failure of American media to get it right.

I only wish Obama had not been so fast to distance himself from this man (and from Samantha Power, another good person injured in a rough campaign).

Thank you Bill Moyers for having him on your show and helping him frame his story in a positive way.

By: Perman Wilson

Perman Wilson — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:56:12 +0000

Dear Bill Moyer,

I neglected to mention in my first comment: After carefully viewing your program, it is my most objective opinion that the only thing that Barak Obama should feel sorry about in regards to his minister, Jerimiah Wright, is that he opologized for the things that Mr. Wright said. Listening to those sound bites give a distorted view of what the man appears to me to believes and preaches. Now, I am well aware of what is meant by taking one’s words out of context. I am sorry that Barak Obama had to disagree with Mr. Wright’s sermon’s because from what I heard on your program, they were filled with truth–the kind of truth that is quite unpopular, but also the kind of truth that must prevail if this country is going to change in the way that I feel Barak Obama wants to lead it. Contrary to what most people think, I think that (to me) the worst mistake that I have witnessed (and been aware of) Obama making is his apologizing for his minister’s statements, which (in my most honest opinion) were true amd could even be enlightening to the majority of US citizens who would rather live with myths that sustain their self-serving injustices rather than accept the truths that will change this country and simultaneously make the world a better place to live for all human beings.

Sincerely,
Perman Wilson

By: Perman Wilson

Perman Wilson — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:37:01 +0000

Dear Bill Moyer,

Thank you for giving Jerimiah Wright a chance to explain the sound bites of his text that were viciously taken out of context and used to discredit Barak Obama by association. I thank God for you and PBS. If it weren’t for PBS (channels 13 and 21), News 12 New Jersey, and sports I would have little or no use for television. And, if I can ever get those broadcasts on the internet, I will literally throw away my television sets and watch my computer monitor. The news today is so commercialized that the appeal of the other stations is to the ignorance and irrational animal nature of their viewers rather than to their intelligence and rational humanity. May God continue to bless you and all of the others who are responsible for keeping people like myself (who only want the truth) informed by your excellent, objective, informative programming. PBS stations (Channels: 13 and 21) are the antidotes to stations like Fox News and other commercialized television so-called news, which are not quite as biased and deceptive as Fox but certainly not nearly as informative and objective as PBS.

I sincerely thank you,
Perman Wilson (a retired school teacher)