The American media landscape grows more corporate and consolidated by the day, and with the airwaves saturated with commercials and spin, the truth is often hard to find. As our press becomes less free and news morphs into "infotainment", the very fabric of American democracy may be at stake. How can citizens make critical decisions without honest information from our news sources? How can we take the media back, reinstating it as society's vigilant watchdog?

In this Link TV special, veteran journalist Bill Moyers discusses the media's critical role in our democracy - a role it has increasingly failed to play. Delivering a compelling speech to the 2008 National Conference on Media Reform, Moyers calls upon journalists and American citizens to speak truth to power and demand the highest standards from the media, restoring a crucial link of accountability in America's democratic system.

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