Say It Ain't So !!!! Bill Moyers is retiring from his weekly TV show

[marmar]

:cry:



from HuffPost:



Bill Moyers Retiring From Weekly Television
First Posted: 11-20-09 06:28 PM | Updated: 11-20-09 06:35 PM



Bill Moyers is leaving weekly television.

The New York Times' Elizabeth Jensen reports that the PBS newscaster is retiring from his Friday night program, "Bill Moyers Journal," on April 30, 2010.

"Bill Moyers Journal" launched in April 2007.

Jensen reports that it was Moyers' intention to retire at Christmas this year, but PBS asked him to stay on through April to help raise funds.

"I am 75 years old," Moyers told Jensen. "I feel it's time."


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/20/bill-moyers-retiring-from_n_366070.html

[daleanime]

1. It would be a big loss...

but he definitely deserves a nice retirementO8)

[bermudat]

2. Oh no! That man is truly a treasure.

[bobbolink]

3. What's truly sad is that there should have been ARMIES of young people coming up

to take his place.

His shoes can't ever be filled, but it's pathetic that there aren't a slew of Moyers Wannabees.

:(

[Catshrink]

4. I'm sorry to learn about this.

But hey, Lou Dobbs and Oprah are looking for jobs. (Okay, not funny but whose resignation will get the most attention?)

[BrklynLiberal]

5. He has definitely earned a nice relaxing retirement...but he will be sorely missed.

;(

[inna]

6. the gif in your sig is pretty amazing.

What is it, what does it represent?

I love how it winks (or whatever it is it does) every once in a while! :)

[BrklynLiberal]

13. There was a DUer here whose id was KEPHRA, and that was his avatar.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=589858&mesg_id=589928

He was the absolute King of "Latest Breaking News'. If you wanted to know what was going on in the world..youy knew you could count on him having posted something that would keep you up to date on everything. He was one of the original members.

He passed away very suddenly a few years back. Everyone was devastated..and several DUers went to his memorial service.

I added that Eye to my sigline as a tribute to him, as did several other people.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x2385143

Here are a few examples
http://images.google.com/images?q=eye%20of%20horus&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=wi

[inna]

16. Thank you so much for the links/info! :) nt

[abluelady]

7. I Always Looked Forward to Friday Nights

There will definitely be a vacuum in my week. He will be missed.

[PassingFair]

8. Did he cut a deal with Lou Dobbs?

Suspicious....

[Blue State Blues]

9. Nooooooooooooooooooo!

Where else can we hear "Warshington" in that distinctive West Texas accent every week?

:(

[GoneOffShore]

10. Damn I read Bill Maher instead of Bill Moyers

Are you sure it's Moyers and not Mayer?

Please let it be Maher.

[malaise]

11. Massive loss

:cry:

Tonight's program -Lessons from a quagmire - Bill Moyers considers a President's decision to escalate troop levels in a military conflict. Through LBJ's taped phone conversations and his own remembrances, Bill Moyers looks at Johnson's deliberations as he stepped up America's role in Vietnam. Explore a multimedia timeline.

WHO'S WHO ON THE LBJ TAPES
Find out more about the president's advisors and other political players in the escalation of the war in Vietnam.
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/11202009/profile.html

[slipslidingaway]

12. What a loss for the people :( n/t

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

14. A bigger loss that Oprah and Dobbs combined n/t

[slipslidingaway]

15. Most definitely!

[marmar]

17. Dobbs really isn't a loss.

[Cleita]

18. I know. Isn't it heartbreaking and there is no new blood out there

that I can see that will replace him. Maybe from the blogosphere, but none that I can see right now.

:cry: :grouphug: