Billions Quote by Bill Moyers

A profound transformation is happening here. The framers of our nation never envisioned these huge media giants; never imagined what could happen if big…

— Bill Moyers

During the dot-com days, one could take just about any company public and reap fortunes. All you had to do was to make sky-high…

— Vivek Wadhwa

We have got to nurture the spirit of independent journalism in this country, or we'll not save capitalism from its own excesses, and we'll…

— Bill Moyers

Look at the structure of the Gates Foundation and this idea that, rather than trying to solve these huge global problems through institutions with…

— Naomi Klein

The dilemma for early 21st century journalism is this: Who will pay for the news?

— Nathan Myhrvold

Journalism is what we need to make democracy work.

— Walter Cronkite

Journalism still, in a democracy, is the essential force to get the public educated and mobilized to take action on behalf of our ancient…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

It'd make a wonderful change to have the leader of a pluralist democracy who acted on that, who told people just how tough things…

— Chris Patten

The most important newspapers in this country need to exist. Our democracy needs them. Life as we know it would be unthinkable without them.

— Jacob Weisberg

The role of the press and the protections which we afford it are today more important than ever before, because we dwell in a…

— Rose Bird

It would be easy to descend into despair, not only about the state of journalism, but the future of American democracy. But giving up…

— Laurie Garrett

“The wealthy exert a commanding influence over the state through virtually unlimited political campaign contributions, armies of lobbyists, the revolving door that shuffles former…

— David A. Nibert