In Quiet Post, Veteran Journalist Bill Moyers Announces Site Closure...

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https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/12/17/quiet-post-veteran-journalist-bill-moyers-announces-site-closure-calls-readers

In Quiet Post, Veteran Journalist Bill Moyers Announces Site Closure, Calls on Readers to Remain 'Vigilant' and 'Engaged as Citizens'

"Democracy is fragile, and no one can say with certainty that it can withstand the manifold risks to which it is now exposed," writes Moyers in farewell
by
Jon Queally, staff writer

In a quiet post published to BillMoyers.com on Friday titled simply, "Farewell," the veteran muckraker and site's namesake—whose work in public life goes back to the Johnson administration in the early 1960s and whose journalistic career spans from his teens as a local newspaper reporter in East Texas to his most well-known role as the host of several PBS shows and documentaries—announced that the online project would soon enter "archive mode" and cease its daily output of progressive news and commentary.

"Moyers has been one of the most prolific and influential figures in American journalism.... He used TV as a tool to expose political and corporate wrongdoing and to tell stories about ordinary people working together for justice."
—historian Peter Dreier

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Moyers' farewell announcement, in full, follows below:

To Our Readers:

When I turned 80 three years ago, I retired my weekly PBS series and have since focused on the web with a small, dedicated team as the avenue for our journalism. Your response rewarded our efforts, and we have been pleased and grateful for your interest and attention. I treasure the many messages from so many kindred spirits.

Now it’s time for another farewell, and with this note I am signing off.

BillMoyers.com will continue to serve as the archive of the television journalism my colleagues and I have produced over the past 44 years. I hope you find it useful. The site will go into archive mode on Wednesday, Dec. 20.

Until it moves to a new home, our Trump-Russia timeline, created by the indefatigable Steve Harper and orchestrated by our producers, will continue to publish right here at BillMoyers.com, tracking the convergence of events connecting the Trump empire and Russian oligarchs now being investigated by special counsel Robert Mueller.

Watch this space and our social media (Facebook, Twitter) for more information in the coming weeks.

In the meantime, please remain vigilant and engaged as citizens in the civic and political life of your community and our country. Democracy is fragile, and no one can say with certainty that it can withstand the manifold risks to which it is now exposed.

Thank you for the company we have shared in this space — and good luck to all.

—Bill Moyers

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1. well, that makes me really sad n/t

[janterry]

2. This makes me sad

I worry that he is retiring because he is sick? He doesn't say that, but.................

[hlthe2b]

4. me too...

what a loss.

[BigmanPigman]

3. First Keith Olbermann

and now him. Their work must be exhausting. This current admin is exhausting everyone in this country and making them ill as well. The stress and depression is rampant since Nov 8th, 2016. Xanax can't be kept in stock and psychologists are seeing an increase in their patients.