Richard’s Notes

Bill Moyers Interviews the Reverend Jeremiah Wright

I highly recommend watching the entire two part interview. If nothing else it will give a much clearer picture of how the media has distorted the words and intensions of this good man.

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.

You can read the Moyers blog post and comment here: The Controversy over Wright.