Can we govern?. Part 2

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Date
1992
Summary
This program with Bill Moyers explores the uses and abuses of political language and how the democratic conversation has been frustrated and trivialized by the new jargon of politics. Appearing in the program are Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Dean of the Annenberg School for Communications; noted media commentator Edwin Diamond; E.J. Dionne, author of Why Americans Hate Politics; and U.S. representatives Barney Frank, Dave Obey, Susan Molinari, and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. Originally broadcast as part of the television series Listening to America in 1992.
Contributors
Moyers, Bill D.; Camp, Joe; Casciato, Tom
Publishers
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.); WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.); Public Affairs Television (Firm); Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Genre
Public affairs television programs
Subjects
North American Culture; American Culture; Government, Law, Politics; Government, Law, Politics; American Culture, History; Rhetoric -- Political aspects; Political oratory -- United States; United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-1993
Locations
North America; United States; New Jersey
Collection
Films@UM
Unit
Distinctive Media Collections
Language
English
Rights Statement
In Copyright
Terms of Use
Access is restricted to patrons at the University of Maryland.
Physical Description
57 minutes; color
Notes

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Access condition: campus-only.

Creation/Production Credits

From WNET/New York and WTTW/Chicago ; produced by Tom Casciato ; director, Joe Camp ; a production of Public Affairs Television. Host, Bill Moyers.
Other Identifiers
Filename: lms-089729; Fedora 2 PID: umd:10734; Handle Identifier: hdl:1903.1/3209; Catalog Key: alephsys004128125; OCLC: ocn607125416

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