The People’s Voice Will Not Be Silenced
In Memory of Bill Moyers (1934–2025)
“Journalism is what we need to make democracy work.” — Bill Moyers
Bill Moyers believed in truth with a spine.
Not the corporate-scripted spin of modern news cycles, but real, public-facing journalism, the kind that confronts power, uplifts the unheard, and reminds us that democracy is a fragile thing worth fighting for.
He served as press secretary to President Lyndon Johnson during the Great Society era, but Moyers will be remembered most for what he did after leaving the White House: he spoke to us, not at us. He investigated not just the headlines, but the forces behind them, from war profiteering to media consolidation, from Wall Street’s grip on Washington to the everyday erosion of civic trust.
At a time when journalism is under siege, from censorship, from apathy, from billionaires who think facts are optional, we remember Bill Moyers as a lantern-bearer in the fog. He understood that truth-telling is not neutral. It is radical. It is necessary.
This week, ForgeTheTruth.com honors him with a tribute poster that echoes the values he stood for: integrity, transparency, and the fierce belief that the public deserves to know the full story.
Rest in power, Bill Moyers. The mic is still hot.
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