The premis that Beck & Bill Moyers even be mentioned in the same breath is offensive! To call Beck a "journalist" should be a criminal offense punishable by something.... What twisted logic by Joe S. And the fact that Mika Brzezinski sits there and laughs makes me sick. i used to feel a certain amount of sympathy for her when Mr. better than thou would make fun of her being on anti-depressants and foolish things like that, now i fell no pity for her, she seems to like the daily abuse... Sad, very sad...

When Bill Moyers was LBJ's press secretary, Johnson asked him to open a press conference with a prayer. Moyers, who had degrees in both journalism and divinity and saw the request for the political opportunism it was, agreed, but bowed his head silently instead of leading an invocation. After a few seconds of silence, LBJ prompted, "Bill, I can't hear you." Moyers answered without raising his head, "I wasn't talking to you, sir."

That's talking back to power, it's intellectual honesty, it's hewing to truth. Beck can't compare. As to whether they're journalistic equivalents, compare their educations and experience:

Glenn Beck: Beck was admitted to a special program for non-traditional students at Yale University while he was working for a New Haven-area radio station, having received at least one of his recommendations from Senator Joe Lieberman. During this time Beck took a single theology class, dropping out around the time of his divorce.

That's it.

Bill Moyers: He began his journalism career at the age of sixteen as a cub reporter at the Marshall News Messenger in Marshall, Texas. Moyers studied journalism at the University of North Texas, Denton, Texas. In 1954, he worked as a summer intern for then-U.S. Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, eventually being in charge of Johnson's personal mail before his internship was finished. Moyers soon transferred to the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, where he wrote for The Daily Texan newspaper and graduated in 1956 with a Bachelor of Arts in journalism. While in Austin, Moyers worked as an assistant to the news editor for KTBC radio and television stations, owned by Lady Bird Johnson, wife of then-U.S. Senator Johnson. During the academic year 1956–1957 he studied at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, as a Rotary International Fellow. In 1959, he received a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas.[1]

He was ordained two years later after working as a minister. Moyers planned to enter a Doctor of Philosophy program with the University of Texas System and briefly accepted a lectureship in Christian ethics at Baylor University, Waco, Texas. During then-U.S. Senator Johnson's unsuccessful bid for the 1960 Democratic U.S. presidential nomination, Moyers served as a top aide, and in the general campaign he acted as liaison between Democratic vice-presidential candidate Johnson and the Democratic presidential nominee, then-U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy.[2]

During the Kennedy Administration, Moyers was first appointed as associate director of public affairs for the newly created Peace Corps in 1961. He served as Deputy Director from 1962-63. When Lyndon B. Johnson took office after the Kennedy assassination, Moyers became a special assistant to Johnson, serving from 1963–1967. He played a key role in organizing and supervising the 1964 Great Society legislative task forces and was a principal architect of Johnson's 1964 presidential campaign. Moyers acted as the President's informal chief of staff from October 1964 until 1966. From July 1965 to February 1967, he also served as White House Press Secretary.

Source: Wikipedia.

In short, Morning Joe's not just a ginormous wanker, but an ill-informed one at that.

MaxBlumenthal While on Morning Joe I learned Sarah Palin was not really Republican and the GOP is controlled by rational people. http://tinyurl.com/nxprum

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"Joe was in denial and Mike claimed incredulously that Sarah Palin was not really a Republican. See below for links to all the polls I cited…" http://tinyurl.com/nxprum

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Max Blumenthal - Debating Joe Scarborough on Republican Radicalism
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I debate Joe Scarborough on the radical nature of the Republican Party. Joe was in denial and Mike claimed Sarah Palin wasn't really a Republican. Oh really?