Bill Moyer gave the keynote speech at the National Conference for Media Reform in Minneapolis this morning. This is an excellent speech on the importance of a free press in a free society, not a media monopolized by a few corporate giants. Watch it.

Bravo, Bill, Bravo!

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In other areas of opinion and politics, John Scalzi writes on Hilary Clinton's concession speech today:

"People have hinted that Obama needs to avoid having Clinton as VP to avoid being tied to the Clinton legacy, but it's really the other way around: I'm not sure why Hillary would want to tie herself to Obama's legacy and policies so concretely when she has so many opportunities now to stand on her own. She's was second banana to another man for years; it's not trading up to be the second banana to another. Let Hillary be Hillary now, on her own, in her own spotlight, and let's see where she goes from here."

As other folks have noted, previous to Mr. Scalzi, rather than this being a loss for Hilary, she now has the opportunity to carve her own path.

Now if only Michelle Obama would run for President...