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    Examining Blackwater
    Bill Moyers Journal
    t r u t h o u t | Programming Note

    Airdate: Friday, October 19, 2007, at 9 p.m. EDT on PBS.
    (Check local listings at http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/about/airdates.html.)

Blackwater's top gun Erik Prince has been spinning the security firm's story this week in a PR offensive. Bill Moyers asks why the press is buying it and interviews journalist and author Jeremy Scahill, who helps separate the spin from the reality.

    Blackwater CEO Erik Prince has been on a PR offensive this week, appearing on television to answer questions about his security firm Blackwater and its involvement in the shooting deaths of Iraqi civilians. Why is the press buying it? Bill Moyers interviews journalist Jeremy Scahill to help separate the spin from the reality. Scahill is an award-winning investigative journalist and the author of the bestselling book, "Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army." Also on the program, Moyers interviews Katherine S. Newman, author of "The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America," about the millions in America who, despite decent wages, are just out of reach of public assistance and one disaster away from poverty.