Bill Maires, a former White House assistant who turned into a journalist who became a record quality holder on TV news, died on Thursday in New York. It was 91.
William Ibn Muyers said to Associated Press His father died at the Memorial Celong Hospital after a long illness.
Mi’ors began his TV career in 1971 during the early years of a TV program after he worked as a pioneering advisor and press secretary of President Johnson. He spent 10 years in two periods in CBS News in the 1970s and 1980s. He was the editor and head of the correspondent of “CBS Reports”, the prestigious documentary series of the network, and an analyst for “CBS EVINing News”.
He also played as a commentator on “NBC Nightly News” and was a host of the MSNBC “Insight” program in 1996.
But MYEERS was often disappointed by companies owned by companies and returned to a non -commercial TV program every time.
In PBS, “Bill Moyers Journal” was the first news program in the service, which was launched in 1972 just as the Watergate scandal was heating. He often examined his documentary films and series, which included “Now with Bill Muyers” and the “Mys & Company” program, complex issues and presented a serious discussion. He won the best prizes in TV press, including more than 30 Emmy Awards. His final PBS program was broadcast in 2013.
Mi’irz made a star after his death from the professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College with the 1988 PBS series, entitled “Joseph Campbell and the power of legend”, which is an exploration of religious and legendary models. The series was watched by 30 million viewers.
The 2006 “Faith and Reason” series, where Mi’irz met authors about the role of religion in their lives, of the type of programming that characterized public television, so that the audience had more viewing options on the cable.
Mi’irz also directed difficult investigation programs such as the “secret government”, a deep diving in the Iran Contra scandal during the Reagan administration. He often focused on the impact of money on the nation’s policy.
Among the believers in liberal reasons, Mairez exacerbated the republican administrations, which often cited his programs when they accused PBS of bias and tried to reduce their federal funding.
PBS Paula Kerger, Who worked closely with Mirez for decades, he said he always embodies the aspirations of public television.
“Bell has always been of service: as a journalist, his teacher and a fierce hero for PBS,” Kerger said in a statement. “He fought for excellence and honesty in our public discourse, and he was always ready to take over the most important issues of the day with curiosity and mercy.”
Mawers was born on June 5, 1934 in Hugo, Okla, the son of an earthen farmer and a day worker. He attended the high school in Marshall, Texas, where he covered sport in the local newspaper.
After graduating from the University of Texas, he obtained a master’s degree in divinity from the South Western School of Maadiaan Theological and became a minister. He preached in small rural churches.
While he was in the college, he established a relationship with Johnson, who rented him to work in his 1954 campaign for his re -election to the US Senate. He worked as a news editor for KTBC radio and television, Austin, Texas, ports owned by Johnson’s wife, Lady Bird.
Mi’ors grabbed Johnson when Senator was elected as Vice President of John F. Kennedy, to become his personal assistant and then served as deputy director of the Peace Corps.
After Johnson had the right as president on November 22, 1963, after the assassination of Kennedy, Mi’irz also climbed. Johnson Assistant was the highest with a wide range of duties, including press secretary.
According to the 1965 definition file in Time Journal, Mysers were a major figure in collecting ambitious local policy initiatives known as the Great Society. He legislate legislation and edited and polished the work of the book of speech in Johnson.
When Johnson has undergone anesthesia for the bitter bladder, MYERS was granted responsible for determining whether the head of the will Hoppers Humphrey should take over the president’s powers in the event of a crisis.
Mirages had a major impact on political communication when in 1964 he created a “Daisi” declaration of Johnson’s presidential campaign.
Advertisement A girl who is counted with petals to pull from Daisi Mix the countdown to the launch of nuclear missiles. Mi’irz expressed his regret on this place – an attack on Barry Golduto’s view of the Republican opponent of Johnson on the use of nuclear weapons. It was believed that the use of visceral images harmed the country’s long -term policy.
Mairez left the White House in Johnson in 1967 when he was absent from the escalation of the Vietnam War. He went to become a publisher of The Long Island, New York, NewSday, which raised his position in the press industry, before his first time on a TV program.
When he joined a TV program in 1986, his production company was formed called Public Affairs TV.
The delivery of Mi’irz preachers and his focus on high moral standards in his comments has criticized it as a religious reprimand. But as cable news brought a more noisy style in the current affairs discussions of the TV, Mi’irz’s gentle approach was an oasis for many.
Neil Japler wrote that his mission has always made things better, not a louder voice. Mi’irz estimate For the Times in 2009.
Mi’irz survived his wife, Judith. Three children, Susan Mairez, John des Miires and William Kobe Maires; Six grandchildren and great granddaughters.
