To commemorate Abraham Lincoln’s bicentennial birthday, Bill Moyers sits down with Eric Foner, author of Our Lincoln: New Perspectives on Lincoln and His World, in this edition of the Journal to discuss the evolution of Lincoln’s image from politician to icon. In addition, Moyers explores the question of how well journalism has responded to the task of getting to the truth and informing the public in an increasingly political media environment with PressThink blogger Jay Rosen and Salon.com blogger Glenn Greenwald. The program concludes with an essay on the need to channel the renowned empathy of Lincoln into political will that helps ordinary people caught in the undertow of America’s economic meltdown. Broadcast date: February 6, 2009. (57 minutes)