Original sentence: He claims when Bill Moyers retired from PBS the press did not describe Moyers as a liberal, but "[i]f I retire, from THIS program, the word conservative would be used 18 times..."
Edited sentence: He points out that when liberal "poster boy" Bill Moyers retired from PBS the press did not describe him as such, but "[i]f I retire, from THIS program, the word conservative would be used 18 times..."