Paper Tiger Television is a public-access television series created in 1981 by a New York–based media collective led by DeeDee Halleck. Produced with a low-budget, do-it-yourself aesthetic, the series features artists, scholars, and activists critically examining mainstream media, often by analyzing newspapers, magazines, or television content on camera. Distributed through public-access channels and grassroots networks, the program became an influential example of alternative media, promoting media literacy and challenging corporate control of information.
Hosted by journalist Bill Moyers, this short-lived PBS public-affairs program presented documentary reports, interviews, and town-hall discussions addressing major political and cultural issues. Broadcast in the early 1990s, the series gathered independent Moyers specials under a single banner.