For those of you in and around NYC, there's a great event tonight happening at the Tank. Our friends at Reading Liberally present a roundtable discussion with Eric Boehlert, Rachel Sklar and Jeffrey Feldman titled "Outright Barbarous: The Right-Wing Media, Politics and the 2008 Presidential Election."
As we head into the final phase of the 2008 presidential election, how will the words, practice, and personalities in the media shape our national debate? What trends should we look for? What pitfalls lay ahead on the right and the left? How will this election impact the course of American political media for the next 4 years?
Join us for a roundtable discussion with three nationally-recognized experts at the forefront of the hotly-contested debate on media and politics.
As a journalist, blogger for Media Matters and critically acclaimed author of Ladogs: How The Press Rolled Over for Bush, Eric Boehlert is a leading observer on the complex and troubling relationship between media and government.
Media Editor of The Huffington Post and contributor to The New York Times and The Village Voice, Rachel Sklar engages daily with question of ethical standards in an age of broadcast politics.
An expert on language and communication, Jeffrey Feldman's new book Outright Barbarous: How the Violent Language of the Right Poisons American Democracy, examines how the conservative punditry undermines American deliberative democracy.
Sounds like a great discussion. Hope to see you there!
The Tank, 279 Church Street between Franklin and White, New York, New York.
Subway: A, C, E, J, M, Z, N, Q, R, W, Z, or 6 to Canal Street, 1 to Franklin Street
Date: Tonight
Time: 7:30 pm. FREE |
