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Future of Journalism in a Polarized World at CLE Lecture Hall
With thirty years directing programming for NBC News, Jeffrey Blount is uniquely positioned to explain the origins of these developments, discuss the consequences for democracy, and offer ideas for correcting, or at least mitigating the problems they pose to democracy. In this Q & A presentation, Mr. Blount will touch on a wide variety of issues: the Founders’ vision of the role of the free press in a democracy; the consequences of the adoption by TV and radio of the “entertainment” business model; the common use of “both sides,” “horse-race” and “false equivalence” political coverage rather than substantive policy analysis; the role of unconscious bias; how journalists do or should cover matters of social justice and “culture war” controversies. Join us for a lively discussion of these issues and come prepared with questions.
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