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People, Not Leaders, Drive Change - David Sirota Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/06/11/David_Sirota_The_American_Populist_Revolt Author David Sirota argues that the power to change society lies ultimately with the people themselves - not with their leaders. ----- David Sirota discusses The Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street & Washington. Job outsourcing. Perpetual busy signals at government agencies. Slashed paychecks. Stolen elections. A war without end, fatally mismanaged. Ordinary Americans on both the right and left had had it with corrupt politicians of both parties and are organizing to change the status quo. In his invigorating new book, David Sirota investigates whether this uprising can be transformed into a unified, lasting political movement. Sirota, the author of Hostile Takeover, is, Naomi Klein writes, "...a clearheaded and principled hell-raiser for economic justice" - Cody's Books David Sirota has taught management at Cornell, Yale, MIT, and Wharton Business School and was a study director at the University of Michigan's Institute of Social Research. His work has been featured in Fortune and The New York Times. Sirota holds a doctorate in social psychology from the University of Michigan. Tags: barack obama john mccain president election voters voting populism populists liberals social changes movements activism activists grassroots foratv |
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Partisan Challenges for McCain and Obama - Jenny Backus Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/05/28/Can_Bipartisanship_Be_Revived Democratic consultant Jenny Backus identifies potentially difficult issues either John McCain or Barack Obama may have as President when dealing with Congress. ----- The Bill Green Lecture Series memorializes Bill Green (1929-2002), who represented the East Side of Manhattan in Congress from 1978 to 1992. Rep. Green, a Democrat, was an independent thinker who frequently crossed the aisle to collaborate on critical issues such as the environment, urban policy, and affordable housing. He served as a trustee of The New School and a board member of Milano. This lecture series, which pays tribute to his deep commitment to bipartisanship, is generously funded by the Taconic Foundation, on whose board he also served - The New School Jenny Backus is a consultant and strategist for the Democratic Party (unaffiliated in the 2008 presidential race). Tags: barack obama john mccain bipartisan nonpartisan left right moderates center congress house senate politics voters foratv immigration senator ted kennedy |
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Is Bipartisanship Possible? - Barney Frank Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/06/05/The_Inaugural_Nelson_Polsby_Congressional_Conversation U.S. Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) argues that Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama's plans for a broad bipartisan coalition may not be realistic. ----- The inaugural Nelson W. Polsby Congressional Conversation will be hosted by Norm Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute and feature Representatives Barney Frank and Tom Davis. It is a candid conversation between prominent congressional leaders of opposing political interests on finding ways to build bridges, find solutions and govern effectively in a highly partisan environment. The Polsby series aims to honor the late Berkeley congressional scholar Nelson Polsby by enabling substantive discussion between politically opposed leaders. Polsby was noted for his ecumenical approach to divisive political issues and his efforts over many decades to expand our understanding of political institutions and to make them work better - The New Republic Barnett "Barney" Frank is an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives. He is a Democrat and has represented Massachusetts's 4th congressional district since 1981. The district includes many of Boston's southern suburbs--such as Brookline, Newton and Foxborough--as well as the South Coast. Tags: barack obama change democrats republicans democratic moderates center veto filibuster congress majority house senate left right foratv |
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Are the Olympics Affecting China on Human Rights? Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/06/18/Chinas_Olympic_Human_Rights_Challenges Human Rights Watch Media Director Minky Worden discusses whether recent international attention due to environmental disasters, economic growth, and the 2008 Olympics has affected China's positions on human rights. ----- As human rights emerge as a central concern around the 2008 Beijing Olympics, China's Great Leap: The Beijing Games and Olympian Human Rights Challenges examines China in transition today. When Beijing first sought to host the Olympics, China was still recovering from the upheavals of Maoist rule and adapting to a market revolution. How are Chinas leaders managing the Olympic process and the internal and external pressures for reform the Games are creating? China's Great Leap illuminates China's recent history through voices of leading China experts, and points to key areas for future reform. Join the book's editor, Minky Worden, and contributing writers Scott Greathead and Emily Parker for an evening of discussion, moderated by Jamie Metzl, Executive Vice President of the Asia Society - Asia Society As Media Director of Human Rights Watch, Minky Worden works with the world's journalists to help them cover crises, wars, human rights abuses and political developments in more than 70 countries worldwide.Before joining Human Rights Watch in 1998, Ms. Worden lived and worked in Hong Kong as an adviser to democratic party chairman Martin Lee and worked at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. as a speechwriter for the U.S. attorney general and in the executive office for US attorneys. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Ms. Worden speaks Cantonese and German and is an elected member of the Overseas Press Club's board of governors. She is the editor of China's Great Leap: The Beijing Games and Olympian Human Rights Challenges (Seven Stories, May 2008) and the co-editor of Torture (New Press, 2005). Tags: beijing 2008 games rights free press speech freedom great firewall chinese earthquake tibet internet censorship media |
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Fighting Terrorism "Indirectly" - Thomas Henriksen Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/06/11/Thomas_Henriksen_American_Power_After_the_Berlin_Wall Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Thomas Henriksen argues that indirect diplomatic and military support are a more effective strategy for fighting terrorism abroad than are large-scale military actions. ----- Since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the United States has been involved in a string of conflicts, from the Persian Gulf War to Panama, Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan and the Iraq war. What are the connections between these various interventions? What common themes emerge through analysis? What missteps were made? Henriksen notes the use of containment, interventions, regime changes, and even humanitarian assistance as responses to rogue states, civil strife, and militant Islam. He will also analyze the transformation from Washington's stability-first policy to its democracy-promotion agenda in the Middle East, which threatens this crucial region with instability, he says, necessitating a new grand strategy to confront terrorism - The Commonwealth Club of California Thomas H. Henriksen is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. His current research focuses on American foreign policy in the post-Cold War world, international political affairs, and national defense. Henriksen specializes in the study of U.S. diplomatic and military courses of action toward terrorist havens, such as Afghanistan, and the so-called rogue states, including North Korea, Iraq, and Iran. He also concentrates on armed and covert interventions abroad. Henriksen's most recent book is American Power after the Berlin Wall (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007), which examines for the first time, in a single volume, U.S. foreign policy from 1989 to the present through the prism of Americas interventions around the world. Tags: iraq occupation troops neocons neoconservative foreign policy diplomacy terrorists al qaeda democracy democratic foratv |
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Investigating Tainted Food Outbreaks - Andrew von Eschenbach Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/06/10/Dr_Andrew_von_Eschenbach_Modernizing_the_FDA Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Andrew von Eschenbach discusses how the FDA investigates cases of widespread food contamination, such as the Salmonella-tainted tomato scare in the summer of 2008. ----- With Congress pushing for faster approval of new medications and federal coffers shrinking, the FDA is facing tough challenges. Hear what lies ahead for the agency and the future of consumer safety. Von Eschenbach leads the nation's premiere consumer protection and health agency, with regulated products that account for more than 20 percent of consumer spending. As the former director of the National Cancer Institute, von Eschenbach is a nationally recognized urologic surgeon and oncologist - The Commonwealth Club of California Andrew C. von Eschenbach, M.D., was sworn in as the 20th commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on December 13, 2006. As commissioner, he leads the nation's premiere consumer protection and health agency, regulating products that account for more than 20% of consumer spending.As the former Director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), Dr. von Eschenbach is a nationally recognized urologic surgeon and oncologist. Tags: salmonella samanella ecoli e-coli bacteria viruses recall recalled fruit vegetables tomatoes jalapeno peppers crops food drug administration fda foratv |
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Henry Kissinger on War and Dissent Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/04/21/Uncommon_Knowledge_Henry_Kissinger Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger gives his perspective on warfare and anti-war dissent. ----- Henry Kissinger discusses war and more with Peter Robinson as part of the Hoover Institution's interview series, Uncommon Knowledge. War and the media - the two have not partnered so well since Vietnam. But in the days of the Internet, conservative talk radio, and Fox News, has the dynamic changed? Kissinger says only a bit, and that the media remain heavily biased against military action. Additionally, the 1960s concept that the U.S. government is somehow an evil enterprise is alive and well. In this environment, Kissinger says our leaders need to present a clearer and more educated vision of the American role in the world - Hoover Institution Henry Alfred Kissinger was the 56th Secretary of State of the United States from 1973 to 1977, continuing to hold the position of Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs which he first assumed in 1969 until 1975. After leaving government service, he founded Kissinger Associates, an international consulting firm, of which he is chairman. Peter M. Robinson is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, where he writes about business and politics, edits Hoover's quarterly journal, the Hoover Digest, and hosts Hoover's television program, Uncommon Knowledge. Robinson is also the author of three books: How Ronald Reagan Changed My Life; It's My Party: A Republican's Messy Love Affair with the GOP; and the best-selling business book Snapshots from Hell: The Making of an MB. Tags: iraq 911 wmd weapons mass destruction george bush donald rumsfeld neocons neoconservatives vietnam nixon protests government power criminal trial foratv |
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Henry Kissinger - China as a Rising Power Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/04/21/Uncommon_Knowledge_Henry_Kissinger Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger discusses the long-term implications of Chinese economic and political growth for United States security. ----- Henry Kissinger discusses war and more with Peter Robinson as part of the Hoover Institution's interview series, Uncommon Knowledge. War and the media - the two have not partnered so well since Vietnam. But in the days of the Internet, conservative talk radio, and Fox News, has the dynamic changed? Kissinger says only a bit, and that the media remain heavily biased against military action. Additionally, the 1960s concept that the U.S. government is somehow an evil enterprise is alive and well. In this environment, Kissinger says our leaders need to present a clearer and more educated vision of the American role in the world - Hoover Institution Henry Alfred Kissinger was the 56th Secretary of State of the United States from 1973 to 1977, continuing to hold the position of Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs which he first assumed in 1969 until 1975. After leaving government service, he founded Kissinger Associates, an international consulting firm, of which he is chairman. Peter M. Robinson is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, where he writes about business and politics, edits Hoover's quarterly journal, the Hoover Digest, and hosts Hoover's television program, Uncommon Knowledge. Robinson is also the author of three books: How Ronald Reagan Changed My Life; It's My Party: A Republican's Messy Love Affair with the GOP; and the best-selling business book Snapshots from Hell: The Making of an MB. Tags: china chinese growth economy global world superpower gdp foreign policy wealth government beijing economics india foratv nixon mao |
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George H.W. Bush at the CIA - Tim Weiner Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/06/05/Tim_Weiner_Discusses_the_History_of_the_CIA Journalist Tim Weiner discusses future President George H.W. Bush's appointment to Director of Central Intelligence under Gerald Ford. ----- In his balanced, and thus all the more disturbing, history of the CIA, Tim Weiner tells how an agency intended to inform the President about the world became so mired in cloak and dagger politics that the US now lacks the intelligence it needs to operate effectively on the world stage. Why is it that the agency intended to provide us with intelligence about the world became a tool to shape our perception of that world for political purposes? Why, for decades, did the agency acquire a shining reputation despite misreading nearly every global crisis? How did the CIA misread Castro's Cuba, chances of victory in Vietnam, and the Soviet Union's staying power? Mr. Weiner argues that these C.I.A. missteps have encouraged many of our gravest contemporary problems: Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, and terrorism - World Affairs Council of Oregon Tim Weiner is a reporter for The New York Times. He has written on American intelligence for twenty years, and won the Pulitzer Prize for his work on secret national security programs. He has traveled to Afghanistan and other nations to investigate CIA covert operations firsthand. Tags: bush 41 agency nixon watergate donald rumsfeld defense secretary ford history united states government skull bones fbi spy spies foratv |
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Scott McClellan on "Selling the War to the American People" Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/06/24/Scott_McClellan_What_Happened Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan criticizes the Bush Administration's conduct in the run-up to the Iraq war, for conducting what he describes as a "political marketing campaign" designed to "sell the war to the American people." ----- Formerly a member of Bush's select, loyal inner circle, McClellan will speak with rare candor about his experiences as press secretary during the first three years of the Iraq War, one of the most challenging and contentious periods of recent U.S. history, as well as where he thinks the president and his top aides veered off course, and the lessons the American people need to learn as they choose a new leader - The Commonwealth Club of California Scott McClellan is a former White House Press Secretary (2003-2006) for President George W. Bush. He replaced Ari Fleischer as press secretary in July 2003 and served until replaced by Tony Snow on April 26, 2006. As Assistant to the President and White House Press Secretary, Scott McClellan served as the primary spokesperson for the President and delivered the daily White House briefing. Prior to joining the White House staff, he served as the traveling press secretary for the Bush-Cheney 2000 campaign. Mr. McClellan began working as a gubernatorial spokesman for then-Governor Bush in early 1999. Previously, he served as chief of staff to a Texas state senator, worked on grassroots issue outreach in Texas, and managed three successful campaigns for statewide office. Mr. McClellan is a native of Austin, Texas. He received his bachelor's degree in government from the University of Texas. Tags: iraq saddam hussein president bush rumsfeld rove neocons powell political propaganda news media politics support foratv |
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Scott McClellan on Losing Trust in Bush Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/06/24/Scott_McClellan_What_Happened Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan discusses how his disillusionment towards the Iraq war affected his relationship with President George W. Bush. ----- Formerly a member of Bush's select, loyal inner circle, McClellan will speak with rare candor about his experiences as press secretary during the first three years of the Iraq War, one of the most challenging and contentious periods of recent U.S. history, as well as where he thinks the president and his top aides veered off course, and the lessons the American people need to learn as they choose a new leader - The Commonwealth Club of California Scott McClellan is a former White House Press Secretary (2003-2006) for President George W. Bush. He replaced Ari Fleischer as press secretary in July 2003 and served until replaced by Tony Snow on April 26, 2006. As Assistant to the President and White House Press Secretary, Scott McClellan served as the primary spokesperson for the President and delivered the daily White House briefing. Prior to joining the White House staff, he served as the traveling press secretary for the Bush-Cheney 2000 campaign. Mr. McClellan began working as a gubernatorial spokesman for then-Governor Bush in early 1999. Previously, he served as chief of staff to a Texas state senator, worked on grassroots issue outreach in Texas, and managed three successful campaigns for statewide office. Mr. McClellan is a native of Austin, Texas. He received his bachelor's degree in government from the University of Texas. Tags: iraq iraqis pre war invasion intelligence rove powell rumsfeld preemptive strike hussein bush administration media governor texas foratv bipartisan |
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The Psychology of the Job Interview - Rom Brafman Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/06/12/Sway_The_Irresistible_Pull_of_Irrational_Behavior Psychologist Rom Brafman argues that employers often ask the wrong kind of questions at job interviews, and blames an over-reliance on our ability to evaluate new people as the cause. ----- Why is it so difficult to sell a plummeting stock or end a doomed relationship? Why do we listen to advice just because it came from someone "important"? Why are we more likely to fall in love when there's danger involved? In Sway, renowned organizational thinker Ori Brafman and his brother, psychologist Rom Brafman, answer all these questions and more - Book Passage Rom Brafman holds a PhD in psychology and has taught university courses in personality and personal growth.His current research interests focus on the dynamics of interpersonal relationships. He has a private practice in Palo Alto, California. Tags: employers employees hiring hires jobs interviews interviewing potential candidates business managers management foratv |
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FORA.tv Office Tour Join Nick Ryan as he goes behind-the-scenes at FORA.tv's San Francisco headquarters, meets FORA.tv staff, and takes a brief tour of the city skyline as seen from the office roof. FORA.tv is located at 1550 Bryant Street, in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood. For a tour of the FORA.tv website, visit: http://fora.tv/2008/04/08/FORAtv_tour For more about FORA.tv: http://fora.tv/aboutfora Tags: foratv fora tv tours news media company video website web 2.0 internet jobs corporation building hamm hamm's brewery beer sf california ca san francisco soma district bay bridge city blog blogging vlog backstage |
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The Provence Goat Cheese Test - Georganne Brennan Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/06/21/Georgeanne_Brennan_A_Pig_in_Provence Award-winning food writer Georganne Brennan recalls her first successful attempts at making goat cheese in a small village in Provence, France. ----- Georgeanne Brennan talks about A Pig in Provence. Thirty years ago, this award-winning author and her family set out to realize the dream of a peaceful, rural existence. This evocative and passionate memoir -- filled with delicious recipes and local color -- describes her life cooking and living in the South of France - Book Passage Georgeanne Brennan is winner of both Julia Child and James Beard cookbook awards and has written over a dozen books on cooking and gardening.A writer and columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle and regular contributor to numerous other publications, she divides her time between her Northern California farm and her home in the Provence region of France. Tags: food french cooking chef cookbook recipe fromage chevre cheeses author writer critic eating france goats milk foratv |
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Would Jesus Support Gay Marriage? - Peter Gomes Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/06/15/Peter_J_Gomes_The_Scandalous_Gospel_of_Jesus Baptist Minister Rev. Peter Gomes discusses why he believes Jesus would have supported the idea of gay marriage. ----- "What did Jesus preach?" asks Harvard pastor Peter J. Gomes, who believes that excessive focus on the Bible and doctrines about Jesus have led the Christian church astray. To recover the transformative power of the gospel - "the good news" - Gomes says we must go beyond the Bible and rediscover how to live out Jesus's original revolutionary message of hope. With eloquence and insight, using examples from ancient times as well as modern pop culture, Gomes shows us why the good news is every bit as relevant today as it was when first preached - Grace Cathedral The Reverend Professor Peter J. Gomes is an American Baptist minister ordained to the Christian Ministry by The First Baptist Church of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Since 1970 he has served in The Memorial Church, Harvard University; and since 1974 as Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in The Memorial Church. His most recent work, The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus, includes extensive commentary and observation on the interrelations of Church and State throughout history and particularly in recent US history. Alan Jones, Ph.D., has been dean of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco since 1985. Jones was formerly the director of the Center for Christian Spirituality and Stephen F. Bayne Professor of Ascetical Theology at General Theological Seminary in New York City. Born and educated in England, Jones was also on the staff of Trinity Institute of Wall Street's Trinity Church. He became a citizen of the United States in 1975.Jones is the author of several books, most notably, Soul Making, The Desert Way of Spirituality, Passion for Pilgrimage and most recently, The Soul's Journey: Exploring the Three Passages of the Spiritual Life with Dante as a Guide. Tags: gays marriage california vote voting voters legal law red letter christians christianity gospels scripture bible foratv divorce |
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Salman Rushdie - Machiavelli's Bad Rap Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/06/18/A_Conversation_with_Salman_Rushdie Award-winning novelist Salman Rushdie discusses Niccolo Machiavelli, arguing that the infamous Italian political philosopher does not deserve the bad reputation he is often given by popular culture. ----- Born in Mumbai, India, Salman Rushdie is an outspoken novelist. After a decade working as an ad copywriter, Rushdie had a breakthrough with the publication of his second book, Midnight's Children. The book received critical acclaim and was awarded the Booker Prize in 1981. His latest novel, The Enchantress of Florence, about a bewitching Moghul princess and her Florentine exploits with such historical characters as Machiavelli, is due out this June - City Arts & Lectures Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is an Indian-British novelist and essayist. He first achieved fame with his second novel, Midnight's Children (1981), which won the Booker Prize.Much of his early fiction is set at least partly on the Indian subcontinent. His style is often classified as magical realism, while a dominant theme of his work is the story of the many connections, disruptions, and migrations between the Eastern and Western worlds. His fourth novel, The Satanic Verses (1988), led to protests from Muslims in several countries, some of which were violent. Faced with death threats and a fatwā (religious edict) issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, then Supreme Leader of Iran, which called for him to be killed, he spent nearly a decade largely underground, appearing in public only sporadically. In June 2007, Rushdie was appointed a Knight Bachelor for services to literature. In 2007, he began a five-year term as distinguished writer in residence at Emory University. Tags: machiavelli italy il duche prince emperor politics political power fascism fascist philosophy philosophers writer foratv |
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Neal Stephenson - "We Are All Geeks Now." Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/05/08/Neal_Stephenson_Science_Fiction_as_a_Literary_Genre Bestselling author Neal Stephenson discusses the popularity of science-fiction as a genre, arguing that "we are all geeks now." ----- Neal Stephenson delivered a talk entitled The Fork: Science Fiction versus Mundane Culture at Gresham College. Four professors discuss the origins of science fiction, its overlap with other genres and its developments over more than a century. Neal Stephenson is the best-selling author of such novels as Snow Crash, The Diamond Age, Cryptonomicon, and The Baroque Cycle. He is best know for writing science fiction (in the postcyberpunk genre) and his interests often lead him into investigations of society, mathematics, cryptology, currency and the history of science. Tags: sci fi scifi sf science fiction popular nerds genre generic fantasy speculative tv show movies snow crash cryptonomicon |
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Salman Rushdie - Great Art about 9/11? Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/06/18/A_Conversation_with_Salman_Rushdie Bestselling Author Salman Rushdie discusses what he feels is a lack of great literature or other creative works about September 11, 2001. ----- Born in Mumbai, India, Salman Rushdie is an outspoken novelist. After a decade working as an ad copywriter, Rushdie had a breakthrough with the publication of his second book, Midnight's Children. The book received critical acclaim and was awarded the Booker Prize in 1981. His latest novel, The Enchantress of Florence, about a bewitching Moghul princess and her Florentine exploits with such historical characters as Machiavelli, is due out this June - City Arts & Lectures Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is an Indian-British novelist and essayist. He first achieved fame with his second novel, Midnight's Children (1981), which won the Booker Prize.Much of his early fiction is set at least partly on the Indian subcontinent. His style is often classified as magical realism, while a dominant theme of his work is the story of the many connections, disruptions, and migrations between the Eastern and Western worlds. His fourth novel, The Satanic Verses (1988), led to protests from Muslims in several countries, some of which were violent. Faced with death threats and a fatwā (religious edict) issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, then Supreme Leader of Iran, which called for him to be killed, he spent nearly a decade largely underground, appearing in public only sporadically. In June 2007, Rushdie was appointed a Knight Bachelor for services to literature. In 2007, he began a five-year term as distinguished writer in residence at Emory University. Tags: september 11 2001 911 wtc world trade center attacks movies films books novels writer writing foratv |
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Neal Stephenson on Sci-Fi / Fantasy Actors Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/05/08/Neal_Stephenson_Science_Fiction_as_a_Literary_Genre Bestselling author Neal Stephenson theorizes on why "niche" science-fiction / fantasy actors like Lucy Lawless, Hugo Weaving and Leonard Nimoy so often end up cast in these types of roles. ----- Neal Stephenson delivered a talk entitled The Fork: Science Fiction versus Mundane Culture at Gresham College. Four professors discuss the origins of science fiction, its overlap with other genres and its developments over more than a century. Neal Stephenson is the best-selling author of such novels as Snow Crash, The Diamond Age, Cryptonomicon, and The Baroque Cycle. He is best know for writing science fiction (in the postcyberpunk genre) and his interests often lead him into investigations of society, mathematics, cryptology, currency and the history of science. Tags: science fiction fantasy acting movies tv shows spock star trek xena warrior princess matrix elrond sf genre generic |
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On Writing About Africa - Charlayne Hunter-Gault Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/11/07/Solutions_The_Future_Political_Landscape Award-winning journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault criticizes racist and sensationalist reporting on Africa. ----- On the 60th anniversary of Orwell's Politics and the English Language, George Orwell described political speech as consisting "largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness." Some six decades later, many symptoms of manipulation and propaganda diagnosed by Orwell persist on the American political landscape, along with new disinformation techniques enabled by modern technology. Historians, scientists, philosophers, linguists, cognitive experts, journalists, image-makers, and public figures will debate in three separate sessions the current state of political discourse - and journalism's response to it - on the dawn of a bitterly contested presidential campaign - NYPL Charlayne Hunter-Gault is a journalist, having worked with CNN, NPR, and PBS. She was the first African American woman admitted to or graduated from the University of Georgia. She is also the author of the autobiography In My Place, which reflects on African American life in the 1940s and 50s and the civil rights movement of the 50s and 60s. Charlayne Hunter-Gault recently left her post as CNN's Johannesburg bureau chief and correspondent, which she had held since 1999, to pursue independent projects. Before joining CNN, she worked from Johannesburg as the chief correspondent in Africa for NPR from 1997 to 1999. Hunter-Gault was the chief national correspondent for the Newshour with Jim Lehrer on PBS from 1983 to 1997. She had joined the MacNeil/Lehrer Report in 1978 as a correspondent. In 1989, she was also the correspondent for MacNeil/Lehrer Productions' five-part series, "Learning in America." During her tenure at the NewsHour, she won two Emmys and a Peabody for excellence in broadcast journalism for her work on the series "Apartheid's People." She also received the 1986 Journalist of the Year Award from the National Association of Black Journalists. Tags: africa africans racist reporting reporters journalism journalists news media excerpt quote race black white bias foratv |
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