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Media and Politics
Can American Media be Saved? Can American Politics be fixed?
James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic, former speechwriter for President Carter, U of C Vare Writer in Residence
Rick Perlstein, senior fellow at the Campaign for America’s Future, former correspondent for the Village Voice and The New Republic, author of books on Barry Goldwater and Richard Nixon
Thomas Geoghegan, former contributing editor for The New Republic, energy official in the Carter Administration, labor attorney, activist, and recent aspirant to fill the Congressional seat vacated by Rahm Emmanuel.
Wednesday, May 26th, 7 PM, Social Sciences 122.
