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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><b>The Institute for Ethics in Public Life</b> <b>presents</b><span><span><b>
"Is the Mainstream Media Failing America?" a hybrid forum at 3:30pm on
Wednesday, April 17. Please join us at the Institute office (Hawkins
233) or via Zoom (see below) for this discussion. </b></span><br> <br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><span>With Professor Emeritus of Public Relations (and Director Emeritus of the Institute) Jonathan Slater.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Mainstream media <span>organizations </span>(MSM)
are increasingly being criticized for their coverage of American
politics. Issues raised include focusing on the "horse-race" dynamic
rather than the meaning of the election, a related fixation on
meaningless (and often misleading) polls, normalizing violent and
extreme rhetoric, failing to challenge disinformation and outright lies,
and uncritically accepting stories planted by political operatives. </span><br><span></span><br><span>In
some ways, this problem is not new. Conservatives began attacking the
MSM as "biased" decades ago, though that was as much a political
strategy as a sincere critique. To some extent those attacks did help
create the current moment, since they conditioned MSM organizations to
frame everything in equivalencies even when the two sides are not
equivalent. In addition, the well-staffed and funded newsrooms that were
able to conduct serious investigative reporting and develop real
expertise in politics and political issues have been largely eliminated
due to the search for profits.</span><br><span> </span><br><span>This forum will examine the role
being played by MSM in the current election and consider whether or not
it is failing to keep the American electorate informed. </span><br><span> </span><br><span>Daniel Lake is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Topic: Institute forum on the MSM and American politics</span><br><span>Time: Apr 17, 2024 03:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)</span><br><span></span><br><span>Join Zoom Meeting</span><br><span><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://plattsburgh.zoom.us/j/92781247327&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1711291485052280&usg=AOvVaw2fu6n-qomR0dl6cHjAVCvl" target="_blank">https://plattsburgh.zoom.us/j/92781247327</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>Meeting ID: 927 8124 7327</span>
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