WHAT:
When Checks and Balances Fail: The Media and Civil Liberties in the 2008 Election
WHO:
Eric Alterman, The Nation
Ellen Hume, MIT Center for Future Civic Media
Callie Crossley, Program Manager for the Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Harvard Univ.
Emcee: Barry Nolan, veteran TV journalist
WHEN:
Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008, 6 – 8 p.m.
WHERE:
Boston Public Library
700 Boylston Street, Copley Square, Rabb Lecture Hall
Questions to be discussed include: why isn’t the media doing a better job of covering civil liberties issues, what does it mean that the media itself has come under attack when doing its job, and where can we find the best coverage of key constitutional issues? The event is held in honor of Constitution Day on Sept. 17, and is free and open to the public.
For more information, go to:
http://www.aclum.org/events
…to have it on the evening of our state primary election? I suspect a lot of people are committed to working campaigns who would have liked to attend.
but we couldn’t get the day we wanted.