3.13.2006

Media Criticism:

My favorite pundit is goming to UWGB - I urge everyone to come see how a real media critic works:

Author will speak on liberalism at UW-Green Bay
GREEN BAY-"How Did Liberalism Become a Four-Letter Word?" will be the topic for author Eric Alterman when he speaks at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 15 in the Christie Theater located in the University Union at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Alterman is the author of the best selling 2003 book, "What Liberal Media? The Truth About Bias and the News." "National Catholic Reporter" has described Alterman as "the most honest and incisive media critic writing today."
Alterman also had a bestseller with "The Book on Bush: How George W. Bush (Mis)Leads America" (2004). His most recent book is "When Presidents Lie: A History of Official Deception and Its Consequences," a historical examination of four specific post-World War II presidential lies.
Alterman is a professor of English at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, media columnist for "The Nation," the "Altercation" weblogger for MSNBC.com, and a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress where he writes and edits the "Think Again" column.
Alterman's book, "Sound and Fury: The Making of the Punditocracy," won the 1992 George Orwell Award, and "It Ain't No Sin to be Glad You're Alive: The Promise of Bruce Springsteen" won the 1999 Stephen Crane Award. Alterman lectures frequently, contributes to many national publications, and has been a columnist for "Worth," "Rolling Stone," "Mother Jones," and "The [London] Sunday Express."

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