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Conversation Series: Broken Politics, Mixed-Up Media

Monday, October 17, 2011 from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM (ET)

Washington, DC

Conversation Series: Broken Politics, Mixed-Up Media

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GW’s School of Media and Public Affairs in association with
GW's College Republicans and College Democrats present
  SMPA Director Frank Sesno’s October Conversation Series Discussion


Broken Politics, Mixed-Up Media:
Can This Be Fixed?
 
 The debt crisis. The rise of the Tea Party.  The “debate” about global warming. 
Consensus has gone AWOL.
 
Can politics and media find the center, or have the spin zones pushed everyone to the extremes? 

This Conversation Series event will explore the precarious state of American politics and the impact of changes in the media with:

 


Dana Bash

 

Bob Bennett

Dana Bash (B.A. '93,
Political Communication)
Congressional Correspondent
CNN
  

Robert Bennett, former U.S. Senator  (R-UT), 2011 SMPA Distinguished Fellow

Harold Ford

 John Sides

 Harold Ford Jr., former U.S. Congressman (D-TN), analyst, Morning Joe, MSNBC  John Sides, Associate Professor of Political Science at GW  

 

Monday, October 17, 2011
Doors open 6:00 p.m. Program Begins 6:30 p.m.

 Jack Morton Auditorium
805 21st Street, NW, Washington DC 20052

 

 Event is free and open to the public. Seating will be available on a first-to-arrive, first-seated system, so please arrive early.

 

Submit your question for the Conversation

 

Follow the event live on Twitter or submit a question during the discussion

by using the hashtag #brokenpolitics.

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A conservative Senator ousted in the primary by a Tea Party opponent, Bennett has seen first-hand how political moderation is endangered.

Bash has a front-row seat to the collision of politics, policy and media.
 
Ford has lived on both sides, in the political battles and in the increasingly vitriolic news industry.

Sides studies public opinion and political campaigns and is a founder of “The Monkey Cage,” an award-winning blog about political science and politics.

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Jack Morton Auditorium
805 21st Street, NW
Ground Floor
Washington, DC 20052

Monday, October 17, 2011 from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM (ET)


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The School of Media and Public Affairs is an established thought leader for teaching and research in the areas of political communication, journalism, global information and media studies, and documentary filmmaking. We have pioneered two of those fields, offering Journalism classes since 1938 and establishing the world’s first Political Communication major in 1982.  Our classes are taught by full-time professors and successful adjunct professionals with recognized reputations in their field and a dedication to publishing with and mentoring our student body.

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