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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum/"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=224 height=96 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CE312D.3B675480"></span></a></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>News or Entertainment? T<strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>he Press in Modern Political Campaigns</span></strong></span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thursday, April 11, 2013<br>5:00 - 7:00 p.m.<br><a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=E14" target="_blank">E14-633</a> <a name=abstract></a><br><br><span class=arial>In the 2012 presidential campaign, a handful of media outlets deployed "fact-checking" <br>divisions which reported the lies and distortions of the candidates. Some commentators <br>have argued that these truth-squads exposed the inadequacy of standard print and <br>broadcast coverage, much of which seems more like entertainment than news. This <br>forum will examine the changing role of the political media in the U.S. Is our political <br>journalism serving democratic and civic ideals? What do emerging technologies and the <br>proliferation of news sources mean for the future? </span><br><br><span class=arial><b>Speakers</b></span><a name=speakers></a><b><br><br></b><span class=arial><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/ta-nehisi-coates/#bio" target="_blank"><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ta-Nehisi Coates</span></strong></a> is a senior editor at </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Atlantic</span></em><span class=arial>, where he writes about culture, politics, <br>and social issues for TheAtlantic.com and the magazine. He is the author of the <br>memoir </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/book/29064/the-beautiful-struggle-by-ta-nehisi-coates" target="_blank">The Beautiful Struggle</a></span></em><span class=arial>.</span><br><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.hkstrategies.com/company/leadership/mark-mckinnon-0">Mark McKinnon</a></span></strong><span class=arial> is a senior advisor of Hill & Knowlton Strategies, an international communications <br>consultancy, a weekly columnist for </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Daily Beast</span></em><span class=arial> and </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The London Telegraph</span></em><span class=arial>, and is a <br>co-founder of the bipartisan group <a href="http://www.nolabels.org/" target="_new">No Labels</a>. As a political advisor, he has worked for many <br>causes, companies and candidates including former President George W. Bush and late former <span style='color:#1F497D'><br></span>Texas Governor Ann Richards.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Moderator:</span></em><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a href="http://sethmnookin.com/bio/">Seth Mnookin</a></span></strong><span class=arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> is the co-director of MIT’s Graduate Program in Science Writing <br>and author, most recently, of </span></span><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://sethmnookin.com/the-panic-virus/" target="_blank">The Panic Virus: The True Story Behind the Vaccine-Autism Controversy</a></span></em><span class=arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. <br>He is a contributing editor at </span></span><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Vanity Fair</span></em><span class=arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>All forums are free and open to the public.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>More information: <a href="http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum/">http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>----------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Brad Seawell<br>MIT Communications Forum<br>MIT 14N-430<br>77 Mass. 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