In 2016, the Oxford English Dictionary named “post-truth” its international word of the year, while the phrases “alternative facts” and “fake news” continue to haunt news media. Former editor of The Nation and veteran journalist Victor Navasky, University of Missouri journalism professor Tom Warhover and journalist Lewis Wallace discuss media objectivity, neutrality and opinion in a political and cultural era where emotional appeals are in constant tension with objective facts at a Hammer Forum on Tuesday, June 6, at 7:30 p.m.
The discussion will be held in the Billy Wilder Theater, and will be moderated by political theorist Ainsley LeSure, assistant professor in politics at Occidental College.
All Hammer programs are free and open to the public. You can find more information regarding this event here.
