Noor Cultural Centre
    

David Barsamian: Media and Democracy

Feb 25th 2016

Media and Democracy 
With David Barsamian

David Barsamian

“Information,” Thomas Jefferson told us, “is the currency of democracy.” What is the impact on democracy when currency is owned, printed, packaged and distributed by a handful of megacorporations? Corporate control of media is at unprecedented levels. Bottom-line considerations dumb down the news and narrow the range of opinion. Politically, the powerful broadcasting lobby pretty much gets what it wants. But it is not enough to critique major media. The creation of an independent progressive alternative media is a bromide to the toxic waste produced by mainstream media.

Please join us for this lecture and discussion with renowned journalist David Barsamian, in conversation with Desmond Cole.

Date: Tuesday March 22, 2016
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Auditorium, Noor Cultural Centre
Admission: $10

One of America’s most tireless and wide-ranging investigative journalists, David Barsamian has altered the independent media landscape, both with his weekly radio show Alternative Radio – now in its 30th year – and his books with Noam Chomsky, Eqbal Ahmad, Howard Zinn, Tariq Ali, Richard Wolff, Arundhati Roy and Edward Said. His best-selling books with Chomsky have been translated into many languages. He is a winner of the Media Education Award, the ACLU’s Upton Sinclair Award for independent journalism, and the Cultural Freedom Fellowship from the Lannan Foundation. The Institute for Alternative Journalism named him one of its Top Ten Media Heroes. He is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center.

Desmond Cole is an activist, author and an award-winning freelance journalist. He is a weekly columnist at the Toronto Star, and his writing also appears in Torontoist, Walrus, NOW Magazine, VICE and Ethnic Aisle. He is currently working on his first book about the past and present experiences of black Canadians.






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