“21st Century Media: Bursting the News Bubble.“
A special online discussion of current issues in today’s news media.
Sunday, Feb 28th at 8:45am. L.I. Media Task Force online presentation to UU congregation in Winston-Salem, NC. Pre-Registration required.
Join us by signing up here –> https://uufws.org/virtual-forum
Our founding fathers recognized that democracy can’t survive without a vibrant, free press that gives its citizenry what’s essential to know. But what’s delivered as news today has changed radically since our country’s founding.
What went wrong? How did modern media become such a divisive arena, being driven by clickbait and news bubbles? And how can we move beyond it?
Interview with Chuck Lavine, NYS Legislator
On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, New York State Assemblyman Charles “Chuck” Lavine discusses the relationship between government and the media with Nancy Oley of the Long Island Media Task Force. Focusing on Long Island, he describes sources for development of legislation and constituent messaging, the successes and failures of local media, the pluses and minuses of social media, fake news, bias in content and coverage, missed stories, net neutrality, protection of journalists, and the case of Julian Assange. Assemblyman Lavine sponsored a resolution commemorating May 3, 2019, as World Press Freedom Day in New York State.