george orwell
April 2008 
Orwell Comes To America November 7th at the NYPL!!
Posted on Nov 6th, 2007
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Bridjet
Bridjet
TITLE: There You Go Again: Orwell Comes to America
TEASER: Top experts, journalists and luminaries to debate politics and propaganda at the New York Public Library.
BODY: When George Orwell wrote the influential essay “Politics and the English Language” 60 years ago, he must have foreseen the ever-widening gulf between truth and politics in America. On November 7th a major public conference is being held at the Celeste Bartos Forum presented by Live at the NYPL in collaboration with three leading journalism schools, UC Berkley, Columbia and USC’s Annenberg School of Communication, with support from the Open Society Institute. This conference will feature George Soros, political consultants Frank Luntz, George Lakoff and Drew Westen, FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps along with many other influential commentators, inspired by Orwell’s essay. The panelists will explore the past and present of political propaganda, the latest developments in political communication and manipulation, addressing the role of the media and if an honest public debate is promoted. This conference will launch a new anthology titled What Orwell Didn’t Know: Propaganda and the New Face of American Politics, published by PublicAffairs, featuring original essays by Mark Danner, Frances Fitzgerald, Michael Massing, Victor Navasky, Francine Prose, David Rieff, George Soros and Patricia Williams. For detailed program information visit www.thereyougoagain.com. Tickets can be purchased by calling (212) 868-4444 or visiting the New York Public Library’s website, www.nypl.org.
TEASER: Top experts, journalists and luminaries to debate politics and propaganda at the New York Public Library.
BODY: When George Orwell wrote the influential essay “Politics and the English Language” 60 years ago, he must have foreseen the ever-widening gulf between truth and politics in America. On November 7th a major public conference is being held at the Celeste Bartos Forum presented by Live at the NYPL in collaboration with three leading journalism schools, UC Berkley, Columbia and USC’s Annenberg School of Communication, with support from the Open Society Institute. This conference will feature George Soros, political consultants Frank Luntz, George Lakoff and Drew Westen, FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps along with many other influential commentators, inspired by Orwell’s essay. The panelists will explore the past and present of political propaganda, the latest developments in political communication and manipulation, addressing the role of the media and if an honest public debate is promoted. This conference will launch a new anthology titled What Orwell Didn’t Know: Propaganda and the New Face of American Politics, published by PublicAffairs, featuring original essays by Mark Danner, Frances Fitzgerald, Michael Massing, Victor Navasky, Francine Prose, David Rieff, George Soros and Patricia Williams. For detailed program information visit www.thereyougoagain.com. Tickets can be purchased by calling (212) 868-4444 or visiting the New York Public Library’s website, www.nypl.org.
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