Leadership Lecture series presents Jonah Goldberg and Peter Beinart
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Dec. 20, 2004
Wilmington, N.C.—The University of North Carolina at Wilmington’s Leadership Lecture series brings two editors representing both ends of the political spectrum to square off in a debate on media bias at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 24 in Kenan Auditorium. Jonah Goldberg and Peter Beinart will give “A Look from the Left and the Right” on current media coverage of various key events. A question and answer period and book signing will follow the discussion. David E. Weber with the UNCW Department of Communication Studies will serve as moderator for the debate.
Jonah Goldberg is a nationally syndicated columnist and the editor of the conservative National Review Online. He is also a contributing editor for National Review, writes a popular regular column, “The Goldberg File,” for National Review Online, and is the media columnist for The American Enterprise Magazine. Goldberg is a CNN contributor and regular panelist on Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer.
Peter Beinart is the editor of the liberal national weekly magazine The New Republic. While working toward his master’s in international relations at Oxford University, Beinart wrote for The New Republic, Newsweek and London’s Financial Times. He has also written for such publications as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe and TIME. He is a regular panelist on “Final Round” on CNN’s Sunday show.
“The core principle behind the Leadership Lecture Series is thoughtful consideration, not blind acceptance…it is up to us as an educated public to be discerning about the information that bombards us on a daily basis,” said Shannon Hooker, assistant director for programs and marketing, University Union. “We hope this debate will encourage people to engage in this kind of back and forth thinking on a regular basis, and reveal that every issue has two sides; few things are as simple as we’d like them to be.”
Tickets are free for UNCW students, faculty and staff, and $6 for the general public. To reserve tickets or for additional information about the Leadership Lecture Series, call the Kenan Auditorium Box Office at 910/962-3500, or 800/732-3643 outside of the Wilmington area. Ticket office hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday.
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