DEBATE: The 5th Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate
The American News Media-Liberal or Conservative Bias?
Eric Alterman and Robert Novak
Wednesday, May 25/8:00PM/$10Public,$8Student
Campbell Hall, UCSB
This timely debate about the state of the news media
will feature Eric Alterman, a columnist for The
Nation and author of What Liberal Media?
and When Presidents Lie: A History of Official Deception
and Its Consequences and Robert Novak, a syndicated
columnist, member of CNN’s Capital Gang
and author of Completing the Revolution: A Vision
of Victory in 2000. The 5th Annual Arthur N. Rupe
Great Debate will be moderated by Professor Bruce Bimber,
director of UCSB’s Center for Information Technology
and Society. Tickets are available through UCSB Arts
& Lectures (893-3535)
This event is presented by the Office of the Provost
of the College of Letters & Science and is made
possible by an endowment from the Arthur N. Rupe Foundation.
It is co-presented by the Santa Barbara News-Press,
UCSB Arts & Lectures, Young America’s Foundation,
the IHC and Political Science.
