Media Matters for America and Air America Radio to Host Forum at GW Auditorium...

Media Matters for America and Air America Radio to Host Forum at GW Auditorium; 'Why Media Matters – Progressive Voices and the Media'

21 March 2006

-- Media Advisory for Wednesday, April 5, 4 p.m. EST

-- Media Matters for America and Air America Radio to Host Forum at GW Auditorium

-- "Why Media Matters – Progressive Voices and the Media"

WHAT: It's not just that they control all three branches of government -- conservatives increasingly dominate our news media as well. Turn on your television and you'll see show after show where conservative guests debate the issues of the day, often with no progressive representation. Flip through the radio dial and your ears will be assaulted by one Limbaugh clone after another waging a relentless war on progressives -- and on the truth. Pick up your newspaper and you'll read a torrent of conservative spin, passed on without criticism or questioning.

So what can progressives do about it? The question will be explored on April 5 at George Washington University by experts who understand both the problem and the potential solutions.

WHO:

-- Al Franken, host, The Al Franken Show

-- David Brock, president and CEO, Media Matters for America

-- Danny Goldberg, CEO, Air America Radio

-- Other guests TBD

WHEN: Wednesday, April 5, 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST

WHERE: The George Washington University, Media and Public Affairs Building, Jack Morton Auditorium, 805 21st Street, NW, Washington, D.C. (Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro, Blue and Orange lines)

REGISTRATION: Free and open to the public. Doors open at 3 p.m. Early registration is highly recommended. Seating is limited, to register please visit http://www.mediamatters.org.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The event is "open press." Camera crews are encouraged to arrive at 2 p.m. for early set-up.

Media Matters for America is a Web-based, not-for-profit, progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media. Media Matters for America is the first organization to systematically monitor the media for conservative misinformation every day, in real time. For more information, visit http://www.mediamatters.org.

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