Misinformation and disinformation are hardly new tools for American politicians, and these three authors have come to the festival with tales about three master manipulators: Joseph McCarthy, Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell.
Fast Passes: | This event has free Fast Passes. Fast Passes are not available yet. |
Where: | Integrated Learning Center Room 120 (Seats 300, Wheelchair accessible) ![]() ![]() ![]() |
When: | Sat, Mar 15, 2:30 pm - 3:25 pm |
Signing area: | Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)
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Genres: | Current Issues / Politics / Social Science, History / Biography |
Moderator: | Tom Çollins |
Sponsors: | Session made possible courtesy of JoAnne and Bob Hungate, Alice and Bill Roe |
Clay Risen is a reporter at The New York Times, a member of the Society of American Historians, and a fellow at the Perry World House at the University of Pennsylvania. His new book is "Red Scare." He also wrote three previous works on American history, including "The Crowded Hour," a New York Times Notable Book of 2019 and a finalist for the Gilder-Lehrman Prize in Military History, "The Bill of the Century," a finalist for a 2014 NAACP Image Award, and "A Nation on Fire....
David Rohde is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the author of "Where Tyranny Begins," "In Deep," and three other books. He is the national security editor at NBC News and a former executive editor of the New Yorker website, where he wrote about the Justice Department, democracy and disinformation....
Michael Tackett is an award-winning journalist with more than three decades of experience covering national politics, including nine presidential elections. He is currently the deputy Washington bureau chief for the Associated Press and is a recipient of the White House Correspondents Association’s Edgar A....