On Swift Boats and Selective Exposure - Farhad Manjoo








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Uploaded: June 2, 2008 at 11:51 pm
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Webmaster Video Comments: Complete video at: http://... technology columnist Farhad Manjoo examines the phenomenon of "selective exposure" - our predisposition to seek out ideas that re-enforce existing beliefs - in today's media, using the 2004 Presidential election's "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" as an example.-----Salon.com staff writer Farhad Manjoo talks about his new book, True Enough: Learning To Live in a Post-Fact Society, which contends the Internet promotes belief over fact.Perhaps countering this view is Mike Godwin, formerly counsel for the Electronic Frontier Foundation and now general counsel for the Wikimedia Foundation, and Zo (Connie) Spencer, brilliant, witty, and fearless blogger (www.humorlessbitch.com) on all things political, personal, and involving high-tech.As usual, everyone is invited to participate in the discussion - The Hillside Club CybersalonFarhad Manjoo is an author and a staff writer for Salon.com.Manjoo graduated from Cornell University in 2000. While there, he wrote for and then served as editor-in-chief of the Cornell Daily Sun student newspaper. Before taking a staff position at Salon.com, he wrote for Wired News. Manjoo frequently writes on new media, politics and controversies in journalism.Manjoo is the author of the book True Enough: Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society, published in March, 2008.
ForaTv (June 3, 2008 at 4:24 pm)
Hi variablast, unfortunately we weren't able to do a reply video to this one. Do check out the full program if you get a chance, though...Mike Godwin's response to Manjoo's argument is very good. Thanks for the comment.
RuthieWeLoveYou (June 3, 2008 at 5:50 am)
Very interesting,Thanks

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