More from Cambridge Forum
CamForum - Artists In Times Of War
(00:28:55)
From: Cambridge Forum
What are the rights and responsibilities of artists in times of war?
CamForum - The Planets
(00:13:19)
From: Cambridge Forum
THE PLANETS is Dava Sobel's historic and scientific tour of our solar system.
CamForum - Eco Imagination: David Abrams
(00:28:55)
From: Cambridge Forum
The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World
CamForum - Dispatches From Up South
(00:28:55)
From: Cambridge Forum
Humorist Roy Blount Jr. on the great North/South divide
CamForum - Bob Dylan Artist
(00:28:55)
From: Cambridge Forum
The art and poetry of Bob Dylan's music
The Inner Life Of Democracy
(00:28:55)
From: Cambridge Forum
Historian Howard Zinn reflects on the conditions necessary to support democracy.
1776
(00:28:55)
From: Cambridge Forum
Historian David McCullough portrays the tumult and uncertainty of 1776 and shows how the courage and perseverance of a few dedicated men were responsible for the success of ...
Cambridge Forum: Blood and Oil
(00:28:59)
From: Cambridge Forum
Cambridge Forum presents a half-hour program on the political and economic consequences of America's thirst for oil
Related Pieces
Piece Description
Award-winning political satirist and best-selling author Al Franken employs his trademark wit in a discussion of American democracy under George W. Bush. Drawing from his forthcoming book Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right, he challenges the myth of a liberal press and takes the Right to task using their own words against them. What role do entertainers play in politics and does political satire address topics the news media won't?
Transcript
Best-selling author and political satirist Al Franken speaks at Cambridge
Forum's on "Democracy in the Age
of Dubya,". Program was recorded on Monday, September 29th before a live audience in Harvard Square, Cambridge. This forum wasproduced as part of Minnesota Public Radio's 2003 Public Radio Collaboration on "Whose Democracy Is It?"
Drawing from his forthcoming book, "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell
Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right" (Dutton, October 2003),
Franken employs his trademark wit and insight in a discussion of the state
of American democracy under the administration of George W. Bush. He
debunks the myth of a liberal bias in the media and takes aim at the
conservative organizations and individuals who perpetuate it. Does
political satire address topics that traditional media does not? What role
do entertainers and satirists play in the politica...
Read the full transcript
Timing and Cues
duration: 29:00
in: "How many of you..?
out: "Thanks for joining us." (theme mux fades)
Related Website
Of 6 purchasers of this piece...
- 3 also bought:
The WASPs: Women Pilots of WWII (00:21:43) - 3 also bought:
Lady Bird Johnson: Legacy of a First Lady (00:57:57) - 3 also bought:
Dad and Sam (Locked in Brotherhood) (00:04:43) - 3 also bought:
Washington Goes To The Moon PART 1 (00:58:48) - 3 also bought:
Transom Editors
Posted on October 23, 2003 at 01:48 PM | Permalink
Review of Democracy In The Age Of Dubya
Predisposed to finding Al Franken right-on hilarious, this reviewer is utterly biased. Funny, pointed, angry, astute words. Let him rip, he rips. Great stuff. Confession: wrote this review in the first three minutes, but only in order to sit back and happily listen. sl