Thursday, January 20, 2011

Is There a Brighter Future for the Next Generation?

"Is There a Brighter Future for the Next Generation?" "American Talk Show Host Tavis Smiley moderated a panel discussion titled ‘America’s Next Chapter,’ in Washington D.C. [last Thursday].  The forum focused on the future challenges facing America, including energy independence, job creation, the economy as well as education and health care reform.

Notable speakers included Cornel West, Dana Milbank of the Washington Post, Arianna Huffington, CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo, former presidential speech writer David Frum and others.  The George Washington University in Washington, DC hosted this event."

I caught this on C-SPAN and enjoyed it. It's three hours long but that meant they could talk in some detail and have an actual conversation. It wasn't ground breaking but it was like a really good dinner party conversation. The only part that annoyed me was at one point Dana Milbank admitted to how his reporting can distort the truth (if I'm at a rally and 99 people are quiet and there's one guy with a Dachau poster, that's who I'm going to talk to) and no one called him on it.

Anyway this site has the video embedded and c-span has an audio podcast.

No comments: