“What’s Right and Wrong with the Media”

What’s Right and Wrong with the Media was the title of a symposium held at Indiana University Bloomington on September 6, 2007. Participants included Ms. Katrina Vanden Huevel, editor and publisher of The Nation magazine, Stephen F. Cohen, professor of Russian Studies at New York University and a distinguished IU alumnus, and Julia R. Fox, a Telecommunications professor at IU. The symposium, sponsored by The Nation magazine and the IU School of Journalism, was moderated by IU Journalism professor Michael T. Conway.

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• Professor Conway’s opening remarks
  Background of Sims lecture series
  
• Ms. Vanden Huevel’s opening statement
  Conglomeritization (consolidation) of the media - Bush administration’s positions
  
• Professor Cohen’s opening statement
  American media’s coverage of Russia
  
• Professor Fox’s opening statement
  What’s Right with the Media - The Daily Show
  
• Objectivity vs. subjectivity by journalists and the media
  
• Impact of alternative viewpoints on the mainstream media
  
• Role of the public regarding media coverage - Media Accountability - Wrap-up