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Channing Murray Foundation hosting talk with Dr. Robert McChesney on April 27th

Next Thursday (April 27th), The Channing Murray Foundation on campus will be hosting a talk with renown media scholar (and UIUC professor) Dr. Robert McChesney entitled “This is What Happens When Journalism Dies: Trump, Fake News, and Neofascism”

The talk is free, and will happen from 7 pm – 9 pm. For more information, check out the release below:

This is What Happens When Journalism Dies: Trump, Fake News, and Neofascism: A Discussion with Robert McChesney

What are the implications of Donald Trump’s attack on the media for American democracy? Can an already heavily monopolized and corporate-controlled media withstand Trump’s assault? How are Trump’s attacks of a piece with neofascist policies of the past and present?

Join Robert McChesney, professor of communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and cofounder of the media reform organization Free Press will lead us in a discussion covering all of this and more on Apr. 27, from 7 to 9 pm at Channing Murray.

The event is sponsored by the Channing Murray Foundation and co-sponsored by the Social Action Committe, UUCUC; Central Illinois Chapter, Progressive Democrats of America, and Central Illinois Jobs with Justice.

For more info: see Channingmurray.org or call 217-684-9920.

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