With the explosion of “fake news” and “alternative facts,” not to mention a president who communicates via “diversion” tweets, “trial balloon” tweets, and “deflection” tweets, even the most basic notion of reality feels under assault in this new media landscape. In a frank and incisive discussion of both traditional and new media in the age of Trump, Gladstone, co-host and managing editor of On the Media, expands on the Peabody Award-winning radio show and podcast’s mission of demystifying the making of the news. Drawing on ideas from public intellectuals including Hannah Arendt, Walter Lippmann, and Jonathan Swift, she develops a framework for navigating the world of Trump’s tweets. Gladstone will be in conversation with Margaret Sullivan a Media Columnist for The Washington Post.

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