$35*
With your purchase of the Book & Ticket package, you will receive ONE copy of
AND THE MOUNTAINS ECHOED and TWO event tickets.
*book and tickets are required for admission to the event on June 18.
11/12/2012 6:00 pm
11/12/2012 8:00 pm
ERIC DEGGANS, TV and Media Critic
for the Tampa Bay Times, will read from and discuss his provocative book,
RACE-BAITER: HOW THE MEDIA WIELDS
DANGEROUS WORDS TO DIVIDE A NATION.
Race-Baiter traces the history of "prejudice as a business model" and its
consequences - intended or otherwise - examining the powerful ways modern media
feeds fear and hate. Deggans shows how today’s media platforms play on old
prejudices and deep-rooted fears, sending coded messages and demonizing opposing
groups, in the fight for valuable audience share and website traffic, pushing
the same old buttons of conflict and division for new
purposes.
“Eric Deggans is
one of the most insightful and provocative writers about television today. In
his columns…and his NPR commentaries, Deggans has established himself as a voice
worth listening to. His many fans - and I'm one of them - will devour this
book.” Andy Borowitz, The Borowitz Report
"If you care about this
country, if you want to take part in a citizen’s movement that helps heal the
deep racial, economic, and cultural divides tearing us apart, you must read Eric
Deggans’ Race-Baiter. No book of recent vintage so thoroughly dissects
the media’s monetized appetite for division. Provocative, honest, and smart,
Race-Baiter is a supremely important book. Read it and let the
conversation begin." Connie May Fowler
“Eric Deggans proves that
he is one of the most insightful and courageous writers covering today's
fast-shifting media landscape. This is an important book.” Michele Norris, NPR's
All Things Considered
Deggans is a
veteran journalist, writing for Florida’s largest newspaper since 1995, and is
also a freelance contributor to National Public Radio, CNN.com and the
Huffington Post. His work has appeared in print ranging from the
conservative Newsmax magazine to the Washington Post, Chicago
Tribune, Seattle Times, Chicago Sun-Times, Miami Herald and Detroit
News, and VIBE, Hispanic, and Ebony magazines. Deggans
regularly appears as a pundit/expert on various network and cable news
shows.
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