Can the News Media be Trusted?
A Conversation with Media Matters President Angelo Carusone
at the residence of Patricia Duff and Richard Cohen, UES
Wednesday, May 31st 6:00 - 7:30 pm EST
Tucker Carlson suddenly ousted from his pinacle show at Fox. Fox News corporation fined nearly $800 million dollars for spreading falsehoods on the 2020 election. Artificial intelligence undermining trust and spreading misinformation. The public’s faith in media is at record lows. Can the news media still be trusted? Is there a remedy?
We’re bringing in Angelo Carusone, president of the premiere media watchdog organization Media Matters, to tell us what we need to know in an exclusive, in-person discussion. As one of the top experts monitoring the increase in fake news and misinformation, he’ll be sharing his expertise and analysis of the impact this has on our politics and our social fabric.
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Meet our speaker
Angelo Carusone is an expert in not only the media and newspace but in the political realm.He has been president of Media Matters since 2016 after taking over from its founder David Brock. He has pushed the nonprofit media watchdog organization to bring attention to the disturbing rise of misinformation in the news media and alt-right news sources. He has led several campaigns for “brand safety” criticizing media figures like Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly, and is former Deputy CEO of the Finance and Administration of the Democratic National Convention.
