Youre welcome to our event series. Before i start, i want to mention real quick, if you have questions tonight, you ask us in the chat box or comments on the youtube page, and well get to as many as we can. If youre interested in purchasing the book, and i hope that you do, you can find it at most major retailers, but we like to point people toward bookshop. Org where you can find just about any book youre looking for and support independent booksellers across the country. Again, thats bookshop. Org. Please give them a look. I mentioned to someone the other day that i was reading the senates words in preparation for the event tonight, and they said, oh, thats the new faulkner biography. I said, well, you got the faulkner part right. The best way i can describe this book is equal parts. Literary history, social commentary and literary criticism. I think it will band to either of those subjects. What the book really did for me was force me to give serious thought on where faulkner stands
Good evening. Im glad you all are having a great time. Im happy to see you all, welcome alumni and friends to the m. I. T. Fall form event featuring northeastern president joseph aoun. Thank you m. I. T. Press for partnering with the Alumni Association to bring this event to come to pass and also a special welcome members of president aouns senior team that are here this evening to make sure we treat him well. We are very happy to have you here. I am the ceo of the m. I. T. Alumni association and im glad to say it first hello. Its my pleasure to begin the program tonight but first a few important details. Please remember to silence your cell phones. Your phones may be used as a question if you visit alq m. Alum. M. I. T. Edu you a to ask questions of our speaker. We are filming this event so please note that during the q a your face or voice may be live on air and if you choose to participate. Finally a final note please join us after the forum for conversation and coffee and dessert i
You can watch this and other programs online apple tv. Org. book tv. Org. [inaudible conversations] starting now live from the texas book festival in Office Austin is a conversation about fake news. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon. Good afternoon and i would like to personally welcome you to the texas book festival in austin, texas, the greatest book festival in that united states. [cheers and applause] my name is Brian Sweeney a proud board member of the texas book festival so you can totally trust me when i say that. We are here with an esteemed panel of two writers i admire 48 panel called pulses, forgery and fake news. I often think this year may be the fake news, something that has come into the currency of our language. Fake news fake news has become so ingrained in every aspect of our lives in terms of how we consume our media and understanding our political discord in the large decisions we make as a country Going Forward. I would like to introduce our panel today. One
Into nuances. I wonder if you could have another language what would it be . Translations ideally option for most of us and the fact of the translation, many books are multiply translated. And the translation, the only one for decades, there are three other the tale of gengi is not a short book. They wonderful essay, reading the tale of gengi cilia is important to read beyond the borders of america or the english language. [applause] this is booktv on cspan2, television for serious readers. At 7 00 p. M. Eastern Danielle Alan examines the declaration of independence. That is followed at 8 00 with a history of the National Football league. Tom brokaw talks to booktv and answers your questions on his battle with cancer from the National Book festival at 9 15. On tonights afterwards that 00, joy and read speculates on a roll race plays in the president ial election. At 11 00 eastern dick cheney and his daughter and former did the assistance secretary of state is genie with in American For